geog 430 syllabus

Central Washington University

Department of Geography and Land Studies

Remote Sensing

Credits: 5

GEOG 430

Objectives

An understanding of the general principles of digital remote sensing, including:
- multispectral, thermal, radar, and hyperspectral sensing
- the history of satellite remote sensing and current operational satellites
- digital image processing, including image rectification, enhancement, contrast manipulation, and classification.
- Use of ERDAS Imagine software for solving image processing problems.

Syllabus

Prerequisite, GEOG 410 or GEOL 210 or permission of instructor. Principles of acquisition, analysis, and use of remotely sensed imagery (Landsat, SPOT, Ikonos, etc). 3 hours lecture; 3 hours lab per week. Same as GEOL 430 and GEOL 530. Students may not receive credit for more than one course. Applied experience using image processing software.

Professor:

Dr. Robert Hickey
119A Lind Hall
Phone: 963-2178
Fax: 963-1047
e-mail: rhickey@cwu.edu
Home Page: http://www.yogibob.com

Lecture/Lab Program

Time: Lecture Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8:00 - 9:50, 221 Lind Hall. Labs tuesday morning from 8:00 - 9:50 in Lind 113.

Text

Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation by Lillesand and Kiefer
GEOG 430 Readings. Distributed during first week of class.
Lecture information (very rough lecture notes, reading lists, syllabus, etc..) will be on the web (accessible through my home page, URL above).

Requirements

The following requirements are compulsory. Failure to comply with these instructions will result in the student failing the class.

Assignments, practicals, and reading writeups must be submitted by the DUE DATE to qualify for full marks unless PRIOR arrangements have been made with the professor. Late assignments will be penalised by reducing the marks achieved by 25 percent (or .5 point, whichever is larger) for each day or part of day that the work is late.

To pass the unit, students must:

Complete all practical work assigned;
Submit all assignments;
Submit all reading writeups;
Sit the exams;
Achieve an overall grade of at least 60% .

Assessment

type	Percent	Description
Tutorials	45%	details to be provided during quarter
Summaries of Articles (2% each)	16%	Each week, an outline/summary of that week's required readings will be due. NO late summaries will be accepted as they will often be discussed in class. They must be typed.
Midterm Exam	19%	Wednesday, 26 April
Fianl Exam	20%	Friday, 2 June (prof will be in Australia on 9 June, the officially scheduled time)
Total	100%

Note: While students are not marked on attendance, students are responsible for ALL material covered in lecture (or tutorials), unless otherwise stated. Also, The exam is comprehensive.
Makeup exams will ONLY be given during the hour immediately following the final exam

Misc. Rules:

The following requirements are compulsory. Failure to comply with these instructions will result in the student failing the class.

READ THIS CAREFULLY -- IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!

Copying another student's work with or without his/her knowledge, or giving/receiving aid during any test or examination is cheating. Any student caught cheating will receive a final mark of "F" regardless of marks earned on other assessed work.

Copying an author's work without proper citation is plagiarism. Ensure that you provide proper citation in ALL WRITTEN WORK submitted in this unit.

If a students engages in plagiarism, the grade for that single piece of assessed work shall be recorded as zero.

Disclaimer: While it is unlikely to change significantly, any of the above can change at the instructor's discretion.