Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

GEO 317 — Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing II

GEO department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• explain Database Management Systems and its classifications
• describe the nature, components and applications of GIS
• develop skills in sourcing, manipulating and interpreting spatial data
• critically discuss the applications of GIS in a variety of fields
• discuss the underlying theory of spatial information science
• perform spatial analysis tasks

Course contents

Introduction to Spatial Database Management Systems. Introduction (Data, Information, File system vs DBMS, Data models, Hardware and software requirements, Database Management Systems, Database languages, Database Architecture, users and administrators, Classification of Database Management Systems.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study GEO 317.

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