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Undergraduate Course Descriptions

Graduate Course Descriptions

Undergraduate Catalog - current

Graduate Catalog - current

Current and future course offerings and descriptions

Course Offerings

Tentative Course Offerings

Undergraduate Course Descriptions

GEOG 304 - Observations in Meteorology and Forecasting
Lab experience in acquisition, measurement, and interpretation of meteorological parameters. Prerequisites: GEOG 101 & 302, MAX 4 HRS; NOT GEOG 313 Credit Hours: 2 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours.

GEOG 305 - Practicum in Meteorological Forecasting
Lab experience in preparation and dissemination of meteorological forecasts. Prerequisites: GEOG 304 Credit Hours: 2 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 10 hours.

GEOG 315 - Landforms and Landscapes
A topical approach to the study of landforms and landforming processes as fundamental elements of the physical environment. Includes landforms created by tectonism, volcanism, gravity, streams, glaciers, waves, and the wind. 4 lec, one 2-hr lab. Prerequisites: GEOG 101 OR GEOL 101 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 316 - Biogeography
An examination of the historical, environmental, and biotic influences that shape spatial patterns of plant and animal distributions and community structure in the contemporary landscape. No credit if BIOS 316. Prerequisites: GEOG 101 & NOT BIOS 316 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 320 - American Ethnic Geography
Systematic and thematic survey of spatial and cultural patterns associated with ethnicity and ethnic groups in the United States. Emphasis on historical and spatial patterns of immigration, the experience of ethnic groups in American plural society, and ethnic contributions to American life. Prerequisites: GEOG 121 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 321 - Population Geography
Survey of global population concerns, including historic and contemporary patterns of population growth, distribution, fertility, and impact of these on the environment and economic resources. Population policies and trends in international migration examined, as well as feminist/equity critiques of population as a development problem. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 322 - Settlement Geography
Survey of American rural settlement and its European antecedents. Emphasis on the evolution and regional variation in property, field, fence, and road patterns on farmsteads and in small towns. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 325 - Political Geography
Systematic examination of basic approaches, historical development, special problems, and spatial concepts in political geography. Case studies emphasize nation-state. Prerequisites: GEOG 121 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 326 - Urban Geography
Geographic analysis of cities and urbanization. Examines spatial patterns of cities and factors that lead to growth, decline, and change in urban areas. Introduces models of land use, transportation, population distribution, ethnic patterns, segregation, employment, urban economies, and housing. Studies impacts of public policy changes and shifting social attitudes on spatial structure of cities, urban life, and city management. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 327A - Social Geographies
Geographic analysis of social relations, social identities, and social inequalities. Examines the geography of social justice from the perspective of distinct groups (including race, class, gender, sexuality) and as it relates to various geographic themes, particularly concerning the environment, urban geography, and employment. Prerequisites: JR & GEOG 121 OR WS 100 OR SOC 101 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 329 - World Economic Geography
Survey of the capitalist world economy, the rise of core economies, (under) development in the periphery and global economic restructuring. Prerequisites: GEOG 121 OR ECON 103 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 330 - Geography of Western Europe
Topical survey of Europe with emphasis on the geographic and cultural historical factors that influenced landscape and regional patterns in the past and today. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 331 - Geography of Africa
Systematic examination of four themes in African geography, with special emphasis on problems of development. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 333 - Appalachia: Land and People
Topical and regional survey of Appalachia with emphasis on settlement and expansion, land ownership and speculation, society and culture, and the impacts of natural resource extraction. Prerequisites: 1 CRSE IN GEOG & NOT 233 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 334 - Historical Geography of the United States
Systematic and regional survey of past human geographies of the area that became the United States from 1450 until the present. Focus on the development of regional identity over time and space, and manifestations of regional identity in the cultural landscape. Prerequisites: GEOG 121 OR HIST 211 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 335 - Geography of Latin America
Regional survey of Latin America focusing on biophysical systems, rural development, population/migration, cultural geography, and economic development. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 336 - Geography of Religious Space and Place
Systematic and regional survey of religious cultural landscapes of the world in comparative perspective. Emphasis on religion as a cornerstone of culture and its manifestations in the cultural landscape. Focus on sacred space and place, pilgrimage, and holy sites in selected religious belief systems. Prerequisites: JR OR SR Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 337 - Geography of Religion in the United States
