GEOS9016 Principles of Geographic Information Systems and Science (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.0/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
GEOS9016 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 地理信息系统与科学原理
Type: Postgraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Postgraduate Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
Approximately 80% of all data collected have associated geographic attributes, and there is an increasing need for people with the skills and abilities to manipulate and make sense of that information. This course provides an introduction to, and understanding of, the basic principles, structures, procedures and applications of geographic information systems and science.
GEOS9016 has 3 scored reviews: overall 3.0/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.0/5).
On Reddit: "I'm doing masters of IT as well and taking this course this term. Basically the whole course is asking you use ArcGIS software suit to complete a project in 2-3 people teams. Half of the marks will be the final report of the project. It's hard for a non-geography student because…"
On Reddit: "You mean the final exam or the course? Both requires a lot of writing, if writing reports and using ArcGIS (if you happened to use a Mac then there’s bad news, they don’t run on Mac and you have to use lab computers) sounds fine to you then this course is not very hard. I’d say …"
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Q: Is GEOS9016 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: overall 3.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches GEOS9016, and when is it offered?
A: GEOS9016 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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