Development of a Remote Sensing Core Curriculum submitted for the sessions on educational initiatives in Geoscience and Remote Sensing

A Remote Sensing Core Curriculum (RSCC) development project is currently underway. This project is being conducted under the auspices of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA). RSCC is an outgrowth of the NCGIA GIS Core Curriculum project. It grew out of discussions begun at NCGIA, Initiative 12 (I-12) "Integration of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems". I-12 participants stressed the need for up-to-date classroom materials to stimulate remote sensing education in our colleges and universities. This curriculum development project focuses on providing professors, teachers and instructors in undergraduate and graduate institutions with course materials from experts in specific subject matter for areas use in the class room. Currently, curriculum materials are being developed for four courses. 1. Aerial photography interpretation. 2. Environmental remote sensing. 3. Digital image processing. 4. Remote sensing applications.