Regional and systematic survey of religious belief systems in the United States. Emphasis on the analysis of the development of regional religious patterns over time and space and the role played by religion in American life. Focus on selected regional and American life. Focus on selected regional and local manifestations of religious beliefs in the American cultural landscape. Prerequisites: JR OR SR Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 338 - Geography of Southeast Asia
Survey of physical geography, natural resources, population, food production, urbanism, and energy within selected regions. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 344 - Agricultural Ecosystems
Agricultural activity. Systematic analysis of agricultural change and sustainability of agricultural systems in the industrial and developing world. A spatial perspective on the globalization of agriculture, agro-biotechnology, and the future of agriculture. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 348 - Gender, Environment, and Development
Explores frameworks linking gender and the environment and examines how they have influenced the practice of development in various geographic contexts. Case studies from Africa, USA, Latin America, and Asia. Topics include gendered access to resources, health and inequality, men and masculinities, the body and the environment, nongovernmental organizations, and grass root organizing. Prerequisites: (GEOG 121 OR WS 100) & (JR OR SR) Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 349 - Geographical Analysis of Telecommunication Systems
Encourages students to consider the technical, socioeconomic, and policy aspects of telecommunications technologies, particularly from a geographic perspective. Utilizes readings, lectures, and discussions to explore various issues associated with telecommunications technologies, including broadband availability, telecommunications tower siting, cellular coverage areas, and the spatial digital divide. Students apply their knowledge through class activities. Prerequisites: 8 HRS GEOG & NOT ITS 349 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 350 - Land Use Planning
Survey of land use issues including mapping, ownership, legal issues, zoning, conservation design in zoning, subdivision regulations, takings, and habitat-conservation planning. Many practical applications are included in the class. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 353 - Environmental Planning
An introduction to the development, implementation, and operation of activities to guide landscape development. Emphasis on interaction between natural and social systems, methods of environmental analysis, and the evolution of environmental planning strategies. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 357 - Environmental Law
Legal aspects of both individual environmental and societal environmental rights and duties with respect to constitution, private property, nuisance, negligence, statutes, regulatory agencies, and court decisions. Emphasis on case study of federal, state, and local laws that shaped existing law and those that are likely to shape future legislative and administrative action. Prerequisites: JR OR SR THIS COURSE PREVIOUSLY BUSL 370 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken 4 times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 358 - Environmental Hazards
Systematic introduction to the concepts, problems, and methods that guide the identification and assessment of environmental risk with emphasis on natural hazards and their geophysical dimensions. Prerequisites: JR OR SR Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 360 - Cartography I
Introduction to digital cartographic design and cartographic visualization. Theory and practice map design developed in weekly lab exercises. 3 lec, 1 2-hr lab. Prerequisites: GEOG 268 OR BMT 200 OR C S 120 OR CTCH 125 OR IT 103 OR MIS 201 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 361 - Cartography II
Application of fundamentals of cartographic visualization to the design of thematic maps. 3 lec, 1 2-hr lab. Prerequisites: GEOG 360 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 365 - Air Photo Interpretation
Principles, techniques, and practice in visual interpretation of air photographic and remote sensing imagery. For geographers, geologists, military, community planners, resource managers, engineers. 3 lec, 2 lab. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & GEOG 101 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 370 - Geographic Information Systems Applications
Applications of geographic information systems (GIS) to solving spatial problems. Instruction is a problem-oriented approach using desktop GIS. Students will learn how to use vector and grid-based GIS to answer problems with a geospatial component. Course emphasizes methods for importing and integrating data sources and digital boundary files from the Internet and other sources. The purpose is to give students critical thinking skills to solve spatial problems using automated methods. No credit for both 370 and 479. Prerequisites: GEOG 268 OR PBIO 415 & 4 HRS GEOG & NOT GEOG 479 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 375J - Research and Writing
Research materials, methods of investigation, and presentation of geographic data. Prerequisites: JR OR SR Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 1J Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 397T - Geography Tutorial
Individualized tutorial open to HTC students only. Credit Hours: 1 to 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.

