I didnt really know what to expect going into this class ... I hate math so I was expecting to do terrrrrible, but in the end I finished with a great mark.
The course was basically teaching us ways to analyze geographic/environmental information. In the beginning we learned about mean/median/mode, standard deviation, etc etc, then we started learning about covariance and correlation and stuff like that.
I found that the professor (Dr Newbold) was really good, he went over a lot of examples which helped me to understand a lot better.
The breakdown of marks was 50% labs (
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There was a 2 hour lab every week, and you had a lab to hand in every 3ish weeks. They basically brought you through excel/S+ to analyze data, and you used arcGIS a couple times too. The workbook tries to take you step by step through what youre supposed to do, but I found it pretty difficult to follow at times... so try to work with a group of friends! I found the labs definitely helped my mark a TON.
The midterm seemed really easy. The exam was hard because we didn't know exactly what to expect..
I found that going to class helped me to understand, I read the textbook to understand a bit better/to reference during labs, but many people found they didn't always need the textbook. Definitely work hard on the labs because once you understand what youre doing its easy to get 85%+ on each labs and that really helps your mark.
