New Zealand tertiary GIS papers, programmes and contacts

Find New Zealand tertiary GIS papers, programmes and contacts.

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University of Auckland

Geographic Information Science - Introductory material

Links to undergraduate GIS papers below:

Geographic Information Science - Undergraduate

Geographic Information Science courses - Postgraduate

Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka
+64 9 9235930
katarzyna.sila-nowicka@auckland.ac.nz
Auckland University of Technology

Geospatial programmes/courses

Undergraduate:

Geospatial Science can be taken as a Minor and is generally combined with a Major in Environmental Science or Marine Science.

Level 5 courses (First Year)

  • GESC500 Mapping Our Environment

Level 6 courses (Second Year)

  • GESC600 Geospatial Analysis
  • GESC601 Geospatial Field Skills

Level 7 courses (Third Year)

  • GESC700 Advanced Geospatial Analysis

Postgraduate and Research:

Geospatial Science courses are available as part of a Postgraduate Diploma in Science, Master of Science or Master of Science (Research) and the following courses can be taken together as a 'specialisation in Geospatial Science'.

  • ENVS801 Applications of Geographical Information Systems
  • ENVS802 Advanced Applications in Geographic Information Systems 
  • ENVS803 GIS Programming
  • ENVS808 Geospatial Internship
  • MASC804 Marine Spatial Planning

Dr Bradley Case - bradley.case@aut.ac.nz 

Graham Hinchliffe - graham.hinchliffe@aut.ac.nz
 

University of Waikato

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - links to undergraduate and postgraduate options, including the GIS Specialisation for the Master of Social Science and the Master of Information Technology

GEOGY228: Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and Big Data

GEOGY328: Geographical Information Systems 

ENVPL309: Urban Spatial Analysis

GEOGY538: Automated Spatial Analysis using GIS

GEOGY558: Applied GIS for Research and Planning

Dr Lars Brabyn
+64 7 856 2889
larsb@waikato.ac.nz
Massey University

Postgraduate Diploma Arts (Geospatial Science)

Undergraduate courses:

233.214 GIS and Spatial Statistics (15 credits)

233.314 Remote Sensing and Earth Observation (15 credits)

145.202 Working with Geographic Data (15 credits)

145.300 Cartography and Data Visualisation (15 credits)

Postgraduate courses:

145.739 GIS Principles and Applications (30 credits)

145.740 GIS Programming and Practice (30 credits)

233.712 Environmental Geographic Information Systems (15 credits)

233.713 Environmental Remote Sensing (15 credits)

158.740 Location Systems:Spatial Databases, Tools and Applications (15 credits)

158.741 Location Data:Mapping, Analysis and Visualisation (15 credits)

Dr Kristin Stock (for Geoinformatics paper)
+64 9 414 0800 ext: 43719
k.stock@massey.ac.nz

Assoc Prof Jonathan Procter (for Remote Sensing papers)
+64 6 3569099 ext: 84857
j.n.procter@massey.ac.nz

Dr Russell Prince (for info on PGDip)
+64 6 951 6655
r.j.prince@massey.ac.nz

Victoria University of Wellington

MAOR203 Mapping Whenua

GEOG 215 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Science

GEOG 315 Advanced GIS: Spatial Data Science

GEOG 415 Introduction to Geographic Information Science and its Applications
 

Mairead de Roiste
+64 4 463 643
mairead.deroiste@vuw.ac.nz

Ocean Mercier
Te Kawa a Māui/School of Māori Studies
Ocean.mercier@vuw.ac.nz

University of Canterbury

At the undergraduate level, students studying Geography will take courses in GIS which may include:

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Science

Remote Sensing for Geospatial Analysis

Geospatial Analysis in the Social and Environmental Sciences

Web GIS and Geoinformatics

Geospatial Science in Forest Monitoring and Management

GISC401 Foundations of Geographic Information Science

GISC402 GI Science Research

GISC403 Geovisual Analytics

GISC404 Spatial Analysis

GISC405 Environmental and Climate Data Analytics

GISC406 Remote Sensing for Earth Observation

GISC412 Spatial Data Science

GISC422 Foundations of Geographic Information Systems and Science

MSc in Geospatial Science and Technology

Postgraduate Geospatial Science and Technology – Certificate, Diploma, Professional Master

Students doing the Masters in Data Science can also take geospatial courses as part of their programme

UC Online Micro-credential: GIS for Mapping

Ioannis Delikostidis
+64 3 369 4387
Ioannis.delikostidis@canterbury.ac.nz 

Carolynne Hultquist
carolynne.hultquist@canterbury.ac.nz

 

Lincoln University

Links to undergraduate GIS papers below:

ERST 202: Environmental Analysis with Geographic Information Systems

ERST 310: GIS and Applications in Natural Resource Analysis

Links to postgraduate GIS papers below:

ERST606 - Advanced GIS A

ERST607 - Advanced GIS B

Crile Doscher
+64 3 4230426
crile.doscher@lincoln.ac.nz
University of Otago

GIS Programme general information

Bachelor of Applied Science (BAppSc) majoring in GIS

Master of Applied Science (MAppSc) GIS and Master of Science (MSc) GIS

Master of Applied Science (MAppSc) GIS

Dr Antoni Moore
+64 3 479 7589
tony.moore@otago.ac.nz
NorthTec, Whangarei

New Zealand Diploma in Environmental Management (Level 6) – GIS course in partnership with Unitec is included in this qualification

Bachelor of Applied Science (Biodiversity Management) - Applied GIS course in partnership with Unitec is included in this qualification

Chifuyu Horikoshi
chorikoshi@northtec.ac.nz 
Unitec, Auckland

Geographic Information Systems (NSCI6743)

Applied Geographic Information Systems (NSCI7736)

These courses are taken in the Bachelor of Applied Science (Biodiversity Management) and also by students of other programmes, including the National Diploma in Surveying and the Bachelor of Applied Science (Animal Welfare)

Dr Glenn Aguilar
+64 9 815-4321 Ext 7019
gaguilar@unitec.ac.nz
Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier

NZ Diploma in Environmental Management (Terrestrial strand) [Level 6] - GIS course in partnership with Unitec is included in this qualification

Bachelor of Applied Science (Biodiversity Management) - Applied GIS course in partnership with Unitec is included in this qualification

Course coordinator: Lisa Turnbull LMTurnbull@eit.ac.nz

Lecturer: Dinusha Jayathilake Djayathilake@eit.ac.nz

Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill

Bachelor of Environmental Management - GIS course is included in this qualification

Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management - GIS course is included in this qualification

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – Micro Credential Course

Phil Lockett
phil.lockett@sit.ac.nz 
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