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3.00 Credits
Introduces computer assisted analysis geographic data. Spatial data structures, geographic data files, database management, spatial analysis and cartographic design are emphasized. Provides practical experience in GIS through exercises and class activities.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an intermediate overview of the design and function of geographic information systems (GIS). GIS software design, data models, data creation and management, raster and vector analysis, and workflow automation are emphasized. Provides practical experience in GIS through computer-based exercises and class activities.-a
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3.00 Credits
Explores the design and production of maps and other information graphics both from theoretical and applied aspects. Areas of emphasis are data collection, analysis, digital mapping software, communication through cartographic design, and the social implications of mapmaking.-a Students will select appropriate mappable data and use it to design effective maps using professional techniques.-a
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3.00 Credits
Studies processes and agents which erode, transport and deposit sediments.-a-a Examines the features of sedimentary rocks that are used to make environmental and climatic interpretations, and the techniques used to put strata in context of time and space and the geologic interpretation of the resulting rocks.-a Field trips will be required as part of this course.
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4.00 Credits
Teaches students to describe, measure, and analyze rock deformations produced within the Earth on all scales from microscopic to global based upon principles of rock mechanics and utilization of data from field investigations.-a Field trips will be required as part of this course.-a
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3.00 Credits
Provides students with an advanced introduction to GIS applications in the social sciences and business. Course topics include social theories of space and place, technological innovations in social science research, social science datasets, demographic analysis methods, presentation, and data dissemination techniques.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the use of dams and other structures designed to control rivers and manage surface water resources, synthesizing legal, political, economic, environmental, and natural resource aspects using case studies.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the use of Python coding in geographic information system (GIS) software to modify and automate common workflows. Provides an overview the use of Python in data storage and retrieval, geospatial analysis, and the output/dissemination of geospatial data through computer-based exercises and class activities.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an advanced examination of outdoor recreation management resources, principles, and practices, with an emphasis on individual and group behavior. Topics include outdoor recreation planning, visitor management, carrying capacity and normative research, site design and management, recreation ecology (impacts on the natural environment), depreciative behavior, recreational conflict, and cognitive and behavioral coping in natural resource settings.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the origins of the major U.S. federal land management agencies, the distribution of their landholdings, and their jurisdictions and management mandates. Case studies focus on contemporary timber, range, wildlife, fisheries, biodiversity conservation, and recreation management controversies. Field trips may be required.
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