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3.00 Credits
Preparation of maps and diagrams, emphasizing thematic map design using various mapping and design programs. Detailed study of important map projections. Passing score on ELM exam recommended. Lecture one hour, laboratory six hours. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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3.00 Credits
Aerial photographs and scanned satellite images, emphasis on the former. Topics include the electromagnetic spectrum, cameras, films, image geometry as related to planimetric and topographic mapping, multispectral techniques, and interpretation of imagery, emphasizing land use and landforms. Lecture two hours; laboratory three hours. Prerequisite: GEOG 103; passing score on ELM recommended. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to GIS, including history and overview of current applications; the nature of spatial data; geographic data structures, acquisition, analysis, and display of geographic data. Lab exercises use various computers and include both raster- and vector-based GIS systems. Lecture two hours; laboratory three hours. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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1.00 Credits
Makes the ideas and relationships of introductory physical geography more clear by observation and experiment. Use is made of maps, globes, models, meteorological instruments and records, satellite photos and observations of the local scene. Laboratory, three hours. Prerequisite: GEOG 1; may be taken concurrently. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Builds on the introduction to the hardware, software and operations of GIS offered with the previous courses, providing the essentials required by a beginning GIS analyst or applications support specialist. Emphasis will be placed on problem solving strategies in the context of GIS projects. Prerequisite: GEOG 109 or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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3.00 Credits
Basic concepts of weather and weather elements: structure and general circulation of the atmosphere, earth's heat and water balance, precipitation, air masses and fronts, air pollution meteorology. Some micrometeorological concepts with application to air pollution, agriculture, and similar problems. Prerequisite: GEOG 1 or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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3.00 Credits
Study of the distribution of heat and moisture over the earth's surface. Basic processes by which heat and moisture acquire unequal distributions in space and time. Classification of climate. Climatic change. Climate models. Prerequisite: Knowledge of general world distribution of climatic elements as given in an introductory physical geography course. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the geographic distribution of life. Communities and biomes, changing continents and climates, dispersal, colonization, extinction, life on islands, and past and present human impacts are examined. Note: Field trip required. Prerequisite: GEOG 1. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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3.00 Credits
Study of past climate change and the techniques with which they are reconstructed. Focus on the various temporal scales at which climate change operates. Spatial variability of past, present and future climate changes. Anthropogenic climate change in the context of natural climate variability. Prerequisite: GEOG 1 or instructor permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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3.00 Credits
Study of the surface forms of the land with particular attention to their distribution and to the accompanying distribution of natural forces and processes which have brought the landforms into being. Study of landforms in the context of Quaternary environmental change. Identification and analysis of landforms using maps and other spatial data. Lecture three hours. Prerequisite: GEOG 1 or instructior permission. Graded: Graded Student. Units: 3.0
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