GIS Education Programs at US colleges and Universities: Cooperation between Geography-Related and Engineering/Information-Related Fields

• KAWABATA Mizuki

  Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo

• THAPA Rajesh Bahadur

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 米国大学のGIS教育プログラム
• 米国大学のGIS教育プログラム--地理系と工学・情報系の連携
• ベイコク ダイガク ノ GIS キョウイク プログラム チリケイ ト コウガク ジョウホウケイ ノ レンケイ
• ―地理系と工学・情報系の連携―

Abstract

Cooperation among different fields of study is an important component in developing effective GIS curricula. In this paper, we examined interdepartmental cooperation in general and cooperation between geography-related and engineering/information-related fields in particular in GIS education programs at US universities for the 2006-2007 academic year. We found that of 114 GIS education programs, 42 (37%) programs featured interdepartmental curricula comprising classes from multiple departments, and 25 (22%) programs involved cooperation among four or more departments. Cooperation between geography-related and engineering/information-related departments was found in 23 (20%) programs. The results provide useful data for developing GIS curricula in Japan.

Journal

• Theory and Applications of GIS

  Theory and Applications of GIS 16 (2), 115-121, 2008-12-31

  Geographic Information Systems Association

Keywords

• GIS education programs
• interdepartmental cooperation
• geography-related field
• engineering/information-related field
• US colleges and universities

Details

• CRID: 1390845713060013824
• NII Article ID: 10024771665
• NII Book ID: AN10457305
• DOI: 10.5638/thagis.16.115
• ISSN: 21855633
• ISSN: 13405381
• NDL BIB ID: 10225706
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/10225706
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10225706
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/thagis/16/2/16_115/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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  • KAKEN
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