GEOG 398T - Geography Tutorial
Individualized tutorial open to HTC students only. Credit Hours: 1 to 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.

GEOG 399T - Geography Tutorial
Individualized tutorial open to HTC students only. Credit Hours: 1 to 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.

GEOG 406 - Introduction to Synoptic Meteorology
The construction and analysis of models used in the prediction of meteorological phenomena. Prerequisites: GEOG 305 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 407 - Advanced Synoptic Meteorology
Capstone course in meteorology. Advanced topics in synoptic meteorology. Includes lab. Prerequisites: GEOG 406 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 411 - Advanced Physical Geography
Application of physical geographic principles to specific advanced research theme. Prerequisites: GEOG 101 & NOT GEOG 301 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 417 - Landscape Ecology
Explores the reciprocal relationship between pattern and process: how pattern is created on the landscape, and implications of spatial pattern on populations, communities, and ecosystems. Examines the role of humans in influencing landscape pattern and change. Prerequisites: GEOG 101 & JR OR SR Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 418 - Research Methods in Plant Biogeography
Integrated, problem-oriented introduction to modern biogeographical research techniques. Emphasis on a range of problems biogeographers address, relevant literature, and traditional and contemporary approaches to particular issues. Students will learn by experience how biogeographers gather and weigh evidence about natural and human processes, employ maps and databases to represent and model real-life situations, analyze spatial, temporal, and functional relationships, and communicate findings. 2 lec, 4 lab. Prerequisites: GEOG 316 OR BIOS 316 OR PBIO 209 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 428 - Migration and Development
The course will examine migration theory, global and domestic patterns of human migration, and their implications for development. It will focus on geographic approaches to understanding the causes and development consequences of migration, including transnational and return migration. Prerequisites: JR OR SR & (GEOG 121 OR 131 OR 321 OR SOC 101) Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 440 - Environmental Impact Analysis
Introduction to analytic techniques, legal responsibilities, and administrative procedures in evaluating environmental impacts of land use change. Practice in production of environmental impact statements and in documenting scientific research. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 447 - Natural Resource Conservation
Themes in American environmental history, resource conservation and management, and contemporary environmentalism. Prerequisites: GEOG 241 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 455 - Evolution of Planning
Evolution of urban planning in U.S. during 19th and 20th centuries. Housing, parks, ideal communities, intellectual attitudes, zoning and subdivision case law, federal intervention, present programs. Prerequisites: (JR OR SR) & 8 HRS GEOG Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 456 - The City and the Environment
Examination of historical and present-day environmental impacts of urban and suburban expansion in a North American context. Prerequisites: GEOG 201 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 466 - Principles of Remote Sensing
Systematic introduction to the principles and application of remote sensing stressing the fundamental characteristics of electromagnetic radiation, energy-atmosphere interactions, design of remote sensing instruments, and the techniques used to extract problem-solving information from remote sensing data. Emphasis is given to digital image-processing techniques and algorithms involved in measurement, analysis, and interpretation of electromagnetic energy collected by remote sensing instruments. Prerequisites: GEOG 268 OR BMT 200 OR C S 120 OR CTCH 125 OR IT 103 OR MIS 201 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 467 - Remote Sensing Applications
In depth examination of advanced remote sensing methodologies and applications including advanced image processing, hyper-spectral analysis, soft image classification, and sensor fusion, focused on their use in environmental geosciences. Prerequisites: GEOG 466 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 468 - Cartography III
Advanced theory and practice of topics in cartographic visualization, such as cartographic production and pre-press, animation, and interactivity. 3 lec, 1 2-hr lab. Prerequisites: GEOG 360 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 471 - Quantitative Methods
Systematic survey of methods of multivariate analysis used by geographers. Prerequisites: GEOG 271 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 473 - Qualitative Research Methods in Geography
An introduction to qualitative research methods in geography. Covers research design, methodological approaches to research, and qualitative data collection and analysis methods used by geographers. Specific methods covered will include: interviewing, observation, document analysis, and visual analysis. Prerequisites: 8 HRS GEOG & JR OR SR Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 474 - Application Development in Geographic Information Science
This course serves as an introduction to the modification and creation of Geographic Information Systems and spatial databases. The course also covers the topic of web-based spatial data delivery. Prerequisites: GEOG 370 OR 478 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken 4 times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 475 - GIS Modeling and Simulation
Introduction to the methods of systems analysis and modeling and simulation directed to the study of physical, human, and environmental processes and their interaction at regional and global scales. Prerequisites: GEOG 478 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 476 - Field Methods
Introduction to geographic field methods and techniques. Field mapping, data collection, spatial sampling, data analysis, synthesis, and reporting. 2 lec, 4 lab. Prerequisites: GEOG 271 OR GEOG 471 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 478 - Principles of GIS
Systematic introduction to the procedures and techniques that guide the design, implementation, and application of geographic information systems. 4 lec, 1 2-hr labs. Prerequisites: GEOG 268 OR BMT 200 OR C S 120 OR CTCH 125 OR IT 103 OR MIS 201 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 479 - Geographic Information Analysis
In-depth examination of the methods of spatial data analysis and the utilization of GIS in geographic problem solving. 4 lec, 1 2-hr labs. Prerequisites: GEOG 478 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 481A - Senior Seminar
Capstone course that encourages the implementation of acquired knowledge from previous course work. Involves an examination and application of topics relating to the history and philosophy of geographic thought. Prerequisites: 101 & 121 & SR Credit Hours: 4 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken 99 times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.

