Purchase and Utilization of a Geographic Information System in Several Montana State University Curricula

该奖项授予蒙大拿州立大学地球科学系是为了响应提交给国家科学基金会仪器和实验室改进计划的提案。该奖金将提供所需资金的一半，用于购置一个以计算机为基础的地理信息系统，供该部的本科生培训方案使用。该大学致力于匹配NSF对此次收购的支持。该设备将用于提升该机构在两门新的初中地理课程中教授数字制图和地图解释方法的能力。它还将用于现有的初级和高级地球科学、农业、土木工程和植物与土壤科学课程的独立学生研究项目。

This award to Montana State University's Department of Earth Sciences is made in response to a proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation's Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program. The award will provide one-half of the funds needed to acquire a computer-based geographic information system for use in the Department's undergraduate training program. The University is committed to matching the NSF support for this acquisition. The equipment will be used to upgrade the institution's capability to teach digital methods of mapping and map interpretation in two new junior-level geography courses. It will also be used for independent student research projects in existing junior and senior level courses in earth sciences, agriculture, civil engineering, and plant and soil sciences.