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Assoc Prof

Yi-Chen Wang

Vice-Dean

Dean's Office (Arts & Social Sc.)

Orcid identifier0000-0002-3034-7377
  • Vice-Dean
    Dean's Office (Arts & Social Sc.)
  • National University of Singapore, Singapore, Geography, Singapore, 117568, Singapore

TEACHING INTERESTS

My teaching area covers GIS and physical geography. I teach both computer lab sessions and field studies. I have a keen interest in promoting GIS education in NUS. After I joined NUS, I received the Educational Initiative Fund to establish and develop the Minor Programme in GIS for undergraduate students. Jointly with colleagues, we further proposed the single-degree coursework programme, Master of Science in Applied GIS, to offer graduate students to study the cutting-edge technologies and latest developments in GIS and its applications. To promote GIS for social science applications, I have also worked with colleagues to secure a Strategic Initiative fund on Developing and Maintaining a State-of-the-art Earth Systems Science Research and Teaching Laboratory Infrastructure in Geography. One of the important outputs of the Strategic Initiative is the development of the Historical Maps of Singapore portal, now housed in NUS Libraries.

 

The courses I have taught recently are:
GE3252 Cartography and Geovisualization 
GE5217 Research Methods in Environmental Sciences
GE5225 Thesis Planning and Implementation


I have also taught/co-taught these courses in NUS:

GE3216 Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing

GE3230A Field Studies in Geography: Southeast Asia
GE3551 FASS Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)
GE4212 Environmental Modeling
GE5226 GIS Applications
GE6225 GIS Research Thesis (Coordinator)

GE2220 Terrestrial and Coastal Environments [Before College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS) curriculum change]
GE2227 Cartography and Visualization [Before CHS curriculum change]
GE3221 Ecological Systems [Before CHS curriculum change]
GE4211 Catchment Processes and Management [Before CHS curriculum change]


Beyond NUS, I have been invited as a foreign special lecturer to give lectures on 'Mapping Health Information' to students in the Tropical Medical Graduate International Program, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. I was also a speaker in the 'Modelling, Health GIS and Remote Sensing Application for Neglected Tropical Diseases' workshop to teach to young scientists and practitioners from Southeast Asia.