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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC Examines the rapidly changing dynamics of the international business environment and its impact on corporate strategies and patterns of international trade, investment and development. Covers the political, legal, technological and cultural underpinnings of the global economy. Provides students with a solid foundation for conducting international business research and making sense of current events.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC Involves a theoretical and empirical study of the spatial aspects of commodity flows among countries and regions; also examines conditions leading to trade, and to barriers to the movement of goods.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC Introduces students to the interconnections among culture, social expectations, and international business. Covers cross-cultural communication and negotiation, cross-cultural management and alliance formation, and corporate social and environmental responsibility. The course is designed to challenge students to understand difference and to overcome stereotypes in thinking about the operation of business in different parts of the world.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: GEO 101 or GLY 101 or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Examines the occurrence, use, management, and conservation of water and water resources in the U.S. and around the world. The course further discusses the environmental, economic, and social implications of floods, droughts, dams, water usage, and waste water, as well as current issues in water quality, water pollution, and water resource regulation.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: GEO 101 or GLY 101 or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Introduces land-forming processes at work on the Earth s surface, including water, wind, waves and ice. Emphasizes the roles of climate and human impact on earth surface processes, and it considers the hazardous consequences of these processes, such as flooding, landslides, and coastal erosion.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: GEO 101 or GLY 101 or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Studies plate tectonics, structure, volcanism, minerals, rocks, weathering, slope development, and fluvial and coastal geomorphology.
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Prerequisites: GEO 101 or GLY 101 or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC/LAB Introduces data collection techniques in Earth Systems Science. Students will actively participate in the collection and analysis of data using a wide range of field and laboratory equipment, with all activities linked to relevant environmental and geomorphic issues. Students will develop and enhance their skills in data collection, reduction, and analysis, analytical thinking, scientific writing, and the preparation of professional reports.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: GEO 101 or GLY 101 or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Introduces the concepts of soil science, composition and classification of soils, and the spatial distribution of major soil categories. Analyzes soil properties, soil/plant relationships, nutrients, land management practices, and ecological and engineering problems.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: GEO 101 or BIO 00 or SSC 118 or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Explores forests in terms of their diverse structure, composition, and function. Examines factors that control growth of individual trees, development of forest stands, and dynamics of forest landscapes. Field trips and lab work develop the ability to recognize and reconstruct forest history, using a combination of forest structure and tree-ring analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Prerequisites: GEO 103 or permission of instructor Corequisites: None Type: LEC Provides an introduction to the knowledge areas of urban systems and structure, and a brief overview of fundamentals and general information that one needs to build upon in order to become a professional urban geographer. The course examines the formation and growth dynamics of cities, interprets the mechanism under which the urban space functions, and observes the industrial, residential, migratory, environmental, planning and transportation aspects of urban society. Social aspects of urban systems are covered in GEO 367.
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