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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.

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    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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    Instructors
    Somayeh Dodge
    3.8
    11 reviews
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    ILP 2207
    M W
    09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    6 / 15
    Sections
    ELLSN4824
    W
    12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
    6 / 15
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    GEOG176A . 13 Days Ago

    My fav geog professor in UCSB!

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    GEOG176A . A 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 . 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 . 1 Year, 4 Months 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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    GEOG176A . 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

    The labs, which make up most of your grade, are tedious and time-consuming. The instructions are unclear and you are expected to understand ArcGIS information without prior knowledge. Lecture attendance is also required, yet section attendance is optional even though the section assists with labs and ArcGIS material.

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    GEOG176C . 1 Year, 10 Months Ago

    GEOG176C was overhauled the quarter that she taught it and was Python intensive despite working in ArcGIS Pro for the duration of the series. Really ruined the quality what the courses were building up to, and did not live up to what many people consider the main class in the GIS series.

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