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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 2105. A global approach to the study of the geographic factors affecting historical events associated with the human exploration and settlement of the planet. The influence of geography on economic and political changes over time will be reviewed for selected historical phenomena.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 2105. A geographical survey of Europe and its environs, with emphasis on the tremendous diversity found in both the physical and human geography of the region. Economic, political and cultural geography are examined within the framework of the forces that are rapidly restructuring European landscapes of Eastern and Western Europe.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 3305 or permission of instructor. Students will be introduced to the basic design of state-of-the-art GIS and its analytical capabilities. Topics include: Geodatabases, applications in GIS, map projection information, raster/vector data models, introduction to available data on the internet, and basic GIS analytical functions such as querying and overlaying. The course will use ArcGIS to introduce these concepts in a hands-on environment.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 2105. This course is intended to explore the follow-ing concepts and issues from a geographical perspective: territoriality, theories of the state, spatial expressions of ideology, boundary issues, imperialism, geopolitics, nationalism, electoral geography, national identity, religion and govern-ing power in a spatial context, and cultural and/ or economic hegemony.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 2105. A geographic analysis of global resources and economic growth. The underlying theme of the course is the impact of space (location, dis-tance, area, boundaries) on economic decision making. Topics to be discussed include popula-tion, transportation, rural and urban land use, industrial location, natural resource management, and development/underdevelopment. Differing spatial theories will be employed to explain the global economy in transition.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 2105. A thematic approach is applied to analyze human cultures, to examine world cultural regions, to note the spread of cultural traits, to interpret inter-actions between culture and environment, and to appreciate multiple traits of cultures and cultural landscapes. The five themes of region, diffusion, ecology, integration, and landscape are used to explore historical and contemporary issues of population, agriculture, politics, language, religion, ethnicity, popular culture, and urban spaces. The philosophy of the course is based on the premise that the built environment is a spatial expression of the beliefs, attitudes, and practices of a people.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 2105. A spatial survey that focuses on the physical, his-torical, cultural, and economic forces at work on the African continent, south of the Sahara. Special emphasis is placed on the roles of the natural environment, population geography, historical geography, agriculture, economic development, and other factors that shape the landscapes of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 2105. This course is designed as a survey of the physical and cultural geography of the Asian region. Stu-dents will be provided with an overview of Asian landform features and climate coupled with a discussion of human interaction with a variety of Asian landscapes in terms of historical, political, economic, religious, and ethnic factors using geo-graphic and cartographic analytical techniques.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the major physical, cultural and geopolitical sub-regions in Latin America and the Caribbean. In-depth geographic awareness and knowledge of the Latin American and Caribbean region is gained from the study of physical landscapes, natural hazards, economics, historical geography, environmental and resource issues, cultures and societies, urbanization, development, current events, and prospects for the future.
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3.00 Credits
A geographical survey of North America emphasizing the significant diversity found in both the physical and human geography of the region. Past, current and changing locational arrangements of people and resources are examined as they relate to economic, political, urban and cultural geographic perspectives within the framework of the forces that have created the variety of landscapes of the North American continent.
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