GEOG 485 - Internship
Provides qualifying students with credit for work-study experience in cartography, remote sensing, land-use planning, resource management, and other fields of applied geography. Supervised by geography faculty and evaluated by on-the-job supervisor. Prerequisites: PERM REQUIRED & GEOG MAJOR & (JR OR SR) & NOT 485A Credit Hours: 1 to 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15 hours.

GEOG 485A - GIS Certificate Internship
Capstone experience on an applied GIS project, supervised by geography faculty member and evaluated by on-the-job supervisor. Prerequisites: GIS CERTIFICATE ONLY & NOT GEOG MAJOR & PERMISSION REQUIRED & NOT 485 Credit Hours: 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 10 hours.

GEOG 486 - Practicum in Cartography and Remote Sensing
Individualized undergraduate thesis-level work--theoretical or practical--in cartography and/or remote sensing. Prerequisites: GEOG 360 & 361 & 466 & (JR OR SR) & GEOG MAJOR & PERMISSION REQUIRED Credit Hours: 2 to 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.

GEOG 490 - Geographic Studies
Supervised studies in fundamentals of geographic research. Prerequisites: JR OR SR Credit Hours: 1 to 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15 hours.

GEOG 493 - Colloquium
Prerequisites: GEOG MAJOR OR MINOR Credit Hours: 1 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated.

GEOG 494 - Field Problems
Research on field problem using standard geographic field methods. Prerequisites: GEOG MAJOR OR MINOR Credit Hours: 1 to 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 5 hours.

GEOG 497T - Geography Tutorial
Individualized tutorial open to HTC students only. Prerequisites: HTC Credit Hours: 1 to 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15 hours.

GEOG 498T - Geography Tutorial
Individualized tutorial open to HTC students only. Prerequisites: HTC Credit Hours: 1 to 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15 hours.

GEOG 499H - Honors In Geography
Prerequisites: MAX 10 HRS Credit Hours: 1 to 5 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 5 hours.

GEOG 499T - Geography Tutorial
Individualized tutorial open to HTC students only. Prerequisites: HTC Credit Hours: 1 to 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15 hours.

Graduate Course Descriptions

GEOG 502 - Meteorology
General survey of meteorology with focus on physical principles explaining weather change. Credits: (5) Lecture/Lab Hours Lab.

GEOG 503 - Climatology
Exchanges of energy and moisture and their significance in the human use of the earth’s surface. Credits: (5) Lecture/Lab Hours Lab.

