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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. An introduction to the fundamental processes that form and sustain wetlands. Emphasizes the distinctive hydrology, soils and vegetation of wetlands and field experience in delineation. Examines issues of regulation. Focus is on Pacific Northwest wetlands.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Computer literacy. Introductory survey of geographic information systems. Focus is on (1) computer techniques for the input, storage, manipulation, analysis and output of spatial data and (2) the social and administrative creation and dissemination of geographic information. Lecture and laboratory.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor. Aerial photographs as records of the earth surface; recognition, measurement and interpretation of natural and man-made features.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing. An introduction to regional geographic studies on a local scale. A survey and appraisal of the interrelated elements of the economy, resources, population and physical environment as they affect the growth and development of the region.
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4.00 Credits
North America occupies a strategic place in world geography owing to its central location with regards to Europe, Asia and Latin America; its industrial power, its role in regional and world organizations and the distinctive national characteristics and traditions that its peoples have developed. Bounded east and west by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, on the north by the Canadian Arctic and on the south by the deserts of northern Mexico, North America has evolved from a fragmented, wilderness-bound collection of native and European cultural nodes to the largest and most powerful economy in the world. This course provides an overview of the major geographic regions of the continent based on physical environments, settlement, natural resources, transportation and industry, urbanization and cultural and ethnic diversity.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Junior standing. The study of the physical and human geography of the Americas south of the Rio Grande. Emphasizes explanatory description.
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4.00 Credits
This course is a regional study of non-Russian Asia and adjacent islands, from humid monsoon lands of the far east to the arid eastern Mediterranean.
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4.00 Credits
Canada occupies a strategic place in world geography owing to its central location with regard to Europe, Asia and the United States; its resource base, its role in regional and world organizations and the distinctive national characteristics and traditions that its peoples have developed. This course provides an overview of the major geographic regions of Canada based on physical environments, history, settlement patterns, natural resources, transportation and industry, urbanization and cultural and ethnic diversity. (Crosslisted HIST 334)
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4.00 Credits
The growing importance of the nations surrounding the Pacific Ocean in world economic development and international relations has been apparent since the early 1900s, but today-at the threshold of a new century - it is of critical importance. The destiny of the United States and the Pacific Northwest in particular, is inextricably linked to events in such places as China, Japan, the Koreas, Indonesia, Australia, Latin America, Canada and Russia, to name but a few. This course will focus on the major trading nations of the Pacific Rim and examines their relationships with the nations of North America and each other with an approach that blends geography, economics, political science and cultural awareness.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 201 Examination of the geographic history and characteristics of the theme park as a 'serious' part ofthe built environment. We consider the environmental, economic, political, cultural, architectural and technological impacts of theme parks on urban and suburban space around the world.
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