SYLLABUS Remote Sensing for Geographical Analysis Geog 651 Instructor Teaching Assistant Dr Andrew G Klein Office O M 707D Email klein geog tamu edu Tel 979 845 5219 Office Hours Tuesday and Thursday 3 00 4 30 pm or by appointment Mr Billy Hales Office O M 707G Email billy hales neo tamu edu Tel 979 458 0864 Office Hours Tuesday 1 2 pm Thursday 9 30 10 30 am Friday 1 30 2 30 pm or by appointment Course Description Introduction to the physics behind and technical issues surrounding the acquisition and utilization of remotely sensed airborne and satellite images for the study of physical and human landscapes Techniques for analyzing and interpreting images for studying biological geological hydrological and oceanographic processes as well as human activities will be emphasized Meeting Times and Location Lecture Tuesday and Thursday 12 45 2 00 pm Lab Tuesday 5 30 6 45 pm 1 O M 103 Teague B009A Lecture Texts Required Jensen J R 2007 Remote Sensing of the Environment an Earth Resource Perspective 2nd ed Upper Saddle River NJ Prentice Hall 592 pp Additional readings from sources including Lillesand T M Kiefer R W and Chipman J W 2008 Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation 6th ed New York John Wiley Sons 756 pp The Remote Sensing Core Curriculum http www r s c c org The Remote Sensing Tutorial http rst gsfc nasa gov Additional readings will be posted on the class website Web Site http geography tamu edu class aklein geog361 Lab Software ENVI 4 3 http www ittvis com envi Software Guides ENVI 4 X User s Guide 2003 Edition Research System Inc RSI 1083p ENVI 4 X Tutorials 2003 Edition Research System Inc RSI 658p 2 Grading Your grade in this class will be based on the following A Exams 40 2 midterms and 1 final Makeups for the Exams will be allowed only for excused absences as covered in section 7 of the Texas A M University Student Rules http student rules tamu edu B Lab Exercises 40 No credit will be given to labs turned in later than one week after the due date C Literature Review 20 Each student also complete a literature review following the guidelines listed below All Grades will be assigned according to the following scale A B C D F 90 80 89 70 79 60 69 60 Literature Review It has been my observation that students in an introductory remote sensing class have a hard time easily developing a worthwhile project in their own field of application Therefore students will learn about the application of remote sensing in their own topical research area through a thorough literature review Each student will be expected to write a 15 to 20 page review of the application of remote sensing to a research topic that interests them Ideally this literature review will help lay the background for a student s future thesis or dissertation research Each student will submit a 1 page synopsis of the proposed topic which will be reviewed for feasibility by the professor early in the semester to make sure the topic is manageable It is probably worthwhile to examine a couple of articles in the Reviews of Geophysics to gain a good understanding of how a good review article is constructed The literature review should follow the style and format of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers Detailed information and guidelines for preparing a 3 manuscript including citation formats style guides and information on figure formats can be found online at http www aag org Publications Annals annalsweb3 html Please be aware that I am not expecting you to submit a camera ready manuscript that looks like an article published in the journal only that you follow the same guidelines with respect to formatting citations figures that you have to follow if you were to submit your manuscript for review to the journal It is good practice Also while anonymity is good for blind manuscript reviews it is not good if you want a grade so please ignore the directions to leave your name off of your work Class Attendance The university views class attendance as the responsibility of the individual student However as stated in the student rules http student rules tamu edu rule07 Students are expected to attend class and to complete all assignments It has been my experience that failure to attend class especially labs is a major cause of poor performance in the class Cellular Telephones As a courtesy to the instructor and other students please turn off all cellular telephones and two way pagers before the class begins I find it extremely impolite to be interrupted by a cellular telephone when I am lecturing Email All Texas A M students should use their neo email accounts when emailing the instructor and teaching assistants I may also send out class announcements via the neo email system as well It is your responsibility to check your neo email account regularly Copyright and Plagiarism Policy All materials used in this class are copyrighted These materials include but are not limited to syllabi quizzes exams lab problems in class 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