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4.00 Credits
(Also AMS 220) 4 hours; 4 credits This course explores the geographic variety of the United States. The country’s physical characteristics are regionally diverse and provide an array of resources. Different populations have put them to use in various ways. The course traces who lives where, why, what they have found there, what have they done with it. Emphasis is placed on the contrasting threads of regional variation and national homogenization. (social science) Prerequisite: ENG 111 and COR 100
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4.00 Credits
(Also HST 223) 4 hours; 4 credits A study of American landscapes through historical geography and history. This course examines the making of American landscapes, including not only the "natural" processes but also the social, cultural, and ideological forces that have shaped them. (social science) Prerequisites: ENG 111, COR 100, and any college-level history course.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits Analysis of the nature and extent of pollution and depletion of essential resources of humankind, with emphasis on food, water, and oxygen. Study will include inquiry into economic, legal, and political problems of control, detection, and prevention of pollution and depletion of resources. (cont. wld.) Prerequisites: ENG 151, COR 100
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4.00 Credits
(Also ECO 252) 4 hours; 4 credits Examination of how geographic factors influencing economic activity, and culture, technology, resources, location, and labor intersect to produce different economic environments, and how globalization and local conditions interact. (cont. wld.) Prerequisites: ENG 151, COR 100
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits A study of urbanization, urban growth, and urban form, both within the metropolitan area and as part of a system. The course examines how societies shape space to employ their human and physical resources to develop their urban landscapes and how old patterns are replaced by new ones as a result of economic, political, and social transformations. The course will cover urban geography in several societies. (social science) Prerequisite: ENG 111
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4.00 Credits
(Also POL 264) 4 hours; 4 credits All politics are embedded in geographical space. This course examines the ways in which people have territorially arranged the Earth’s surface, internal and external relationships of politically organized areas, the effects of political actions on social and economic conditions, and the significance of geographical factors behind political situations, problems, and conflicts within and between different territories. (cont. wld.) Prerequisites: ENG 151, COR 100
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4.00 Credits
(Also PHL 266) 4 hours; 4 credits This course provides a critical forum to examine the roots and results of our attitudes toward the environment. How should we view the apparent connections between pollution, economic development, and poverty; what (if anything) do we owe future generations; how should we consider nonhuman animals in the environment; is there justice or injustice in environmental civil disobedience? The course will draw on issues related to philosophy, geography, biology, economics, geology, and political science; and will challenge the exercise of global consciousness in "real-world" terms. Prerequisites: A 100-level course in philosophy or sophomore standing; ENG 111, COR 100
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Materials, structure, and behavior of the Earth’s crust. Description of streams, atmosphere, ground water, glaciers, and oceans, with a discussion of the erosional and depositional work of each. Participation in scheduled field trips is required. (science) Prerequisite: MTH 020 or an appropriate score on the CUNY Mathematics Assessment Test Corequisite: GEO 101
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1.00 Credits
2 laboratory hours; 1 credit Physical properties and identification of minerals; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock identification. Maps and interpretation of geomorphological features. (science) Corequisite: GEO 100
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Geologic history of the Earth. Application of fundamental principles of stratigraphy to the reconstruction of paleogeographic, ancient sedimentary, and tectonic relationships. The evolution of life is traced from the fossil record. Participation in scheduled field trips is required. (science) Prerequisite: MTH 020 or an appropriate score on the CUNY Mathematics Assessment Test Corequisite: GEO 103
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