Professors in the social sciences would like to share with their students some of the exciting technologies that have engrossed geographers for the past three decades — new computer based methods for exploring geographic patterns (geographic information systems (GIS), mapping, satellite remote sensing, and pattern analysis). UCSB’s Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS) has come up with a way to make this possible. Beginning in summer 2004, professors from around the country, from such disciplines as anthropology, economics, history, political science, and sociology, will attend two-week-long workshops to study how their undergraduate courses can be enhanced with student exposure to the new geographical technologies for mapping and analysis.
Don Janelle, research professor and program director for CSISS, will coordinate this new program – called SPACE (Spatial Perspectives on Analysis for Curriculum Enhancement). Financial support comes from the National Science Foundation. Several professors in the Department of Geography will offer instruction in the program over the next three years. For more information, see http://www.csiss.org/SPACE.