GEOG 504 - Observations in Meteorology
Lab experience in acquisition, measurement, and interpretation of meteorological parameters. Prerequisites Prereq: 502. Credits: (2)

GEOG 505 - Practicum in Meteorological Forecasting
Lab experience in preparation and dissemination of meteorological forecasts. Prerequisites Prereq: 502, 504. Credits: (2-10)

GEOG 506 - Introduction to Synoptic Meterology
Introduction to synoptic meteorological analysis with interpretation of surface, upper air, and prognosis charts. Credits: (5)

GEOG 507 - Advanced Synoptic Meteorology
The construction and analysis of meteorological models used in predicting meteorological phenomena. Credits: (5) Lecture/Lab Hours Lab.

GEOG 511 - Advanced Physical Geography
Application of physical geographic principles to specific research theme. Credits: (5)

GEOG 515 - Landforms and Landscape
A topical approach to the study of landforms and landforming processes as fundamental elements of the physical environment. Includes landforms created by tectonism, volcanism, gravity, streams, glaciers, waves, and the wind. Credits: (5) Lecture/Lab Hours Lab.

GEOG 516 - Biogeography
An examination of the historical, environmental, and biotic influences that shape spatial patterns of plant and animal distributions and community structure in the contemporary landscape. (Crosslisted with BIOS). Credits: (5)

GEOG 517 - Landscape Ecology
Explores landscape mosaics, focusing on landscape elements and the implication of spatial pattern for populations, communities, and ecosystems. Examines the role of humans in influencing landscape pattern and change. Credits: (5)

GEOG 518 - Research Methods in Plant Biogeography
Integrated, problem-oriented introduction to modern biogeographical research techniques. Emphasis on a range of problems biogeographers address, relevant literature, and traditional and contemporary approaches to particular issues. Students will learn by experience how biogeographers gather and weigh evidence about natural and human processes, employ maps and databases to represent and model real-life situation, analyze spatial, temporal, and functional relationships, and communicate findings. Credits: (5)

GEOG 520 - American Ethnic Geography
Systematic and thematic survey of spatial and cultural patterns associated with ethnicity and ethnic groups in the United States. Emphasis on historical and spatial patterns of immigration, the experience of ethnic groups in American plural society, and ethnic contributions to American life. Credits: (5)

GEOG 521 - Population Geography
Systematic survey of global population concerns including historic and contemporary patterns of population growth, distribution, fertility, and impact of these on the environment and economic resources. Population policies and trends in international migration examined, as well as gender/equity critiques of population as a development problem. Credits: (5)

GEOG 522 - Settlement Geography
Survey of American rural settlement and its European antecedents. Emphasis on evolution and regional variation in property, field, fence, and road patterns on farmsteads and in small towns. Credits: (5)

GEOG 525 - Political Geography
Systematic examination of basic approaches, historical development, special problems, and spatial concepts in political geography. Case studies emphasize the nation-state. Credits: (5)

GEOG 526 - Urban Geography
Geographic analysis of cities and urbanization. Examines spatial patterns of cities and factors that lead to growth, decline, and change in urban areas. Introduces models of land use, transportation, population distribution, ethnic patterns, segregation, employment, urban economics, and housing. Studies impact of public policy changes and shifting social attitudes on spatial structure of cities, urban life, and city management. Credits: (5)

GEOG 527A - Social Geographies
Geographic analysis of social relations, social identities, and social inequalities. Examines the geography of social justice from the perspective of distinct groups (including race, class, gender, sexuality) and as it relates to various geographic themes, particularly concerning the environment, urban geography, and employment. Credits: (5)

GEOG 528 - Migration and Development
The course will examine migration theory, global and domestic patterns of human migration, and their implications for development. It will focus on geographic approaches to understanding the causes and development consequences of migration, including transnational and return migration. Credits: (5)

GEOG 529 - World Economic Geography
Survey of the capitalist world economy, the rise of core economies, (under)development in the periphery and global economic restructuring. Credits: (5)

GEOG 530 - Geography of Western Europe
Topical survey of Europe with emphasis on the geographical and cultural historical factors that influenced landscape and regional patterns in the past and today. Credits: (5)

GEOG 531 - Geography of Africa
Systematic examination of four selected themes relevant to modern geography of Africa. Emphasis on development. Credits: (5)

