Abstract:
Technologies are proliferating and academic disciplines are more transdisciplinary oriented. It is almost unattainable to claim that a technology is solely owned by a discipline or an academic college. Do we bring computers to geography or vise versa? In this paper, the author claims the last. The experience of teaching GIS in the school of computer and information science is reported. Also a brief description of the curriculum used is shared. Moreover, the results of survey conducted over GIS students is discussed. Hurdles in teaching GIS are also addressed. Overall, the feedback (from students and school administrators) has been positive. Although in this school the GIS course is an elective, the demand for it has been always high since it was introduced.
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