Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer / Convenor
Michael Chang
Lecturer
Maina Mbui
Contact via via email
Level 4, 12 Wally's Walk (E7A)
by appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes and permission by special approval
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit builds on basic GIS skills and includes advanced GIS concepts and principles of remote sensing. Topics include: analysis of landscape and environmental variables, GIS modelling, geostatistics, remote sensing techniques and a range of case studies. Practical sessions include techniques for spatial data collection, data management, modelling, terrain products generation, and image processing. This unit is designed to provide students with skills that enhance their educational experience and work-readiness in the field of spatial information science. The GIS software used is ArcGIS. Students enrolling in this unit must have access to a computer with the Windows operating system. Mac or Linux system will not be supported.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
All students are required to keep a backup of the submitted version of their assessments. Assignments should be in a MS Word or PDF file format. All maps, figures and tables associated with the assignment must be incorporated in the same MS Word document or PDF. Assignments are to be submitted via the link (Turnitin) provided on iLearn by the deadline specified.
Your assignments will be returned via iLearn within two teaching weeks of the submission, and will include written feedback.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Assignment 1 - GIS Data Search | 5% | No | Week 3 |
Assignment 2 - GIS Modelling | 20% | No | Week 6 |
Assignment 3 - Review Report | 20% | No | Week 11 |
Progress Tasks | 5% | No | TBC |
Quiz | 10% | No | Week 12 |
Exam | 40% | No | Check exam timetable |
Due: Week 3
Weighting: 5%
This assessment task asks students to search and list web based sources of Australian GIS data.
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 20%
This assessment is based on the practical work in weeks 2-4.
Due: Week 11
Weighting: 20%
This assignment requires students to write a review report on the specific remote sensing missions.
Due: TBC
Weighting: 5%
To encourage students to build their GIS and RS analytical skills throughout the semester, marks are awarded for meeting progress targets in the specific practical classes.
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 10%
Online quizzes
Due: Check exam timetable
Weighting: 40%
Final exam covering all aspects of the unit.
This unit’s webpage will be available on iLearn.
Information about how students can access iLearn can be found at: http://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/index.htm
The iLearn page uses Macquarie University’s standard interface and has links, access to lectures (as audio files through Echo360, and as downloadable PDF presentations) and practical instructions. Important announcements will be made through iLearn, so check the iLearn page regularly.
Information about how to access lecture recordings through the Echo360 EchoCenter page in iLearn can be found at: http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/lecture_recordings.htm
This unit will use iLearn, ArcGIS, Exelis ENVI, and Hexagon ERDAS Imagine software for the teaching and practical exercises.
You will require access to a computer and broadband internet to complete this unit. The computer labs are available for casual use outside scheduled practical classes.
Students who have a home computer with a Windows 7 or higher operating system may obtain a copy of the ArcGIS software from the unit convenor. The ArcGIS software is NOT supported by Mac or Linux operating systems. It is not essential for internal students to have ArcGIS installed on their home computer as the computers in the computer labs are available for casual use outside scheduled practical classes.
Week |
Lecture |
1 | Introduction to ENVS753 |
2 | GIS modelling - part 1 |
3 | GIS modelling - part 2 |
4 | GIS modelling - part 3 |
5 | GIS modelling - part 4 |
6 | Interpolation |
7 | Guest lecture |
Break | |
8 | Introduction to remote sensing |
9 | Remote sensing sensors and platforms |
10 | Optical remote sensing |
11 | Active remote sensing - part 1 |
12 | Active remote sensing - part 2 |
13 |
Overview |
* The order of lecture topics may be changed slightly depending on guest lecturer's availability.
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Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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Our postgraduates will demonstrate a high standard of discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgment. They will have the ability to make informed choices and decisions that reflect both the nature of their professional work and their personal perspectives.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our postgraduates will be able to demonstrate a significantly enhanced depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content knowledge in their chosen fields.
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Our postgraduates will be capable of utilising and reflecting on prior knowledge and experience, of applying higher level critical thinking skills, and of integrating and synthesising learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments. A characteristic of this form of thinking is the generation of new, professionally oriented knowledge through personal or group-based critique of practice and theory.
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Our postgraduates will be capable of systematic enquiry; able to use research skills to create new knowledge that can be applied to real world issues, or contribute to a field of study or practice to enhance society. They will be capable of creative questioning, problem finding and problem solving.
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Our postgraduates will be able to communicate effectively and convey their views to different social, cultural, and professional audiences. They will be able to use a variety of technologically supported media to communicate with empathy using a range of written, spoken or visual formats.
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Our postgraduates will be ethically aware and capable of confident transformative action in relation to their professional responsibilities and the wider community. They will have a sense of connectedness with others and country and have a sense of mutual obligation. They will be able to appreciate the impact of their professional roles for social justice and inclusion related to national and global issues
This graduate capability is supported by:
There is a major change of the structure of ENVE853 in 2015.
From this year, there are approximately 50% of the topics on GIS modellings and raster analysis, and another 50% on remote sensing and its applications.
Assessments and their weightings have also been modified accordingly.