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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of Earth\'s atmmosphere. Course topics include atmospheric structure and composition, processes, circulation, and weather systems. Required laboratory component focuses on weather data collection, synthesis, visualization and weather map analysis, and basic forecasting techniques. Credits: 4(3-2). Offered every year.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
An introduction to the concepts, objectives, and institutions of planning. Emphasis is placed on planning at the local level of government. Includes examination of such issues as land use controls, transportation, housing, recreation, environmental management, and the regional coordination of planning activities. Credits: 3(3-0). Offered every year.
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3.00 Credits
Biogeography is the study of the distribution of plants and animals in space and through time. Students will investigate biogeographic concepts, theory and methods through lecture, reading and handson exercises. The course will address the origins of the biogeographic subdiscipline, fundamental biogeographic principles, critical research over the past few decades, and current environmental topics. Prerequisites: GEOG 110 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0). Offered every other fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
A study of how and why communities have used tourism to promote development; the motivations of tourists. Consideration is given to tourist flows at different geographical scales. The structure and impact of tourism are examined for islands, rural areas, coastal areas, cities, and parks. Prerequisites: GEOG 102 or GEOG 123 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0). Offered when demand is sufficient.
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6.00 Credits
An appreciation of the American cultural landscape between its pivotal transition from regional folk norms to the chronologies of national popular culture in the nineteenth century and thence to the varied landscape impacts of the automobile in twentieth century American society. While the course emphasizes material-cultural features, the built landscape, it also explores landscape as a theme in literature, the visual arts, and advertising. When you have completed this course, you will be able to read and interpret the roadside landscape systematically and will be familiar with the wide range of field, archival, secondary, and Web resources that help to explain our visible and relatively re- Basic Requirements: 22 semester hours Students will be required to take: GEOG 102 Human Geography; GEOG 110 Physical Geography; and GEOG 291 Cartography (10 credit hours total/mandatory courses). Of the remaining 12 credit hours required in Geography (4 courses), at least 6 credit hours must be at the 300-level. The Bachelor of Arts degree program can be planned so that New York State initial certification requirements are met (see School of Education program description). cent built past. Credits: 3(3-0).
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a systematic approach to the cultural, economic, demographic, and political aspects of spatial differentiation. The consequences of economic restructuring are examined for both rural and urban areas. Prerequisites: GEOG 102 or GEOG 110 or GEOG 123 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0). Offered every year.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
The concepts of wise resource management and their application to contemporary resource problems. Includes the historical development of principles of conservation and resource management in the United States, a survey of fundamental concepts guiding management of renewable and non-renewable resources, and discussion of specific methods of intelligent resource management. Credits: 3(3-0). Offered every fall.
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3.00 Credits
Training in the fundamentals of map-making. Practical work in the conception, compilation, and design of maps. Introduction to a variety of cartographic equipment and techniques, including statistical and computer mapping and map reduction. Prerequisites: One introductory course in geography or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(1-4).
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the fundamental theory of spatial relationships and spatial information handling. The course emphasizes modern concepts of computer-based data analysis applied to geographic problem solving. Extensive use of "hands-on" exercises incomputer-assisted map analysis demonstrates practical application of analytical theory. Prerequisites: GEOG 291 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0). Offered every fall.
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3.00 Credits
Critical developments and debates in cultural geography are examined. Students are also introduced to empirical research in cultural geography. A sub-field of human geography, cultural geography focuses on the impact of human culture, both material and non-material, on the natural environment and the human organization of space. A seminar-style course, students engage in critical discussion of selected readings and conduct original research. Prerequisites: GEOG 102 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every second year
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