GISC 1765 - Cartography

3 Credits

This course introduces students to the art and science of making maps. Students will examine concepts related to scale, map projections, shape, proportion, color, human cognition of space, and the spatial arrangement of information in maps. The ultimate goal of this course is to teach students how to effectively convey a message with a map that contains subjectively selected features representing a simplified version of the outside world. 3C/3/0/0