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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
A consideration of topics of special importance to Latin America, including population growth, urbanization and economic development. Specific countries will also be examined in detail, with an emphasis on settlement patterns and environmental characteristics.
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4.00 Credits
Students explore various historical and contemporary processes that have created Africa’s diverse and complex geography. The course begins with a historical survey of the continent, starting with its great civilizations and continuing with its experiences through colonialism, independence, the cold war, and globalization. This section of the class examines how these major events have played out throughout the different regions of Africa, south of the Sahara. The class then turns directly to thematic issues that are central to a human-geographic perspective of the continent: population, rural/urban dynamics, education and health issues, and human-environment interactions including agricultural systems and conservation issues. Finally, with a deeper understanding of the region, the course addresses present-day political hot spots of post-Cold War Africa, and the critical development problems plaguing the continent.
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
A single subject or set of related subjects not ordinarily covered by the Geography Department. Please see the current Schedule of Classes for topics to be emphasized. Cr/NC only.
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4.00 Credits
The distributions of plants and animals at global, regional, and local scales. Emphasis on tools of data collection and analysis, on processes that contribute to distributions, and on conservation of biotic resources. Field trips consider local and regional patterns of plants and animals. Prerequisite: BIOL 115, 121, 122, or equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
Offerings will vary and will focus upon special topics of interest, including the physical, cultural, historical, and economic relationships of Europe and its regions.
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide offerings in special problem areas such as China and Southeast Asia, arid lands, Pacific Rim/World, and underdeveloped lands.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides greater depth in the foundations of geographic information systems (GIS). Readings, group discussions, and lectures delve into database development issues, advanced spatial analysis, and GIS research applications. Students also complete a semester-long research project using GIS technologies. Students learn to identify problems that can benefit from a spatial-analytical approach and determine the appropriate data for pursuing such a project. Students build their own GIS database, mastering skills such as digitizing and attributing spatial data; importing data from the Internet; collecting field data for GIS integration; and converting GIS layers into a single coordinate system and map projection. Finally, students learn to choose and implement the most appropriate spatial analysis method for their research, and then interpret the results. Prerequisite: GEOG 387 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
The focus of the seminar may vary, but the class will expose students to the nature of the discipline of geography through readings of scholarly literature. The class will emphasize a student research project and will include classroom discussions during the course of the semester.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Special studies may be arranged to cover an area of interest not covered in the courses otherwise offered by the department. Prerequisites: completed special studies form and consent of the instructor.
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2.00 - 5.00 Credits
A single subject or set of related subjects not ordinarily covered by the Geography Department. Offerings will vary depending on visiting faculty, experimental courses, and educational needs.
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