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3.00 Credits
Tutorials may involve writing papers on special topics, followed by group discussion. Themes for tutorials might include study particular world regions, environmental problems, urban and landuse problems, political program regions, etc. Tutorials may be of a project type, involving group study of map-reading, map-making techniques, etc. Students may be expected to write a report in this. This course maybe be repeated once if the content is different.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an overview of humanity's exponentially increasing demands on natural resources; the resultant raw materials and environmental pollution problems and possible solutions humanity faces. Demographic, cultural, historical, economic and locational factors are considered. Same as ERS 11.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
The earth's atmospheric environment and elements of weather are examined. Areas of study are: solar radiation and temperature, moisture in the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation, air masses and fronts, weather forecasting and the influence of human beings on meteorological processes. Same as ERS 12. Three hours lecture when offered for three credits; three hours lecture, three hours laboratory when offered for four credits. Prerequisite of GGR 3 or ERS 1 is required
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1.00 Credits
The course provides an introduction to maps and the history of cartography, and an introduction to topographic maps and map reading techniques; maps are studied in relationship to the natural and human data they illustrate. Students study stereoscopic air photographs as an aid in understanding the occurrence of natural and human environmental features.
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1.00 Credits
The course is designed to provide an academic understanding of "geopolitical hot-spots" on the earth. Current political problem regions are chosen for detailed treatment; in each case the essential historical, natural, cultural, demographic, social and economic factors behind the problems discussed provide students with an objective basis for judgments on world affairs.
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4.00 Credits
This course includes the history of maps and mapping;the various types and characteristics of maps; cartographic methods of representing natural and cultural data. Also included is the use of topographic maps, stereo air photographs, and infrared photography as analytical tools in the study of physical and human geography, in land from study, and in resource evaluation. A cartographic project may constitute part of the course; demographics maps of Nassau County are made. Three hours lecture, two hours open laboratory.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is an important modern tool for the analysis of geographical data for the natural and social sciences. This course is an introduction to the hardware, software, and operations of GIS in addition to an exploration of GIS applications and a presentation of data structures and basic functions. The course covers: GIS principles, creating and assessing spatial data sets, importing and exporting data, geocoding, tabular data files, charts, layouts, and applications. Students construct a GIS project. Same as ERS 17. Three hours lecture when offered for three credits; three hours lecture, three hours laboratory when offered for four credits.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) algorithms, data structures, advanced computational topics, analysis of error; ways in which geographic and scientific principles and techniques can be implemented in GIS. Students explore the use of GIS in answering specific problems; discuss the problems of data exchange standards and large data bases; evaluate the use of spatial analysis techniques in the GIS context; and describe applications of GIS in various fields of earth and environmental science. Same as ERS 18. Three hours lecture when offered for three credits; three hours lecture, three hours laboratory when offered for four credits. Prerequisites of ERS 17 or GGR 17 and one of ERS 1 or 2, GGR 1 or 2, GLY 1 or 2 are required.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to human society in its physical environment and a geographical-philosophical consideration of the relationships between human beings and the physical world. The course covers the evolution of technology as a factor in mankind's evaluation and use of resources including hunting and gathering, the rise of agriculture, the modern industrial and agricultural revolutions and their impact upon the world. For students in the Program for Academic Success. Four hours lecture/recitation. Must be in Program for Academic Success.
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3.00 Credits
The course attempts to explain the differential geographical patterns produced by human beings in their occupancy of the Earth: ethnic, religious, and linguistic factors and their world, social, economic and political impact. The course covers population and settlement geography such as world demographic distribution patterns, problems of population growth and overpopulation and the distribution of human settlement forms across the earth. Special sections are offered for students in the Program for Academic Success (P sections).
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