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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce first-year students to the aims and activities of higher education, to advance their theoretical and practical knowledge, to empower them for academic and life success, and to encourage them to engage in service to the local community. Fall, spring.
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3.00 Credits
Required for environmental science majors, an elective for others. This course uses a lecture and discussion format in an assessment of the physical, social, economic, and political considerations in the examination of major global natural resource issues with emphasis on the United States. The historical development and contemporary application of the conservation philosophy of resource use are discussed. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
A required course for geography majors and students enrolled in the Geographic Information Science minor. This course uses a lecture and discussion format to provide information about description, inferential, and relational statistics as these techniques are employed in spatial analysis; also included is that set of quantitative methods used in conjunction with map analysis termed spatial statistics. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
A lower-division elective. The course, via lectures, class discussions, and laboratory exercises, enhances students' knowledge and understanding of geography, geographic information, and the various techniques geographers employ as they collect, store, manage, analyze, and display geographic data or information. On demand.
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3.00 Credits
Required of geography majors and minors and those students minoring in geographic information science.? Cartography today revolves around the study of the theory, science, and technology behind the production of maps and spatial databases. This computer lab-oriented, exercised-based course instructs students on cartograhic design and convention, the construction of reference and thematic maps using mapping software, and the collection and classification of geographic data for mapping. Fall, spring, summer on demand.
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3.00 Credits
A required course for geography majors and minors. A lecture and discussion-oriented course that focuses on the physical and cultural geography of Earth's major regions: U.S.A. and Canada, Latin America, Europe, Russia and the Near Abroad, Middle East and North Africa, Africa South of the Sahara, Monsoon Asia, and the Pacific World. Prerequisite: None. Fall, spring.
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3.00 Credits
An upper-division elective. This course employs a lecture and discussion format, supplemented by outside readings and research, to explore physical and cultural environments in arid and semi-arid lands and to develop strategies pertinent to planning for the future. Prerequisite: GEOG 1315 or consent of instructor. On demand.
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3.00 Credits
An upper-division elective and a requirement for geography majors and minors in geographic information science. This computer lab-oriented course introduces the student to the realm, principles, and capabilities of a widely applicable technology, geographic information systems (GIS). A short lecture and lab exercise format are employed to develop understanding of and practically apply the fundamental concepts of GIS. Emphasis is placed on life-based applications of GIS technology; a simple research project is required. Prerequisite: GEOG 2375 or consent of instructor. Fall, spring, summer on demand.
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3.00 Credits
An upper-division elective. The course uses lectures and class discussions to provide a description and explanation of m a spatial patterns of economic activities, including manufacturing, transportation, information and financial services, and consumption. Classical location theories of Von Thunen, Weber, and Christaller are included along with contemporary theories of globalization. Spring, odd years.
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3.00 Credits
An upper-division elective and a requirement for geographic information science minors. The course introduces the student to the principles of remote sensing, including the study of photographic and non-photographic techniques, the principles of acquiring and interpreting airphoto and satellite imagery, digital image processing, and the relationship between remote sensing and geographic information systems. Emphasis is placed on new achievements in space technology and on practical application of innovative remote sensing-based methods through lab exercises and student term projects. Fall.
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