GEOG 532 - Geography of Africa II
Regional survey of one or more of major areas of tropical Africa. Credits: (4)

GEOG 533 - Appalachia: Land and People
Topical and regional survey of Appalachia with emphasis on settlement and expansion, landownership and speculation, society and culture, and the impacts of natural resource extraction. Credits: (5)

GEOG 534 - Historical Geography of the United States
Systematic and regional survey of past human geographies of the United States from 1450 to the present. Focus on the development of regional identity over time and space, and manifestations of regional identities on the cultural landscape. Credits: (5)

GEOG 535 - Geography of Latin America
Regional survey of Latin America focusing on biophysical systems, rural development, population/migration, cultural geography, and economic development. Credits: (5)

GEOG 536 - The Geography of Religious Space and Place
Systematic and regional survey of religious cultural landscapes of the world in comparative perspective. Emphasis on religion as a cornerstone of culture and its manifestations in the cultural landscape. Focus on sacred space and place, pilgrimage and holy sites in selected religious belief systems. Credits: (5)

GEOG 537 - The Geography of Religion in the United States
Regional and systematic survey of religious belief systems in the United States. Emphasis on the analysis of the development of regional religious patterns over time and space and the role played by religion in American life. Focus on selected regional and local manifestations of religious belief in the American cultural landscape. Credits: (5)

GEOG 538 - Geography of Southeast Asia
Survey of physical geography, natural resources, population, food production, urbanism, and energy within selected regions. Credits: (5)

GEOG 539 - Geographic Patterns in Developing Countries
Comparative examination of selected spatial patterns of countries from the developing world. Credits: (5)

GEOG 540 - Environmental Impact Analysis
Introduction to analytic techniques, legal responsibilities, and administrative procedures in evaluating environmental impacts of land use change. Practice in production of environmental impact statements and in documenting scientific research. Credits: (5)

GEOG 544 - Agricultural Ecosystems
Systematic analysis of agricultural change and sustainability of agricultural systems in the industrial and developing world. A spatial perspective on the globalization of agriculture, agrobiotechnology, and the future of agriculture. Credits: (5)

GEOG 547 - Natural Resource Conservation
Themes in American environmental history, resource conservation and management, and contemporary environmentalism. Credits: (5)

GEOG 550 - Land Use Planning
Survey of land use issues including mapping, ownership, legal issues, zoning, conservation, subdivision regulation, takings, and habitat conservation planning with practical applications. Credits: (5)

GEOG 553 - Environmental Planning
Introduction to the development, implementation, and operation of activities to guide landscape development. Emphasis on interaction between natural and social systems, methods of environmental analysis, and the evolution of environmental planning strategies. Credits: (5)

GEOG 555 - Evolution of Planning
Evolution of urban planning in U.S. during 19th and 20th centuries. Housing, parks, ideal communities, intellectual attitudes, zoning and subdivision case law, federal intervention, present programs. Credits: (5)

GEOG 556 - City and the Environment
Examination of historical and present-day environmental impacts of urban and suburban expansion in a North American context. Credits: (5)

GEOG 558 - Environmental Hazards
Systematic introduction to the concepts, problems, and methods that guide the identification and assessment of environmental risk with emphasis on natural hazards and their geophysical dimensions. Credits: (5)

GEOG 560 - Cartography
Introduction to basic design and basic principles of aesthetically pleasing maps. Map construction ranges from simple map compilation to multicolor composition and scale reduction. Credits: (5) Lecture/Lab Hours Lab.

GEOG 561 - Statistical Cartography
Cartographic techniques of representing quantitative data on maps. Prerequisites Prereq: 560. Credits: (5) Lecture/Lab Hours Lab.

GEOG 565 - Air Photo Interpretation
Principles, techniques, and practice used in air photo interpretation for geographers, geologists, community planners, resource managers, and engineers. Credits: (5) Lecture/Lab Hours Lab.

GEOG 566 - Remote Sensing
Application of computer-based statistical pattern recognition techniques to the digital analysis and classification of remotely-sensed imagery. Credits: (5) Lecture/Lab Hours Lab.

