Geographic Information Systems
Over the last decade Geographic Information Systems have emerged as a technology of choice for urban and resource planning and management. Their capacity to store, retrieve, analyse, model and map large areas with high volumes of spatial data has led to a diverse range of applications. Geographic Information Science is a rapidly expanding field, and is used to solve problems in an increasing range of applications where geographic information is important. Essentially any field that is using spatial data is now turning to Geographic Information Systems for help in the analysis and display of the data.
Why Study Geographic Information Systems at UNE?
UNE offers Geographic Information Science teaching and research at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Most of our teaching and research is geared towards the fields of natural resources management, urban and regional planning, and precision agriculture applications. Geographic Information Systems forms a core part of the Bachelor of Environmental Science and the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning degrees. UNE also offers an excellent academic environment for students to conduct research in Geographic Information Science at the Honours, Masters and PhD levels. Students have the opportunity to develop applications of Geographic Information Science in such fields as wildlife distribution, vegetation management, wildlife and parks management, resource planning and wetlands mapping and monitoring. Academic and Honorary staff members within Geographic Information Science at UNE are highly qualified and respected researchers in their related fields. Research projects can be tailored to individual students. Students may wish to choose field sites that are local, interstate or overseas. UNE is also well equipped with modern research facilities.
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Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science with Honours Doctor of Philosophy GIS graduates have an opportunity to work in a diverse range of fields throughout the world. These include ecosystems modelling, natural resources management, environmental analysis, land use planning, utilities management, landscape assessment and planning, transportation and infrastructure planning, The University of New England has a state of the art GIS lab with 50 networked computers. The university has a site license for the full range of ESRI software. A second lab is available for postgraduate research work. A range of plotters, digitisers and mobile mapping devices are also available. A thermal imager, full range ASD spectroradiometer, EM survey gear and other remote sensing related equipment is also available.Undergraduate
Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Bachelor of Environmental Science
Bachelor of Environmental Science/Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of GeoScience
Bachelor of Rural Science
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Law
Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning
Diploma in The SciencesBachelor Honours
Postgraduate Coursework
Graduate Diploma in Science
Master of Science in Agriculture
Master of Environmental Science and Management
Master of Scientific Studies Postgraduate Research
Master of Environmental Science (Research)
Master of Rural Science
Master of Science
market research, visual impact analysis, facilities management, tax assessment, real estate analysis, precision agriculture, forestry, mining, as well as the social and medical sciences.
Contacts
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For further information about studying Geographic Information Systems:
Professor Lalit Kumar
Phone: +61 2 6773 5239
Email: lkumar@une.edu.au
