MSc Geoinformation Science MGI

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MSc Geo-information Science (MGI)

• Willy ten Haaf

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Introduction

• Programme Director
• Gerrit Epema
• Secretary
• Brigitte van Beek
• Study adviser
• Willy ten Haaf

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Study adviser

• Main duties
• to advise on individual study programs
• selection of courses and thesis track (major)
• planning of subjects
• to formalise agreements (e.g. MSc study
  contract)
• to provide declarations (e.g. payment of
  research fee)
• to monitor study progress
• to mediate between students, lecturers and
  Examining Board
• to refer students to the Student Counselling and
  Health Service

Willy ten Haaf GAIA building room C 308b Tel.
0317- 481865 E-mail willy.tenhaaf_at_wur.nl W
ebsite http//www.mgi.wur.nl/UK/
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Purpose of this meeting welcome and getting
started

• Wageningen UR location buildings
• Wageningen UR approach and type of education
• Wageningen UR scheduling and information sources
  
• MGI study programme courses, thesis, planning
• Courses 1st period
• Diverse study contract, English Proficiency, MGI
  Programme Committee
• Down load this presentation from MGI - portal
  https//portal.wur.nl/C17/C2/MGI/

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Buildings Wageningen UR an overview

• De Born
• LUMEN
• GAIA
• FORUM
• 104 ATLAS

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Buildings Wageningen UR De Born

• FORUM building
• new education building
• restaurant, library
• Student Administration (SSC)
• Student Counseling and Health Service (deans for
  students)
• GAIA building
• Centre Landscape
• Centre for Geo-information
• LUMEN building
• Centre Landscape
• ATLAS building
• Soil Centre
• Centre Hydrology and Water

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Centre for Geo-information (CGI) an overview

• CGI University
• 2 chair groups (GIS and RS)
• education (MGI, GIMA) and scientific research
• 20 staff members
• CGI Alterra
• 3 research groups
• scientific and applied research (GIS and RS)
• ca 50 staff members

Website chair groups http//www.grs.wur.nl/UK/
Website master programme http//www.mgi.wur.nl/U
K/
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Wageningen University approach and type of
teaching

• The Wageningen approach
• Disciplinary, interdisciplinary and
  multidisciplinary education with a problem-driven
  character
• An approach with a focus on knowledge transfer
  and application of the acquired knowledge
• Programs are thesis-oriented and individually
  tailored.
• Way of teaching
• varying working forms lectures, tutorials,
  practical, excursions,
• attendance is compulsory, except for lectures
• relation teacher-student informal
• interactive, critical students are considered
  positive
• not just reproducing knowledge
• course evaluations

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Wageningen University what is expected of
students?

• Lectures
• active and critical participation (dare to ask
  and answer questions)
• take notes
• written exams
• Practical training / field visits
• be in time
• dont miss the instructions
• Problem-oriented education (case work)
• group work common responsibility
• willingness to learn from other students
• plagiarism is unacceptable

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Plagiarism

• It is plagiarism when you
• Buy or use a term paper written by someone else.
• Cut and paste passages from the Web, a book, or
  an article and insert them into your paper
  without citing them. Warning! It is now easy to
  search and find passages that have been copied
  from the Web.
• Use the words or ideas of another person without
  citing them.
• Paraphrase that person's words without citing
  them.
• No plagiarism
• https//csa.wur.nl/mededelingen/air/Fraud_and_pla
  giarism.htm
• https//csa.wur.nl/mededelingen/air/fraudandplagi
  arism.doc

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Scheduling (1)

• 5 period system with 2 courses per period
• Period 1-4 1 morning and 1 afternoon course
• 6 weeks lectures/practical, 1 week prep., 1 week
  exams
• Period 5 1 block of 9 weeks full time (MGI)

• More information academic year 2009-2010

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Scheduling (2)

• Lecture times (see course schedules)

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Information Sources

• Student Service Centre (SSC)
• https//csa.wur.nl/login/
• Study Handbook
• Planning Booklet
• Student Charter
• On line registrationfor courses
• Course information on EDUweb
• read the flyer

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MGI study programme general

• Two years programme (120 ects)
• Individual programme (study contract)
• Competence driven
• Thesis oriented
• Courses (60 ects)
• Compulsary courses
• Restricted optional courses
• Optional courses (depends on previous study)
• Specialisation via thesis
• Major thesis (36 ects)
• Thesis topic within research themes of CGI
• Possibilities for an own topic
• Internship / 2nd thesis (24 ects)

