Smith College no longer has a Geography Department, but that doesn’t stop the growing use of GIS technology on campus. More than 30 different courses have used GIS and/or GPS to some extent since our launch in 1999. The teaching model at Smith focuses on teaching with GIS. In other words, our focus is not vocational training in GIS software. We engage students using GIS as a visualization and inquiry tool within other established fields and disciplines.
Below is a compilation of classes that are using or have used SAL resources, dating back to 2002.
updated February 2020
~ Spring 2020
- Doing Digital History (HST292) 19
- Geomorphology (GEO251) 23
- Researching Environmental Problems (ENV201/202) 19
- Paris: A Multilayered City (FRN230) 19
- Climate & Energy Policy (ENV323) 11
- Carbonate Sedimentology (GEO334) 14
- What I Found in the Archives (ARX141) 40 – discussion on mineral collections
2018 – 2019
~ Fall 2019
- Aerial Imagery & Cinematography (IDP109) 12 students
- Researching Environmental Problems (ENV201-202) 8 students
- Great Cities Los Angelos (ARH285) 22 students
- Imperial Matter: The Arts of China’s Early Empires (ARH352) 12 students
- Sustainable Solutions (ENV312) 16 students
- Ecohydrology Seminar (EGR315) 10 students
- Groundwater Geology (GEO309) 13 students
- Contesting Space: Art, Ecology, Activism (LAS301) 7 students
- Intro to Landscape Studies (LSS105) 26 students – guest lecture
- Mapping Our World: Intro to GIS (GEO150) 19 students
- Intro to Data Science (SDS192) 70 students – guest lecture
- Sustainability & Social-Ecological Systems (ENV101) 70 students – guest lecture on extractive & carceral geographies
~ Spring 2019
- Researching Environmental Problems (ENV201-202) 19 students
- Structural Geology (GEO 241) – lab use only
- Introduction to Archaeology (ANT135) 11 students
- Place Frames: Photography as Research Method in Landscape Studies (LSS245) 19 students – guest lecture
- Age of Heroes: Archaeology of Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age (CLS238) 21 students
- Aqueous Geochemistry (GEO301) 15 students
- Museum Concentration (MUX300) – final projects
- Archives Concentration ARX340) – final projects
2017 – 2018
~ Fall 2018
** this is a crazy amount of classes using the SAL ** just saying
- Aerial Imagery and Cinematography (IDP109) 9 students
- Introduction to Landscape Studies (LSS105) – guest lecture
- Visual Storytelling: Graphics, Data and Design (LSS260) 16 students
- Painting I (ARS266) 12 students
- Modeling Our World – An Introduction to GIS (GEO150) 8 students
- Ecohydrology (EGR315) 11 students
- Researching Environmental Problems (ENV201-202) 11 students
- Colloquium in French Studies Paris, a Multilayered City (FRN230) 15 students
- Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation (BIO131) 12 students
- Colloquium in Latin American and Latino/a Studies Landscapes of Work, Wealth and Power: The Economic Geography of Latin America (LAS201) 6 students
- Introduction to Earth Processes and History (GEO101) 34 students
- Global Climate Change: Exploring the Past, the Present and Options for the Future (GEO104) 26 students
~ Spring 2018
- Researching Environmental Problems (ENV201-202) 16 students
- Geomorphology (GEO251) 18 students
- Structural Geology (GEO 241) – lab use only
- Painting III (ARS363) 6 students
- World Population (SOC232) 24 students
- Archaeology of Food (ANT226) 40 students
- The Making of a School (EDC226) 4 students
- Medieval Art on the Move: Pilgrimages and Crusades (ARH233) 2 students
- Inquiry and Interpretation in Latin American Studies (LAS250) 2 students
~ Fall 2017
- Modeling Our World – An Introduction to GIS (GEO150) 20 students
- Ecohydrology (EGR315) 10 students
- Researching Environmental Problems (ENV 201-202) 10 students
- Environmental Integration III: Interpreting and Communicating Information (ENV311) 18 students
- SWG Queering Displacement (SWG324) 11 students
Invited Talks & Lectures
- Introduction to Landscape Studies (LSS 105) 22 students
- Advanced Video Production (FLS282) – with Kate Lee, 12 students
2016 – 2017
