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 Postgraduate Course: Introduction to GIS and spatial data analysis (INAH11017)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences | College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |  
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | Availability | Not available to visiting students |  
| SCQF Credits | 10 | ECTS Credits | 5 |  
 
| Summary | This course aims to promote an understanding of vector data using global positioning systems and geographic information system (GIS) software.  The concept of data quality will be introduced. |  
| Course description | Not entered |  
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | None |  
| Additional Costs | Students will be required to have regular access to a networked computer, and will be responsible for providing their own computing equipment and consumables. |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) | Quota:  None |  | Course Start | Flexible |  | Course Start Date | 11/04/2016 |  Timetable | Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | Total Hours:
100
(
 Lecture Hours 10,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Online Activities 25,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
53 ) |  
| Assessment (Further Info) | Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 % |  
 
| Additional Information (Assessment) | Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online discussion in both a synchronous and asynchronous environment will contribute further to the final mark. In combination with the submission of electronic course assignments, these elements will provide the remaining 40% of the final mark. |  
| Feedback | Not entered |  
| No Exam Information |  
Learning Outcomes 
| At the completion of this course students will be familiar with a number of software packages and the concepts of GIS along with spatial data sampling and analysis. |  
Additional Information
| Course URL | http://www.InternationalAnimalHealth.ed.ac.uk |  
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | Not entered |  
| Special Arrangements | This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment of Learn as a delivery platform.  Course materials are protected by username and password controlled access which will only be made available to registered users. |  
| Additional Class Delivery Information | This course will be delivered online by Learn. |  
| Keywords | Not entered |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Ewan Macleod Tel: 0131 242 9379
 Email: ewan.macleod@ed.ac.uk
 | Course secretary | Miss Lauren Sandford Tel: (0131 6)51 5470
 Email: Lauren.Sandford@ed.ac.uk
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