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MGI study programme an overview
ADVANCED STATISTICS
ADVANCED MODELLING
DATA MANAGEMENT
THESIS GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE
GEO-INFORMATION TOOLS
INTRODUCTION GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE
SPATIAL DATA INFRA-STRUCTURE
SPATIAL MODELLING STATISTICS
REMOTE SENSING GIS INTEGRATION
REMOTE SENSING
INTERNSHIP GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE /2nd thesis
RESEARCH METHODS ENVIRONM. SCIENCES
MODULAR SKILLS
ACADEMIC COMPETENCE TRAINING
1st year
2nd year
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MGI study programme schedule 2009-2011
Period 5
Period 4
Period 3
Period 2
Period 1
YEAR 1
Remote Sensing GIS Integration
Remote Sensing
Introd. Geo-information Science
M
Geo-information Tools
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Modular skills
Spatial Data Infrastructure
Spatial Modeling Statistics
Period 5
Period 4
Period 3
Period 2
Period 1
YEAR 2
Internship / 2nd thesis
Thesis
M
A

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MGI study programme Modular Skills Training

• Individual modules of 1.5 ECTS
• scheduled all periods in the afternoon
• 2 modules (3 ECTS) or 4 modules (6 ECTS)
• choose in consultation with study adviser
• website https//portal.wur.nl/courses/MOS/
• modules

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Courses 1st period morning

• GRS-10306 Introduction Geo-information Science
• Start Monday 07 September 0830 hours in the
  GAIA building room 1
• Course outline (website) and literature
  (WUR-shop) will be available at the start of the
  course
• Website http//www.geo-informatie.nl/courses/grs1
  0306/
• Coordinator Willy ten Haaf
• Alternative courses
• INF-21306 Data Management
• LDD-30806 Physical Aspects of Land Management
• MAT-20306 Advanced Statistics
• YRM-20306 Research Methods in Environmental
  Sciences

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Courses 1st period afternoon

• YMC-60303 Modular Skills Training (MOS)
• Scientific Writing Skills (ESC-65600)
• 1 module in consultation with study adviser
• link https//portal.wur.nl/courses/MOS/
• Extra / alternative courses
• MAT-11403 Basic Statistics
• INF-20303 Elementary Programming using Mathcad
• YMC-60306 2 more MOS modules
• LAD-30306 Inventory Techniques for Land Dynamics
• MAT-20306 Advanced Statistics

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Study Contract general

• Before or during the first period, every student
  will talk with the study adviser to determine his
  / her wishes and interest. Based on this
  discussion a draft MSc study contract is drawn
  up, specifying
• personal data
• competencies already acquired at other
  institutions
• a provisional outline of the individual study
  programme.
• At a later stage, the terms of the draft contract
  are discussed again and expanded in terms of
• - the individual curriculum
• - the choice of major thesis and internship.
• The final study contract is drawn up in
  consultation between the student and the study
  adviser. The programme has to be approved by the
  Examining Board before a student can register for
  graduation.

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Study Contract an MGI example
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Proficiency in English

• Make the Oxford Quick Placement Test at the
  Language Services, the language desk for
  Wageningen UR, and follow their advise
• register at the Info-point, Forum building
  /ground floor
• Link http//www.languageservices.wur.nl/UK/
• Letter from Language Services.
• Please respond to the request to participate in
  the test if this concerns you (non-native
  speakers)
• QPT test takes about 30 minutes
• International students will be invited
  forAugust 31, September 01 or 02 from 9.30 till
  16.00 hours
• Dutch students will be invited forSeptember
  07,08 or 09 from 17.30 till 19.00 hours

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MGI Programme Committee

• SUBJECTS
• MGI study programme
• Evaluation MGI courses
• External advisers GI-work field

• MGI staff members
• Prof Arnold Bregt
• Dr Jan Clevers
• Ing Willy ten Haaf
• MGI student members
• Ivan Alvaro Crespo
• Hans Roelofsen
• Madeleine van der Toorn
• Programme Director
• Dr. Gerrit Epema

Alvaro
Hans
Madeleine
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Other

• Email address use your WUR account
• Meeting study adviser Tuesday, September 01
• Thesis and internship meeting 1st week of March
• Social events ideas . . . ??
• Student counselling and health service