~ Spring 2017
- Making Knowledge (FLS270) 8 students
- Practicum Community Based Research (SOC308) 2 students
- Researching Environmental Problems (ENV 201-202) 22 students
- Geomorphology (GEO251) 20 students
- Structural Geology (GEO 241) 9 students
- Carbonate Sedimentology (GEO334) 6 students
~ Fall 2016
- Modeling Our World – An Introduction to GIS (GEO150) 9 students
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (ENV 201-202) 10 students
- Geology in the Field (FYS 103) 18 students
- FYS113 The World Water Crisis (FYS 113) 16 students
- FYS129 Tierra Y Vida: Land & Eco Imagine (FYS 129) 10 students
- LSS105 Introduction to Landscape Studies (LSS 105) 25 students (guest lecture)
- LSS260 Visual Storytelling (LSS 260) 15 students
- Digital Effects (IDP160) 21 students (guest lecture)
- Environmental Concentration Capstone: Sustainable Food & Climate Change (ENX 301) 3 students
- Gender, Land and Food Movements (SWG 230) 11 students
- Natural Disasters (GEO 105) 13 students (Lab use only)
2015 – 2016
~ Spring 2016
- Community Service with Web-Based Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) (NRC/PP&A 597WG at UMass)
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (ENV 201-202) 14 students
- Geomorphology (GEO251) 17 students
- World Population (SOC232) 13 students
- Structural Geology (GEO 241) 14 students
~ Fall 2015
- Modeling Our World – An Introduction to GIS (GEO150) 16 students
- Environmental Integration I: Perspectives (ENV101) 60 students
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (ENV 201-202) 13 students
- Colloquium in Buddhist Studies: Buddhism in America (REL266) 9 students
- Visual Culture and Colonization (ARH352) 13 students
- Gender, Land and Food Movements (SWG230) 17 students
- Digital Effects (IDP160) 25 students
2014 – 2015
~ Spring 2015
- Introduction to GIS (week long workshop, January 13-17)
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (ENV201-202)
- Geomorphology (GEO251)
- Collecting the Past: Art, Artifact and Ancient America (ARH292)
- Advanced Architecture: Complex Places, Multiple Spaces (ARS388)
- World Population (SOC232)
~ Fall 2014
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (EVS 201-202)
- Environmental Integration III: Interpreting and Communicating Information (ENV311)
- Biogeochemical Cycling in the Avery Brook Watershed: a Research Course (GEO180Y)
- Gender, Land and Food Movements (SWG230)
- Environment and Society (SOC233)
- Animal Behavior Methods (BIO363)
2013 – 2014
~ Spring 2014
- Introduction to GIS (week long workshop, January 13-17)
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (ENV201-202)
- Geomorphology (GEO251)
- Ecohydrology (EGR315)
- The Pleasures of Reading: Topic: Adventure (CLT100)
- Advanced Architecture: Complex Places, Multiple Spaces (ARS388)
~ Fall 2013
- Modeling Our World – An Introduction to GIS (GEO150)
- Natural Disasters: Understanding and Coping ( GEO105)
- Groundwater Geology (GEO309)
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (EVS 201-202)
- Environmental Integration III: Interpreting and Communicating Information (ENV311)
- Biogeochemical Cycling in the Avery Brook Watershed: a Research Course (GEO180Y)
- Data Science (MTH292 )
2012 – 2013
~ Spring 2013
- Introduction to Art History: Architecture and the Built Environment (ARH150)
- Advanced Architecture: Complex Places, Multiple Spaces (ARS388)
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (ENV201-202)
- Environmental Integration III: Interpreting and Communicating Information (ENV311)
- World Population (SOC232)
- Seminar: Practicum in Community Based Research (SOC308)
- East Asian Languages & Lit: Chinese Travel Writing (EAL233)
- Introduction to GIS (week long workshop, January 14-18 2013)
~ Fall 2012
- Modeling Our World – An Introduction to GIS (GEO150)
- Natural Disasters: Understanding and Coping ( GEO105)
- Environmental Integration: IV: Sustainable Solutions (ENV312)
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (EVS 201-202)
- Animal Behavior Methods (BIO363)
- Environment and Society (SOC233)
2011 – 2012
~ Spring 2012
