Implementing Geographic Information Systems in the College of Business

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2017-12-06
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Fishel, Amanda
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Honors Projects and Posters
University Honors Program

The Honors project is potentially the most valuable component of an Honors education. Typically Honors students choose to do their projects in their area of study, but some will pick a topic of interest unrelated to their major.

The Honors Program requires that the project be presented at a poster presentation event. Poster presentations are held each semester. Most students present during their senior year, but may do so earlier if their honors project has been completed.

This site presents project descriptions and selected posters for Honors projects completed since the Fall 2015 semester.

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Supply Chain and Information Systems
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"The purpose of this project is to design a week-long module for an introductory Management Information Systems class that teaches students about Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The module includes objectives for the students to learn, lesson plans with corresponding powerpoint slides, an in-class activity, and a homework assignment.

While researching GIS, I focused the lesson plans on answering what GIS is, why, how, and who uses GIS. GIS helps businesses to make better decisions using geography. The information from the lesson plans help students complete the in-class activity and homework assignment. Through the in-class activity and homework assignment, students gain experience using a GIS tool, learn how to take data and make inquiries, and learn how to solve business related problems. At the completion of the homework assignment, students write a memo summarizing their solution to the given problem.

My final report details the project objectives, procedure and methods, final lesson plans, in-class activity, homework assignment, and a reflection. If introduced into the College of Business, within an introductory Management Information Systems class, the week-long module would provide students exposure to the growing and rapidly changing market of GIS and how it is utilized in a variety of industries. "

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