The request to revise ESCI 4170/5170 and ESCI 4180/5180

Date: March 3, 2014
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: February 3, 2014
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
, Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Summer 2014

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ESCI 4170/5170. Fundamentals of Remote Sensing. (4) Prerequisites: ESCI 1101 and GEOL 1200, or permission of the instructor. Physical fundamentals of remote sensing and overview of airborne and satellite systems operating in the visible, infrared, and radar regions, and a review of applications for resource exploration, environmental studies, land use and land cover analysis, and natural hazards. This course introduces the physical fundamentals of remote sensing, provides an overview of airborne and satellite remote sensing systems, and offers a basic instruction in the use and interpretation of remote sensing imagery. Identification, interpretation and mapping of both natural and cultural landscape features will be covered. One 2-1/2 hour lecture and one three-hour lab per week (Fall)

ESCI 4180/5180. Digital Image Processing in Remote Sensing. (4) Prerequisite: ESCI 5170 or permission of instructor. Scientific and computational foundations of digital image processing techniques for extracting earth resource information from remotely sensed data. Three lecture hours and three lab hours per week. This course offers both a basic instruction in the use and interpretation of remote sensing data, and advanced remote sensing techniques to help students understand what and how remote sensing can contribute to the information needs in various fields. 2-1/2 lecture hours and three lab hours per week. (Spring)