- Modeling Our World – An Introduction to GIS (GEO150)
- Geomorphology (GEO251)
- Ecohydrology (EGR315)
- Vertebrate Biology Lab (BIO273)
- Rethinking Landscape (LSS300)
~ Fall 2011
- Natural Disasters: Understanding and Coping (GEO105)
- Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Laboratory (BIO155)
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (EVS 201-202)
2010 – 2011
~ Spring 2011
- Modeling Our World – An Introduction to GIS (GEO150)
- Geomorphology (GEO251)
- The Environment (GEO109)
- Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information (ENV201)
- Vertebrate Biology Laboratory (BIO263)
- Broad-scale Design and Planning Studio (LSS/ARS389)
- Environment and Society (SOC233)
~ Fall 2010
- Natural Disasters: Understanding and Coping (GEO105)
- Animal Behavior Methods (BIO363)
- Global Climate Change: Exploring the Past, the Present and Options for the Future (GEO104)
- Advanced Programming Techniques (CSC220)
2009 – 2010
~ Spring 2010
- Seminar: Topics in Anthropology: Prehistory of Food (ANTH357)
- Geomorphology (GEO252)
- The Environment (GEO109)
- Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Biology (BIO155)
- Vertebrate Biology Laboratory (BIO273)
- Global Environmental Changes and Challenges (FYS177)
- Coffee cups, doughnuts, and the shape of the universe (MATH105)
~ Fall 2009
- Principles of Ecology Lab (BIO267)
- Making Sense of the Pre-Columbian (FYS151)
2008 – 2009
~ Spring 2009
- Modeling Our World: An Introduction to GIS (GEO150)
- Geomorphology (GEO252)
- Vertebrate Biology (BIO272)
- The Environment (GEO109)
- Architecture and the Built Environment (ARH150)
~ Fall 2008
- Natural Disasters: Understanding and Coping (GEO105)
- Archaeology (ARC211)
- Practicum in Community Based Research (SOC308)
- Plant Ecology (BIO364)
2007 – 2008
~ Spring 2008
- Geomorphology (GEO251)
- Vertebrate Anatomy and Evolution (BIO245b)
- Archaeology (ARC211)
- Practicum in Community Based Research (SOC315)
- World Population (SOC232)
- The Environment (GEO109)
- Ecohydrology (EGR315)
- Art and Ecology (LSS255)
~ Fall 2007
- Plant Ecology
- Animal Behavior Lab
- Principles of Ecology
- Feminisms and the Fate of the Planet
- Introductory Colloquia: Life Sciences for the 21st Century: Pests, Plagues and Profligates: The Biology of Invasions
- Introduction to Earth Processes and History (GPS support)
- Principles of Ecology (GPS support)
2006 – 2007
~ Spring 2007
- Modeling Our World: An Introduction to GIS (GEO150)
- Geomorphology (GEO251)
- Archaeology (ARC211)
- Island Biology (BIO110)
- Oceanography (GEO108
~ Fall 2006
- Natural Disasters: Understanding and Coping (GEO105)
- Plant Ecology (BIO356)
2005 – 2006
~ Spring 2006
- Seminar in Environmental Science & Policy
- Modeling Our World: An Introduction to GIS (GEO150)
- Oceanography
- Society and Environment
- The Environment
~ Fall 2005
- Natural Disasters: Understanding and Coping
- Introduction to Archaeology
- Environment and Society
- First Year Studies 151: Making Sense of the Pre-Columbian
- Plant Ecology
- Introductory Colloquia: Life Sciences for the 21st Century:Plant Invasions
2004 -2005
~ Spring 2005
- Seminar in Environmental Science & Policy
- Geomorphology
- Oceanography
- Society and Environment
- World Population
- The Environment
~ Fall 2004
- Natural Disasters: Understanding and Coping
- Introduction to Archaeology
- Ecohydrology
2003 – 2004
~ Spring 2004
- Seminar in Environmental Science & Policy
- Geomorphology
- Oceanography
~ Fall 2003
- Sociology (World Population)
- Sociology (Environment and Society)
- Introduction to Archaeology
- Geology in the Field
2002 – 2003
~ Spring 2003
- Seminar in Environmental Science & Policy
- Geomorphology
- Oceanography
~ Fall 2002
- Groundwater Geology
- Pre-Colombian Arts
- Sociology (World Population)
- Sociology (Environment and Society)
- First Year Seminar: Env. Issues on Campus
- Introduction to Archaeology
- Geology in the Field (tentative)
You may also visit the Five College GIS blog and Digital Worlds at Five Colleges to see other GIS related classes in the Valley.
http://bit.ly/GISclasses