2025 Fall
CIVENG C172 001 - LEC 001
Remote Sensing of the Environment
Manuela Girotto
Class #:29673
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
12
Enrolled: 3
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 15
Waitlist Max: 10
No Reserved Seats
Also offered as:
ESPM C172
Hours & Workload
2 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 7 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.
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Course Catalog Description
The course will introduce junior/senior undergraduate students to the basic physical concepts of remote sensing as they relate to different earth surface processes. It will introduce students to a variety of recently developed ground, airborne, and satellite instruments and their applications to monitor and analyze environmental processes. These include active (e.g., Lidar), and passive (radiometers) sensors, optical (e.g., Landsat, MODIS), microwave (e.g., SMAP), and gravitational (e.g., GRACE) satellites.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for ESPM C172 after completing CIV ENG 172, or ESPM 172. A deficient grade in ESPM C172 may be removed by taking CIV ENG 172, or ESPM 172.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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