Expanding GIS and GPS Applications in an Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Program

跨学科（99）该项目通过采用缅因州法明顿大学一项倡议的“基于问题的学习”方法，扩大了本科生学习和研究地理信息系统和全球定位系统技术的机会。 重点是在生物学和环境研究以及经济学，政治学和社会学问题的常规GIS分析课程的发展举措。该项目通过课堂项目，实习经验，培训计划和独立研究项目的众多外部合作产生了地方，区域和国家的影响。在规划课程整合、制定评价战略和购买额外设备以扩大现有地理信息系统和全球定位系统设施的初步阶段之后，正在开发一个专门的空间生态学实验室，以使学生最大限度地利用地理信息系统技术。

Interdisciplinary (99) This project is expanding opportunities for undergraduate student learning and research with GIS and GPS technologies by adapting the "Problem-Based Learning" approaches of an initiative at the University of Maine Farmington. Emphasis is being placed on the development of curricular initiatives for conventional GIS analyses in biology and environmental studies as well as problems in economics, political science, and sociology. The project is having local, regional and national impacts through numerous external collaborations via class projects, internship experiences, training programs, and independent research projects. Following the initial stage of planning curriculum integration, developing an evaluation strategy, and purchasing additional equipment to augment existing GIS and GPS facilities a dedicated spatial ecology laboratory is being developed for maximizing student access to GIS technology.