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Title: MSc Geoinformation Science MGI


1
MSc Geo-information Science (MGI)
  • Willy ten Haaf

2
Introduction
  • Programme Director
  • Gerrit Epema
  • Secretary
  • Brigitte van Beek
  • Study adviser
  • Willy ten Haaf

3
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/
4
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/

5
Buildings Wageningen UR an overview
  • De Born
  • LUMEN
  • GAIA
  • FORUM
  • 104 ATLAS

6
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

7
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/
8
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

9
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

10
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

11
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

12
Scheduling (2)
  • Lecture times (see course schedules)

13
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

14
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)

15
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
16
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
A
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

17
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

18
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

19
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

20
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.

21
Study Contract an MGI example
22
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

23
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
24
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
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