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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the study of the Earth's interior and to the processes shaping the Earth's surface. It emphasizes both theoretical understanding and practical application through a combination of lecture and laboratory exercises. Students will learn field methods during a mandatory three-day field trip. This course fulfills the General Education laboratory science requirement.
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4.00 Credits
Intended to develop an understanding of the physical factors of the Earth as human habitat and human adjustments to them, this course emphasizes the analysis of world distributional patterns of landforms, climate, vegetation, soils, and water features, and causes of relationships of these patterns. The integrated laboratory components provide student participation and experiences in observing, measuring, gathering data, analyzing underlying principles in such sub-fields as geomorphology, climatology, pedology, remote sensing, hydrology, and mapping sciences. Students will be exposed to field techniques during one mandatory Saturday field trip. This course fulfills the General Education laboratory science requirement.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the entire world that uses the regional approach to geographical analysis, this course provides students with a basic fund of geographic knowledge and concepts applicable to the contemporary world. It stresses resource distribution, environmental characteristics, population problems, food and water supplies, cultural variations and developmental strategies.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the student with the conceptual tools required for intelligent and critical use interpretation and analysis of maps. In addition, the course furnishes the student with an introduction to and overview of the mapping sciences. Students learn the concepts, methods, and techniques common to the several branches of the mapping sciences and are introduced to cartography, satellite remote sensing, computer-assisted cartography, and geographical information systems. Because of its increasing importance, special emphasis is placed on geographical information systems.
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3.00 Credits
A regional study of the United States and Canada in terms of the areal distribution of physical features, population patterns and economic activities, this course stresses an analysis of the forces stimulating change within the regional patterns.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of world patterns of economic development, including the distribution patterns of population, natural and agricultural resources, and manufacturing and service endeavors. Emphasis is placed on spatial variations in types of economic organization and patterns of land and resource utilization. This course may not be offered annually.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the geographic principles related to the distribution, growth, function, structure and regional setting of urban centers, this course emphasizes spatial aspects of contemporary urban problems in the U.S.
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3.00 Credits
Studying political units as spatial phenomena, this course focuses upon the wide range of geographic factors affecting past and present variations of world political organizations and the interrelationships of regional political units. It analyzes "Geopolitik," "The Heartland Theory," and other political-geographic concepts, as well as selected problem areas. This course may not be offered annually.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a spatial analysis of population parameters as they exist in the contemporary world, examining demographic, cultural and economic variables and how they affect certain population groups. This course may not be offered annually.
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3.00 Credits
A study designed to develop an understanding of the elements and controls associated with various climatic phenomena, this course examines the consequences of climatic variations and interrelationships with other physical and cultural environmental features. It focuses on the physical and applied aspects of climatology. This course may not be offered annually.
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