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    • ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF MOVEMENT . GEOG 286

    Many geographic, social, and natural systems involve dynamic processes or movement of individuals in space and time. Examples include animal migration, human mobility, disease diffusion, and natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires. Movement is key to understanding these dynamic processes. This course reviews computational methods for analysis, modeling and simulation of movement in ecological and human systems. Students gain an understanding of spatiotemporal processes and patterns, and develop computational skills to process trajectory data, analyze movement patterns, and apply movement models. Through a final capstone project, students study a spatiotemporal problem in depth and write a research paper.

    Prerequisites: Geography 12/W12 or 176A or 176B; or Environmental Studies 154; or Earth Science 176; and, Computer Science 8; or equivalent coursework; or consent of instructor

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    Graduate students only

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    Letters and science

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    DODGE S
    Somayeh Dodge
    3.5
    13 reviews
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    14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
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    ILP 2207
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    09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
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    09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
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    3.5
    GEOG176A . Dodge S 2 Months Ago

    I wish the lectures focused more on actually teaching us to use the ArcGIS software.

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    GEOG176A . Dodge S 5 Months Ago

    Horrible at teaching, and not very nice

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    GEOG176A . Dodge S 1 Year, 10 Days Ago

    My fav geog professor in UCSB!

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    GEOG176A . Dodge S 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

    She really cares about her students. This is my second class with her and she is amazing. Very approachable. Clear grading instructions from the beginning. Dr. Dodge wants her students to succeed. The lectures sometimes have group activities which are graded. Would def take her again.

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    GEOG176A . Dodge S 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

    She is absolutely sweet which is a sort of pretense . She smiles at one‘s face but she is so dismissive when you piss her off with questions. She is a mean person and I will advise to completely stay away from her classes

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    GEOG176A . Dodge S 2 Years Ago

    Prof. Dodge is so sweet! Labs are a big part of this class but that's where you're actually learning how to use GIS software so I think it makes total sense. Really really recommend Prof. Dodge!

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