Dr. E. Nelson Outline December 11, 1998

Singer Presentation

Geography 582/Computer Science 596
  1. Course description
    1. Introduce concepts of spatial programming
    2. 3 objectives
      1. basic programming concepts

        2. a. JAVA

      2. basic cartographic concepts

        3. a. ArcView

      3. combining to computationally solve cartographic design problems
      1. Avenue
    1. Informal CS partnership
      1. Interdisciplinary nature
      2. Team-teaching experiment
    1. Bridging environment
      1. recognized need for incorporating computer science into technical aspect of geography
      1. job market/demand
      2. building/overseeing implementation of computer systems/software to be used primarily by geographers
      1. 1st step in building framework for incorporating high performance computing skills into more courses

 

  1. Role of the Ed Center in Curriculum Development
    1. Release time
      1. development of lectures and labs
    1. Technical Support
      1. Web page demo
      1. combining concepts in class to computationally solve design problem
      2. ArcView, HTML, JAVA components