Retired College Prof. for GIS/Geog/Earth Science Tutoring & Advising

Scott J.

College Counseling

The MOST IMPORTANT resource a current or prospective college student needs to ensure success is a good advisor. I recently retired after 35 years as a full Professor and Program Director of the Geospatial Applications Program and the Survey Technology Program at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) and 22 years as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where I taught, tutored, and/or mentored thousands of students at the post-secondary/college level. During my career I have advised thousands of students making sure that they understood exactly what courses they needed to take for their major (and that they were prepared to take them), ensuring that their educational path fit the career they wanted to enter into, and/or making sure that they could successfully transfer to another college or university. Using experience gained throughout my educational and professional journeys (that I willingly share with students) I provide advising to ensure that you have the information and tools to be successful in your college career. My approach is to make sure that I understand your situation (financial, social, etc.), your goals and dreams, and how they can be achieved in the most efficient (and least cost) manner.

Earth Science

My educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Geography (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1981) as well as a Master’s Degree in Geography and Anthropology (with a minor in Geology) from Louisiana State University (1985). I also have a post-baccalaureate degree in Instructional Systems Design from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (1988). I recently retired after 35 years as a full Professor and Program Director at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) where I taught, tutored, and mentored thousands of students at the post-secondary/college level. I also spent 22 years as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where I taught courses in Physical Geography, Cultural Geography, Oceanography, and Meteorology . During my 35 year career I developed and delivered lectures, labs, and professional workshops (both face-to-face and online) in GIS, Remote Sensing, Physical and Cultural Geography, Earth Science, Oceanography, Astronomy, and Meteorology. My teaching style has always been student-centered based on using real-world examples to provide them with the real-world skills and experience they need to be successful problem-solvers. My goal is to help you understand the material you need to know in a manner that works best for you.

Geography

I recently retired after 35 years as a full Professor and Program Director at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) where I taught, tutored, and mentored thousands of students at the post-secondary/college level. I also spent 22 years as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where I taught courses in Physical Geography, Cultural Geography, Oceanography, and Meteorology . I also served as the Coordinator of The Maryland Geography Bee, sponsored by The National Geographic Foundation, from 2011 to 2015. During my career I developed and delivered lectures, labs, and professional workshops (both face-to-face and online) in GIS, Remote Sensing, Physical and Cultural Geography, Earth Science, Oceanography, Astronomy, and Meteorology. My teaching style has always been student-centered based on using real-world examples to provide them with the real-world skills and experience they need to be successful problem-solvers. My goal is to help you understand the material you need to know in a manner that works best for you. I am a certified GISP and FAA Certified sUAS (Drone) Remote Pilot . My teaching style is student-centered using real-world data and examples to help students understand the material and expand the skills they need to be successful.

GIS

I am a retired Full Professor and Program Director for the Geospatial Applications Program and Survey Technology Program at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) outside of Baltimore, Md. I am a certified GISP and FAA Certified sUAS (Drone) Remote Pilot . My teaching style is student-centered using real-world data and examples to help students understand the material and expand the skills they need to be successful. I have more than 35 years teaching post-secondary courses/workshops including Introduction to GIS, Intermediate GIS, Advanced GIS, Problem Solving Using GIS, Remote Sensing and GPS, as well as mentoring students for their Internship in GIS. I have provided instruction and technical support to faculty, students, staff, and external clients using ESRI applications (e.g., ArcGIS On-Line, ArcMAP, ArcGIS Pro and extensions (Network Analyst, Geospatial Analyst,3d Analyst, Image Analyst, etc.)) as well as open-source software packages (QGIS, GRASS, etc.) and applications (MapBox, Carto, uDIG, OpenStreetMap, Google Earth Pro, etc.). I have extensive experience working with students, faculty, staff, and external clients to design, implement, and evaluate web-based applications, dashboards, story maps, hubs, and portals, etc. for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing a wide variety of geospatial and remotely sensed data. I have provided instruction and training on remote sensing techniques (e.g., supervised and unsupervised image classification, image correction and enhancement, photo-mosaicking, extracting vector data, etc.) using various remote sensing applications including ArcGIS Image Analyst, ERDAS, and Pictometry. I also have extensive experience working with software installation, account creation and management, etc. for all of the software packages listed above as well as other open source and open-platform software.

Social Studies

My educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Geography (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1981) as well as a Master’s Degree in Geography and Anthropology (with a minor in Geology) from Louisiana State University (1985). I also have a post-baccalaureate degree in Instructional Systems Design from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (1988). I recently retired after 35 years as a full Professor and Program Director at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) where I taught, tutored, and mentored thousands of students at the post-secondary/college level. I also spent 22 years as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where I taught courses in Physical Geography, Cultural Geography, Oceanography, and Meteorology . During my 35 year career I developed and delivered lectures, labs, and professional workshops (both face-to-face and online) in GIS, Remote Sensing, Physical and Cultural Geography, Earth Science, Oceanography, Astronomy, and Meteorology. My teaching style has always been student-centered based on using real-world examples to provide them with the real-world skills and experience they need to be successful problem-solvers. My goal is to help you understand the material you need to know in a manner that works best for you.