Ecology and Environment Sciences

This 3 ECTS course provides the fundamentals of environmental informatics, different types of
database management systems, spatial data structure, how to extract information from different
data sources such as airborne data, space-borne data, climate data, GPS, topographical maps, and how to convert them into digital form. It also teaches the students how to integrate and
analyze the trend and patterns. It also introduces the students to the concept of weightage, and how to assign class weightage and layer weightage. The fundamentals of spatial modeling and how to perform modeling to identify the suitability and vulnerability. It also introduces the components of an information system and remote sensing. This course also demonstrates data collection using GPS, Map reading, DBMS, 2D analysis, and 3D analysis

This 3 ECTS course provides the students with the fundamentals of remote sensing and Geographical information system. It teaches the characteristics of different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with the atmosphere and the earth’s surface. This course introduces reflective, thermal, and microwave remote sensing to students. It also makes the students understand aerial photography, photogrammetry, and global positioning system. It introduces the concept of image interpretation and various sensor characteristics. It makes the students understand the concept of data structures and basic spatial modeling concepts.