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3.00 Credits
Basic analytical methods used by urban and regional planners. New conceptions of functions of urban areas, population analysis and forecasting, industrial location and methods for attracting firms, commercial growth, the housing sector. Prerequisite: any one of GEOG 232, 233, 235 or ECON 360 or 362.
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Globalization is one of the biggest challenges humanity is facing in the 21st century. What is globalization? What are the driving forces of globalization? What are the consequences? Can globalization be shaped to benefit the majority of the world?s population and localities? These are some of the key issues we will explore.
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3.00 Credits
The dynamic processes of population change (fertility, mortality, and migration) and the resultant change in population and distribution are examined at the local, national and global scales. In addition to a substantive study of these topics, students are introduced to the use of primary data sources for demographic description and policy recommendation.
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3.00 Credits
Physical, environmental, social, historical and regional geography of the Middle East. Emphasis on the diversity of people in the region and their interactions with environment, with each other and with the people of other regions, both historically and today.
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3.00 Credits
Map compilation, design and reproduction. Cartographic methods for mapping discontinuous and continuous areal data.
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3.00 Credits
Course begins with image interpretation and elementary photogrammetry (air photos and satellite images) and then proceeds to digital image processing and raster data set construction from images, and finally moves to raster analysis techniques and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
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3.00 Credits
Detailed study of selected aspects of landforms, climates, soils. Field measurement techniques, qualitative record analysis and interpretation. Prerequisites: GEOG 121 or GEOL 111, 113 or 211.
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3.00 Credits
Ecological principles applied to the study of past, present and future distribution patterns of living organisms. Effects of Earth history, spatial pattern, plate tectonics, climate and climate change and human impacts on biota. Prerequisites: GEOG 121 and/or an ecology course.
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of study of analytical techniques introduced in GEOG 345. Urban renewal, reorganization of local services, planning for leisure and recreation, transportation, zoning, overall plan and methods of evaluation. Prerequisite: GEOG 345.
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth analysis of Latino geographies in the U.S. including topics such as: historical and current settlement patterns, legal and illegal migration, social and economic bifurcation and the growing political power of Latinos. Prerequisites: GEOG 103 or equivalents.
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