GEOG 568 - Automated Cartography
Introduction to automated techniques for compiling and producing maps. Issues range from reapplication of manual techniques in a computer environment to fully automated production and GIS. Prerequisites Prereq: 560. Credits: (5)

GEOG 570 - Geographic Information Systems Applications
Applications of geographic information systems (GIS) to solving spatial problems. Instruction is a problem-oriented approach using desktop GIS. Students will learn how to use vector and gridbased GIS to answer problems with a geospatial component. Course emphasizes methods for importing and integrating date sources and digital boundary files from the Internet and other sources. The purpose is to give students critical thinking skills to solve spatial problems using automated methods. Credits: (5)

GEOG 571 - Quantitative Methods
Systematic survey of the methods of multivariate analysis used by geographers. Prerequisites Prereq: Permission. Credits: (5)

GEOG 574 - Application Development in GISc
This course serves as an introduction to the modification and creation of Geographic Information Systems and spatial databases. The course also covers the topic of web-based spatial data delivery. Credits: (5)

GEOG 575 - Geocomputing
Introduction to methods of systems analysis and modeling directed to study of regional human and environmental processes and their interaction at regional and global scales. Credits: (5)

GEOG 576 - Field Methods
Introduction to geographic field methods and techniques. Field mapping, data collection, spatial sampling, data analysis, synthesis, and reporting. Credits: (5)

GEOG 578 - Principles of GIS
Systematic introduction to the procedures and techniques that guide the design, implementation, and application of geographic information systems. Credits: (5)

GEOG 579 - Geographic Information Analysis
In-depth examination of the methods of spatial data analysis and the utilization of GIS. Prerequisites Prereq: 578. Credits: (5)

GEOG 585 - Internship
Provides qualifying students credit for work study experience in cartography, remote sensing, land-use planning, resource management, and other fields in applied geography. Supervised by geography faculty and evaluated by on-the-job supervisor. Lengthy report summarizes experience. Prerequisites Prereq: perm. Credits: (max 15)

GEOG 593 - Colloquium
Credits: (1)

GEOG 666 - Seminar in Cartography
Credits: (5)

GEOG 675 - Research and Writing
Emphasis on geographic research and writing. Consideration of geography as science and scientific method. Study of techniques and style, followed by completion of writing tasks including literature reviews, criticism, and research proposal. Credits: (5)

GEOG 678 - Analysis of Geographical Data
Students build geographical data files, analyze with descriptive and inferential statistics, and use models of spatial analysis directed toward the analysis of spatial patterns. Prerequisites Prereq: 571. Credits: (5)

GEOG 679 - Seminar: Human Geography
Credits: (5)

GEOG 680A - Seminar in Development: Environment and Development
Credits: (5)

GEOG 680B - Seminar in Development: Theories of Development
Credits: (5)

GEOG 680C - Seminar in Development: Gender and Development
Credits: (5)

GEOG 681A - Seminar in Physical Geography: Biogeography
Credits: (5)

GEOG 681B - Seminar in Physical Geography: Geomorphology
Credits: (5)

GEOG 681C - Seminar in Physical Geography: Meteorology and Climatology
Credits: (5)

GEOG 682 - Seminar in Economic Geography
Credits: (5)

GEOG 682B - Seminar in Political Geography
Credits: (5)

GEOG 683 - Metropolitan Areas: Seminar in Urban Geography
Credits: (5)

GEOG 684A - Seminar in Regional Geography: Latin America
Credits: (5)

GEOG 684B - Seminar in Regional Geography: Southeast Asia
Credits: (5)

GEOG 684C - Seminar in Regional Geography: Africa
Credits: (5)

GEOG 685 - Seminar in Population Geography
Credits: (5)

GEOG 686 - Seminar in Historical Geography
Credits: (5)

GEOG 687 - Seminar in Geographical Technique
Credits: (5)

GEOG 688 - Seminar in Resource Management
Prerequisites Prereq: 547. Credits: (5) GEOG 689 - Seminar in Land Use Planning
Credits: (5)

GEOG 690 - Geographic Studies
Credits: (1-5, max 5)

GEOG 694 - Research Project
Credits: (1-15)

GEOG 695 - Thesis
Credits: (1-15)