ENGLISH AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION (EM)

MODULE 2: FIRST DRAFT OF EMI SYLLABUS

Course Name: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

Course Code: GeES 3023
Credit Hours: 3hour per week
Instructor: Warkisa File Etana
Consultancy day and hour: Monday and Wednesday at 8:00 – 11:00 A.M
Classroom: Auditorium (Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, from 8:30-9:30 A.M.)
Materials:
1. Arnold, R.H., 1997, Interpretation of Air photos and Remotely Sensed Images, Prentice-
Hall, New York.
2. Avery, T.E. and G.L. Berlin, 1992, Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and Airpohto
Interpretation, Fifth Edition, Macmillan, New York.
3. Bakkar, W.H. et al (2004). Principles of Remote Sensing. ITC, the Netherlands. Curra,
P.J. (1986). Principles of Remote Sensing. John Wiley
Teaching and learning Methods:
 Lecture, Tutorial, Project report, Classroom Exercise, and group discussion

Course Introduction:
This course introduces the theory and techniques of remote sensing and their application in
geographic variables. It emphasizes on computer algorithms and digital image processing
techniques. It gives basic concepts and definitions of remote sensing, and its applications. It deals
with the description of electromagnetic energy and their interaction to the atmosphere and the
surface of the earth. This course also explains the platforms in aerial and space borne imagery,
Visual image interpretation, image enhancement, image classification methods and the technology
of global positioning system.
Course Objectives:

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

 Explore concepts and historical development of remote sensing;

 Identify the principles of how remote sensing images acquired.
 Understand how Electromagnetic radiation interacts with the Earth & atmosphere
 Interoperate and extract usable information from remotely sensed images using remote
sensing image processing computer systems;
 Explore the potential applications of remote sensing images in solving real world
geographic problems;
 Examine the advantages of using remote sensing image data in solving real world
geographic problems and identify the characteristics of different types of remote sensing
images and their respective application.

Graded Assessment
Group Work: Lab report on Land use land and cover map preparation (Submitted on
January 01, 2023… 20%)
Quiz one. (December 28, 2023…out of 10%)
Quiz two ( February 10, 2024……out of 10%
Class Activities (No time limit… 10%)
Home Works (No time limit… 10%)
Comprehensive Final exam (held on April 4, 2024… 40%)
Course Policy
1. Class attendance is mandatory.
2. The late submission of assignments would cause a punishment of five marks.
3. Copying others’ works without citing the original providers would result in a total
termination of a student’s result, in the name of Plagiarism.
 The Course Schedule
No Unit Contents Time Duration
1 Unit 1. Concepts and definition of remote sensing.
 Uses and applications December, 2023 2hr
 Spatial data acquisition
2 Unit 2. Electromagnetic energy and remote sensing.
 Electromagnetic radiation December, 2023 3hr
 Energy interaction in the atmosphere
 Energy interaction with the earth’s surface
3 Unit 3. Aerial imagery, Satellite imagery, and Platforms.
 Platform January, 2024 4hr
 Ground based platform
 Airborne remote sensing
 Space borne remote sensing
4 Unit 4. Image enhancement, visualization and
classification.
♥ Visualization of image data January, 2024 8hr
♥ Image classification
♥ Image classification processes
♥ Problems in image classification
5 Unit 5. Visual image interpretation.
@ Image understanding and interpretation
@ Human vision and image interpretation February, 2024 5hr
@ Interpretation elements
@ Application of visual image interpretation
@ Land use land cover mapping
@ Soil mapping
6 Unit 6. GPS and remote sensing March, 2024
 Satellite based positioning 2hr
 Absolute positioning
 Relative positioning
7 Final Exam (40%) April, 2024