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. | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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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) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Flexible | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
03/08/2015 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
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 Lecture Hours 10,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Online Activities 25,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
53 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| 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. | 
 
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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.
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Additional Information
| Course URL | 
http://www.InternationalAnimalHealth.ed.ac.uk | 
 
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| 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 
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Course secretary | Miss Lauren Sandford 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5470 
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