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3.00 Credits
An introduction to physical geography, surveying weather, climate, vegetation, soils, land forms, water resources, and their spatial interrelationships and distributions. Same as ENVS 1111.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to weather and climate including infl uences on the biosphere (ecosystems and biomes). This course looks at local, regional, and global geographic relationships among atmospheric and biospheric systems, including an introduction to climate change. The completion of and/or exemption from learning support reading (READ 0099 Improvement of Reading) is a condition of enrollment in this class.
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to weather and climate including infl uences on the biosphere (ecosystems and biomes). This course looks at local, regional, and global geographic relationships among atmospheric and biospheric systems, including an introduction to climate change. Students will engage in hands-on, fi eldbased environmental observations in the laboratory. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 243
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to Earth-surface processes and landforms. Students will observe and interpret a variety of landscapes in terms of the fundamental processes and factors that have shaped them through time, including water, wind, and tectonic forces. The completion of and/or exemption from learning support reading (READ 0099 Improvement of Reading) is a condition of enrollment in this course.
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to Earth-surface processes and landforms. Students will observe and interpret a variety of landscapes in terms of the fundamental processes and factors that have shaped them through time, including water, wind, and tectonic forces. Students will engage in hands-on, fi eld-based observations in the laboratory. Students will gain experience in the interpretation and integration of geospatial information including topographic and geologic maps, as well as aerial photographs and satellite imagery.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 1013 or consent of instructor A foundations course which looks at the basis of political territory, international law, and boundaries both on the land and on the sea. This course identifi es basic geopolitical units and their geographical expression including states, nation-states and supranational territories, and identifi es the rules that govern sovereignty, territorial defi nition and international interactions at the borders. Special attention is given to the concept of nationalism and its role in redefi ning the contemporary global map.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction into the practice of geographic research. The course takes a comprehensive approach to the research process in geography, including the development and formulation of research questions, the role of academic literature, identifying and working with relevant data sources, the application of qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, and written and oral presentation of research fi ndings.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the process of economic development under conditions of globalization. The focus is upon developmental theory, development and underdevelopment, debt and indebtedness, the construction of "The Third World", and the creation of economic dependency. Special attention is paid to "developing" areas of the world, including Latin America, the Caribbean,Africa, South Asia, and others, where regionalized and national economic developmental theories, developed in the post World War II era, have subsequently challenged the so-called Washington Consensus and American development discourses.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the earth as the home of man, emphasizing the spatial and functional complexes of human geography. Topics to be considered are population, settlement form, the settling process, resources, economics, and political societal organizations.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the extent to which human activities have altered the natural environment-how much they have infl uenced animal species, vegetation systems, soils, water bodies and their quality, regional geomorphology, and the atmosphere. In addition to examining the negative impacts of human activities, the course will also examine policies and programs that have been proposed and implemented to correct several of the problems created. The course also introduces the global extent of human environmental impact.
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