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Discussion Session Geospatial Education at USP

Discussion Session Geospatial Education at USP. “What should USP teach students to prepare them for the GIS/RS Workforce?”. John Lowry & Conway Pene School of Geography, Earth Science & Environment University of the South Pacific. Pacific Island Countries GIS/RS User Conference 2011.

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Discussion Session Geospatial Education at USP

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  1. Discussion SessionGeospatial Education at USP “What should USP teach students to prepare them for the GIS/RS Workforce?” John Lowry & Conway Pene School of Geography, Earth Science & Environment University of the South Pacific Pacific Island Countries GIS/RS User Conference 2011

  2. Geospatial Courses at USP • GS 100 – Overview of GIS • GS 201 – Fundamentals of GIS • GS 211 – Fundamentals of remote sensing • GS 301—Advanced GIS • GS 350 – Project in Geospatial Science • LP 300—Land Planning Project • LP 303—Land Economics • IS 121—Fundamentals of Information Systems

  3. Geospatial Programmes USP • Certificate in Geospatial Science • 6 courses, including GS100, GS201, GS211, GS301 and IS121 • Diploma in Geospatial Science • 10 courses, including GS100, GS201, GS211, GS301, GS350 and IS121 • Nothing at the Bachelor’s or Postgraduate level

  4. Most Pressing Problems • Data & software availability (cost) • Data sharing/quality • Retaining expertise/Compete w/ outsourcing • Lack of opportunity for GIS/RS practitioners • Keeping up with changing technology • Lack of common software • Mainstreaming GIS/RS for decision making

  5. What USP can/should do • Practical experience/internships/field projects • Involve corporations/NGOs • Upgrade GS Diploma to degree level • Enrol more students from all PI countries • Offer short-term training • Teach programming/web mapping/DBMS • Promote Free Open Source Software • Teach about data integrity

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