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4.00 Credits
Continues FR 4100 Advanced French III. Designed for students who have completed FR 4100 or demonstrated an equivalent knowledge of French through a placement exam. Pre: FR 4100.
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3.00 Credits
A non-laboratory introduction and survey of Earth's natural environment, including earth-sun relationships, weather and climate, landforms, soils, and vegetation. The effects of these physical elements on human activity are also stressed. The course presents both global and regional perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the geography of the world's major culture regions. Emphasis is placed on the geographic foundations and cultural characteristics, changes, and divisions that provide insight and understanding to current world events and issues.
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3.00 Credits
A study of how maps reflect the politics, economics, culture, and aesthetics of both Eastern and Western societies throughout history. How maps are used to communicate or distort information is also explored. Other topics include map reading, cartographic conventions and techniques, map types and uses, and automated mapping techniques. Pre: WRI 1100. or 1150
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the major themes, concepts, and contemporary issues focused on in tourism geography. The major areas of focus involve defining tourism and its relationship to geographic inquiry, an overview of tourism from a world regional perspective, and more specifically the impact of tourism in Hawai'i and Oceania. Pre: WRI 1200.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the human and physical geography of Oceania. Class readings, discussions, presentations, and writing assignments will illustrate the complex sociogeographic aspects of this region. Special attention is given to Hawai'i, emphasizing its unique physical geography and its contemporary and historical links to the Pacific. Pre: WRI 1200.
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3.00 Credits
A course that begins with the physical and cultural foundations of Japan, including the origin of the Japanese islands, climate, and natural hazards and how various historic periods are visible on the Japanese cultural landscape today. Other topics include populations, agriculture, industry, urbanization, recreation, minority groups, and Japanese concepts of living space. Pre: Any introductory social science course.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins with historical growth, current trends, and future projections of global population distributions and their resource needs. The course then moves to its core emphasis on the major components of human population change, namely fertility, mortality, and migration. Special attention is given to the role of population structure as a predictor of political instability. Pre: Any introductory social science course.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of human economic activities in relation to resources; spatial dimensions of economic systems; social and environmental consequences of location decisions; and alternative use of resources. Pre: ECON 2010 or ECON 2015; and GEOG 2000 or GEOG 2600.
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3.00 Credits
Military operations are inherently geographic in nature, so this course studies the impact of physical and human geography on the conduct and outcome of such operations. In addition to specific war fighting cases from history, thecourse covers geopolitics and the geographic aspects of peacekeeping, terrorism, disaster management, humanitarianassistance, recruiting, and training. Pre: GEOG 1000 or any introductory social science course.
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