First semester
The Master's program will be performed with up to 32 students. Half of them attend their first semester at UJI, half at UNL. On purpose, UJI and UNL offer courses with a different focus, in order to address the different backgrounds and requirements of the incoming students. Both partners offer basic modules in GI, although with different intensity.
The program at UJI stresses the computing aspects of GI such as computer graphics and web services, whereas the program at UNL is more oriented towards the processing and modeling aspects of Geographic information, including topics such as “Remote Sensing” and “Geospatial data mining”. As for the other modules, UJI is more informatics-oriented (modules “Informatics and mathematics” and “New technologies”).
UNL provides modules in “Mathematics and statistics” and “Data modeling”. UNL offers different paths within its modules by alternative courses, e.g., a student with a background in social sciences such as geography and few previous know-how in informatics would rather choose “Descriptive statistics” and “Data analysis, whereas a more informatics-related student would choose “Mathematical statistics” and “Data mining”.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação (ISEGI), Lisboa, Portugal
| Module | Course | Type (e.g., seminar, lecture, e-learning course) | ECTS credit points (1 CP = 30h students' workload in Germany, 28h in Portugal, 25h in Spain) |
| 1. Semester ISEGI |
| Module 1: Mathematics and Statistics (1 of 2 courses) | 7,5 |
|
Mathematical statistics |
lecture / practical |
7,5 |
|
Descriptive statistics |
lecture / practical |
7,5 |
| Module 2: Data modeling (1 of 3 courses) | 7,5 |
|
Data analysis |
lecture / practical |
7,5 |
|
Data mining |
lecture / practical |
7,5 |
|
Data bases |
lecture / practical |
7,5 |
| Module 3: GI basics (2 of 4 courses) | 15 |
|
GIS 1 |
lecture / practical |
7,5 |
|
Remote sensing |
lecture / practical |
7,5 |
|
Geostatistics |
lecture / practical |
7,5 |
|
Geosoftware 1 |
lecture / practical |
7,5 |
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Sub-total: 30 credit points |
Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón, Dept. Lenguajes y Sistemas Informaticos (LSI), Castellón, Spain.
| Module | Course | Type (e.g., seminar, lecture, e-learning course) | ECTS credit points (1 CP = 30h students' workload in Germany, 28h in Portugal, 25h in Spain) |
| 1. Semester UJI |
| Module 1: Informatics and Mathematics | 12 |
|
Programming
|
lecture / practical |
4 |
|
Databases |
lecture / practical |
4 |
|
Software engineering |
lecture / practical |
2 |
|
Applied mathematics: logic and statistics |
lecture / practical |
2 |
| Module 2: New technologies | 12 |
|
Computer graphics
|
lecture / practical |
4 |
|
Multimedia
|
practical |
3 |
|
Image processing |
lecture / practical |
3 |
|
Networks/Internet |
lecture / practical |
2 |
| Module 3: GI basics | 6 |
|
GIS 1 |
lecture / practical |
3 |
|
Spatial analysis
|
lecture / practical |
2 |
|
Geospatial infrastructures |
e-learning |
1 |
|
|
|
Sub-total: 30 credit points |
Second semester
For the second semester, all students attend the courses at WWU. The first module mediates “Fundamentals in GI Science”. The second module “Advanced topics in GI Science” mediates knowledge on ongoing research and research projects, thus preparing the students for their own research in the Master thesis. Optionally, courses of this module can be replaced by an annual summer school performed by WWU, UJI, or UNL, or by work in ongoing research projects of one of the partners’ research groups. The third module mediate additional “Core competences” the students will need for their Master thesis as well as for their future professional careers: “Research methods in GI Science” and “Project management in GI projects”.
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi), Münster, Germany.
| Module | Course | Type (e.g., seminar, lecture, e-learning course) | ECTS credit points (1 CP = 30h students' workload in Germany, 28h in Portugal, 25h in Spain) |
| 2. Semester ifgi |
| Module 4: Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science | 12 |
|
Introduction to Geographic Information Science |
lecture |
2 |
|
Digital Cartography |
e-learning |
2 |
|
Digital Cartography |
practical |
3 |
|
Reference Systems for Geographic Information |
lecture |
2 |
|
Reference Systems for Geographic Information |
practical |
3 |
| Module 5: Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Science | 12 |
|
Selected Topics in GI |
lecture / practical |
3 |
|
Seminar in GI |
Seminar |
3 |
|
Applications of GI within and outside geosciences |
lecture / practical |
4 |
|
Geoinformatics Forum |
Seminar |
2 |
| Module 6: Core competences | 6 |
|
Research methods in GI science |
practical |
3 |
|
Project management in GeoMundus conference |
practical |
3 |
| Module 7: Annual summer school or project work, performed by ifgi, ISEGI, and UJI, alternating location (optional) | 8 (optional) |
|
Selected GI topics |
practicals or project work |
8 credit points, can be recognized for previous courses based individual permission |
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Sub-total: 30 credit points |
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