Targeted Infusion Project: Developing the Geospatial Data Analytics Certificate Program at Fayetteville State University

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。费耶特维尔州立大学(FSU)的地理空间数据分析(GeoData)证书将为学生提供新的职业机会，因为地理空间技术最近经历了强劲的就业增长，并在行业中迅速获得势头，应用范围广泛。传统和在线课程将服务于广泛的学生，包括未被充分代表的少数民族和就读于FSU的非传统学生。地理数据证书课程将在地理空间应用的背景下教育本科生计算和数据启用科学。拟议的项目基于教育研究，该研究表明，计算机科学课程可以受益于通过为学生提供解释和动机来创建基于上下文的路径，上下文是涵盖核心知识的应用和领域领域。因此，该项目的跨学科计算课程预计将有助于招聘和留住学生，并为在STEM寻找新职业机会的学生提供好处。地理数据课程将增加关于如何激励学生学习计算、如何让他们为现代就业市场做好准备以及如何利用地理空间环境发展他们的核心知识和技能的不断增长的知识体系。拟议的活动包括课程开发和重新设计，建立地理空间计算基础设施和设备，实施认证计划，以及开发现有课程的完全在线对应课程。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The Geospatial Data Analytics (GEODATA) Certificate at Fayetteville State University (FSU) will expose students to new career opportunities, since geospatial technologies have recently experienced robust job growth and is rapidly gaining momentum in the industry, with wide ranging applications. The traditional and online courses will serve a broad range of students, including underrepresented minorities and non-traditional students who attend FSU.The GEODATA Certificate program will educate undergraduate students in computational and data-enabled science in the context of geospatial applications. The proposed project is based on educational research that suggests Computer Science curricula can benefit from creating pathways built from contexts, which are application and domain areas that cover core knowledge by providing explanations and motivation for students. The interdisciplinary computing classes of the program are thus expected to aid in recruitment and retention and provide benefits for students seeking new career opportunities in STEM. The GEODATA program will add to the growing body of knowledge on how to motivate students in the study of computing, how to prepare them for the modern-day job market, and how to develop their core knowledge and skills by using the geospatial context. Proposed activities consist of course development and redesign, setting up the geospatial-computing infrastructure and equipment, implementation of the certification program and development of fully online counterparts of existing program courses.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.