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GIS Data Acquisition and Map Design
by Don BoyesTop Instructor- 4.9
Approx. 20 hours to complete
In this course, you will learn how to find GIS data for your own projects, and how to create a well-designed map that effectively communicates your message. The first section focuses on the basic building blocks of GIS data, so that you know what types of GIS files exist, and the implications of choosing one type over another....
Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS
by Don BoyesTop Instructor- 4.9
Approx. 14 hours to complete
In this course, you will learn how to analyze map data using different data types and methods to answer geographic questions. First, you will learn how to filter a data set using different types of queries to find just the data you need to answer a particular question. You will then learn how to analyze raster data....
Geographical Information Systems - Part 1
by Stéphane Joost , Marc Soutter , Fernand Koffi Kouamé , Amadou Sall- 3.6
Approx. 16 hours to complete
This course is organized into two parts presenting the theoretical and practical foundations of geographic information systems (GIS). - Together theses courses constitute an introduction to GIS and require no prior knowledge. - By following this introduction to GIS you will quickly acquire the basic knowledge required to create spatial databases and produce high-quality maps and cartographic representations....
Geodesign: Change Your World
by Prof. Kelleann Foster- 4.7
Approx. 11 hours to complete
What happens when creativity and science come together? The power to design our world is unleashed, providing tools to inform choices about how we live! Geodesign is the glue—it’s a process that deploys creativity to connect information to people, using collaboration to better inform how we design our world. Week 1: Shared Languages...
GIS, Mapping, and Spatial Analysis Capstone
by Don BoyesTop Instructor- 4.9
Approx. 11 hours to complete
In this capstone course, you will apply everything you have learned by designing and then completing your own GIS project. You will plan out your project by writing a brief proposal that explains what you plan to do and why. Note: software is not provided for this course. Introduction to Story Maps...
Wood Science: Beyond Building
by Lawrence Osborn , Jeffrey Slahor- 4.6
Approx. 11 hours to complete
The central question of this course: “why study wood? ” If “why study wood” is the question, one answer would be that it is the only raw material available to us that is truly renewable in human life span terms. In short, wood is a far more diverse, green, and renewable resource than you might have imagined....
Global Postharvest Loss Prevention: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Actors
by Dr. Prasanta Kalita- 4.7
Approx. 13 hours to complete
This course provides an overview of the issue of postharvest loss of grains by exploring essential physical, technical, and social dimensions of postharvest supply chains and loss prevention methods globally. Each year, estimates suggest that 1/3 of all food produced is lost or wasted, making postharvest loss a critical global food security and sustainability issue of today....
The Meat We Eat
by Chad Carr, Ph.D.- 4.7
Approx. 14 hours to complete
The Meat We Eat is a course designed to create a more informed consumer about the quality, safety, healthfulness and sustainability of muscle foods and address current issues in animal agriculture in developed and developing countries. Week 1 Welcome From the Instructor Welcome from Geoffrey Dahl US History US Animal Meat Production...
Oceanography: a key to better understand our world
by Jordi Serra- 4.5
Approx. 29 hours to complete
The course for a round the world regatta leads the boats through the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic, Southern Indian and South Pacific Oceans. On their voyage, the skippers come across a large variety of oceanographic situations: strong currents, floating ice, wave formations of every kind and biological diversity. To follow this course does not require previous knowledge of oceanography....
Introduction to Sustainability
by Dr. Jonathan Tomkin- 4.7
Approx. 25 hours to complete
This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice, including population, ecosystems, global change, energy, agriculture, water, environmental economics and policy, ethics, and cultural history....