MGMT 9150 - GIS and Decision Making

3 credits

This course introduces students to the essential skillsets of decision making thorough spatial information visualization and thematic mapping, primarily through the application of a computing system known as Geographic Information System (GIS). Thematic maps show the spatial distribution of a particular phenomenon. Important aspects of map and decision making and effective cartographic techniques will be examined in both lecture and lab. The class will use the widely-used professional GIS software program: ArcGIS.