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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199; Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. Cannot be taken if _ _ _ _ 298 is taken for credit. Second Year Seminars (SYS) are writing-intensive, topic courses that build on the academic skills and habits introduced in the First Year Seminar. SYS courses engage students in a specific academic area of interest and provide them with the opportunity to reinforce, share and interpret knowledge. Students will improve their writing, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while building the connections between scholarship and action that are required for lifelong learning. These courses will fulfill the Second Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one SYS course may be taken for credit. (CSYS)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Any GEOG course; familiarity with computers recommended The acquisition of information for intensive environmental monitoring is increasingly done through remote sensing, which permits a rapid, efficient manner for analysis and decision making by environmental researchers and resource managers. This course will explore techniques to analyze remotely sensed data using a variety of image-analysis systems. Principles of acquisition and interpretation of data collected by imaging sensor such as radar, thermal and multispectral scanners are discussed. Digital-image-processing techniques such as rectification and restoration (processing), image enhancement, image classification and data merging are covered. The course is taught as a combination of lectures and computer laboratory time with hands-on use of one of the remote-sensing softwares. Offered alternate years, fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MATH 110 and GEOG 290 Geographers use statistical techniques to measure, describe, classify, analyze, and display information (data) in search of spatial patterns and trends. Geographers make comparisons and examine relationships to answer questions, solve problems and make wise decisions that support a particular objective. This course introduces and applies statistical techniques and computer and model building methodology to analyze various spatial phenomena. (Formerly GEOG 474) (CQUR)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 100 or GEOG 122 or EASC 100 Theory and practice in extracting information about the earth’s physical and cultural features from aerial photographs. Acquaints students with the detection, identification, and analysis of the earth’s features through remote sensing. The application of computerized digital-image processing to satellite environmental data. Two hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory weekly. Fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 221 or consent of instructor Students will learn how to use meteorological measurements from local and global networks of weather stations to produce and analyze weather maps/charts using computer software. Laboratory exercises use meteorological software to visualize and interpret atmospheric patterns based on data from advanced computer models, satellite remote sensing, and networks of weather stations. In addition, students will augment computer modeling with laboratory techniques for simplifying, visualizing and analyzing complex atmospheric processes, such as the global circulation, turbulence and icing. The course includes field trips to professional meteorological agencies and observatories. Alternate spring semesters.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 121 or BIOL 121 This field- and lab-based course presents the scope of biogeography as currently practiced in North America. In addition to the academic underpinnings of evolution, disturbance, ecology, and conservation, we explore the key topics of biomes, biodiversity, and animal and plant migration. Organisms vary greatly over space and over time, and thus are a prime topic of study for the geographer. Alternate fall semesters.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 290 or consent of instructor This course investigates the complex physical systems involved in the movement of water and how water interfaces with the human landscape. Students will outline and define the economic and legal relationships involved in the supply and demand of this required resource, and analyze problems associated with the management and planning of the distribution of this vital resource. Alternate spring semesters.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 290 Process is the action produced when a force induces a change. The experiences in this course will introduce the student to the physical processes that create landforms on the earth’s surface: mountains, river valleys, caves, dunes, coastlines, glaciers. Field work and laboratory techniques used in modern physical geography will help us analyze problems associated with current challenges in the earth’s changing surface. Alternate fall semesters.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EASC 100 or GEOG 121 or GEOG 122 Environmental problems are considered in this course from the geographer’s point of view – problems such as population density and distribution; balanced land use and its philosophic, aesthetic, and scientific basis; the circulation of goods and people; and a comparison of levels of development. Spring semester. (Formerly GEOG 361)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing and consent of the instructor This course is devoted to a detailed examination of the occurrence, exploitation and conservation of natural resources, including minerals, soils, water, forest, grassland, fisheries, wildlife, recreation areas and scenery. Emphasis is placed on conservation in the United States. Fall semester. (Formerly GEOG 307)
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