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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Presents a radical reexamination of the geography of culture. Examines the relationship between places, power, and the dynamics of culture. Explores how the globalization of economics, politics, and culture shapes local cultural change. Looks at how place-based cultural politics both assist and resist processes of globalization. Recommended prereq., GEOG 1982, 1992, or 2002. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the geography of Latin America, focusing on the lands and peoples of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Examines regional and national culture, history, environment, and population, as well as ongoing environmental and socioeconomic changes. Recommended prereqs., GEOG 1982, 1992, 2002, or 2412.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys the world's most populous country, examining physical and historical geography, urbanization and regional development, agriculture, population, energy, and the environment. Seeks to situate China's development in a broader Asian and global context. Recommended prereqs., GEOG 1982, 1992, 2002 or 2412. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: cultural and gender diversity.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Provides an independent study opportunity, by special arrangement with faculty, for students presenting strong geography preparation. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours. Restricted to geography majors.
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3.00 Credits
Studies physical and cultural regions of Africa. Analyzes and compares natural and cultural regions and the development of present nation-states. Recommended prereqs., GEOG 1982, 1992, 2002 or 2412.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an academically supervised opportunity for advanced geography or environmental conservation majors to work in public and private organizations on projects related to the student's career goals and to relate classroom theory to practice. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to geography and environmental studies majors.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces fundamental statistical and quantitative modeling techniques widely used in geography today. Emphasizes geographic examples and spatial problems, as are statistical routines now available on most computers. Prereq., GEOG 3023 or equivalent. Same as GEOG 5023.
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2.00 Credits
Introduces the use of personal computers and statistical software in geographical analysis. Coreq., GEOG 4023. Same as GEOG 5033.
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4.00 Credits
An advanced course in interactive, multimedia, animated, and Web-based cartography stressing the important role digital cartography plays in cyberspace. Focuses on principles of effective cartographic design in multimedia and hypertext environments. Labs are organized around hands-on active learning projects. Prereq., GEOG 3053. Same as GEOG 5043.
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4.00 Credits
Acquaints students with mapping of spatial information from remotely sensed imagery, specifically high spatial resolution imagery (e.g., photography) in digital form. Emphasizes correction of 2- and 3-D geometric distortions, topographic influences, planimetric, topographic, and thematic mapping concepts. Prereqs., GEOG 3093, 4093, or equivalent. Restricted to junior and senior geography and environmental studies majors. Same as GEOG 5083.
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