General info

This is a joint course for geography and geology students at the Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki (course codes GEOK3001 and MAA-261).

Course materials are freely available online for anyone interested in the course contents.

Course meetings in Period I

• Lectures:

  • Mondays 09:15 - 12:00 in A129, Chemicum

  • NOTE: We will have class in room E204, Physicum on August 31st and September 21st.

• Work sessions:

  • Group 1 on Thursdays 8:15 - 15:45 in A113+A114, Physicum

  • Group 2 on Fridays 8:15 - 11:45 in A113+A114, Physicum

Instructors

Email: firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi

Lecturers

This is a joint course between Geography and Geology programs.

• David Whipp (Geology)

• Kamyar Hasanzadeh (Geography)

Course assistants

• Nicklas Ferreira

• Pip Lacey

• Ronja Siurua

• Elli Översti

Course websites

• Course sites for Period I (Introduction to Python programming):

  • Main course site: https://geo-python.github.io

  • Introduction to Python for Geographic Data Science book site: https://python-gis-book.readthedocs.io/

  • Noppe by CSC: https://noppe.csc.fi

  • Discord (Q&A + chat): https://discord.com/

  • Polling / voting (active during lectures only): https://geo-python.github.io/poll

• Course websites for Period II

  • Automating GIS processes (GEOG-329-2): https://autogis.github.io