{"id":4549,"date":"2014-11-09T20:25:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T20:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/sal-clone\/?p=4549"},"modified":"2015-03-24T19:12:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T19:12:35","slug":"2015-interterm-course-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.science.smith.edu\/sal\/2014\/11\/09\/2015-interterm-course-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Interterm Course Offering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015 the Spatial Analysis Lab will instruct a one week Interterm class open to all students, faculty, staff, and Northampton community members. The course will be taught in the first week of Interterm\u00a0 (Jan 5<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Jan 9<sup>th<\/sup>) from 1-3pm each day. The structure will be somewhat informal and may end early or stretch late depending on the day.<\/p>\n<p>Please\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/smith.edu\/interterm\/register.php\" target=\"_blank\">Register <\/a>&#8212; we may have already exceeded capacity, but if you get on the wait list there is a good chance you will still be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Schedule (tentative):<\/p>\n<p>Day 1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lecture: Intro to GIS \u2013 what is GIS? 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