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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 hours The study of the French language and Francophone cultures in a native environment. Designed especially for students in a Study Abroad Program of the University System of Georgia.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours Usage of terminology already acquired in simulated practical business situations. Offered as Studies Abroad credit only.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours Studies of various genre and authors in Quebec literature. Topics may vary from year to year. Offered as Study Abroad course only. Graduate credit is also possible. See Graduate catalog.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours A study of fundamental concepts in human geography, including spatial interaction, population dynamics, human-environment interaction, culture, interpreting landscapes, economic development, and political geography. The course also addresses locations and attributes of elements of our world, and introduces certain computer-assisted data manipulation skills. This course may be used to fulfill the elective requirements of Core Area E.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of the natural systems that shape our physical environment and the resultant spatial patterns discernable on Earth's surface. The course explores energy budgets, atmospheric processes, fluvial processes, the distribution of soils and life forms, land-forming and modification processes, and the distribution and characteristics of certain recognized landform types. The laboratory portion of the course provides practical experience in making observations, performing measurements and calculations, interpreting physical phenomena, drawing conclusions, and reporting the results of these activities. This course may be used to fulfill part of the non-science-major requirement in Core Area D.
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1.00 Credits
1 hour Prerequisite: GEOG 1111. Practical experience in making observations, performing measurements and calculations, interpreting physical phenomena, drawing conclusions, and reporting the results of these activities, all related to the natural systems that shape our physical environment and the resultant spatial patterns discernable on Earth's surface.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 1111 or permission of the instructor. An introduction to the principles, equipment, technique, and applications of remote sensing, including film and aerial photography, satellite imagery, and radar. Course emphasis will be adjusted to students' interests but will include applications in image interpretation, land use/land cover classification, and photogrammetry.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours Prerequisites: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 1111; or permission of the instructor. Students should not attempt this course unless they are familiar with spreadsheets. This course explores the basic concepts of spatially referenced data and how these data are requested in, manipulated by, and presented with geographic information systems (GIS). Topics include the nature and accuracy of spatially referenced data, map projections, coordinate systems, map reference systems, raster/vector data representation, as well as methods of data capture, storage, retrieval, visualization, modeling, and output using one or more PC-based GIS software packages.
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1.00 Credits
1 hour Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. This course will comprise directed independent study by advanced students of a geographic topic not available in regular courses. Topics will be selected on the basis of shared student - faculty interests and the availability of the instructor to direct the study.
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