Courses

GEOG 84, Sophomore Seminar

Catalog Description: Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.

Units: 1.0 or 2.0

Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor

Repeat Rules: Course may be...

GEOG 80, An Introduction to Geospatial Technologies: Mapping, Space and Power

Catalog Description: This course offers an introduction to the increasingly diverse range of geospatial technologies and tools including but not limited to geographical information systems (GIS). Merging theoretical concepts with technical instruction, students will develop critical knowledge and skills in web-mapping, geographic information science and cartography, including how these tools take on and reinforce fundamental geographical concepts and shape our lives, our environments and, increasingly, our futures.

Units: 4...

GEOG 24, Freshman Seminar

Catalog Description: The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.

Units: 1.0

Prerequisites: None

Repeat Rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Formats:...

GEOG 199, Supervised Independent Study

Catalog Description: Supervised independent study

Units: 1.0 - 4.0

Prerequisites: Senior standing; overall 3.0 major GPA

Repeat Rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Formats:

Fall and/or Spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week

Summer:...

GEOG 198, Directed Group Study

Catalog Description: Directed group study

Units: 1.0 - 4.0

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat Rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Formats:

Fall and/or Spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-7.5 hours of directed group study per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5...

GEOG 197, Field Study in Geography

Catalog Description: Supervised experience in application of geography in off-campus organizations. Regular individual meetings with faculty sponsor and written reports required.

Units: 1.0 - 4.0

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Repeat Rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Formats:

Fall and/or Spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week...

GEOG H195B, Honors Course

Catalog Description: Required for Honors in Geography. Students will write a thesis. One or two semesters, at the instructor's option; if two semesters, credit and grade to be awarded upon completion of the sequence.

Units: 1.0 - 4.0

Prerequisites: Admission to Honors Program

Repeat Rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Formats:

Fall and/or Spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per...

GEOG H195A, Honors Course

Catalog Description: Required for Honors in Geography. Students will write a thesis. One or two semesters, at the instructor's option; if two semesters, credit and grade to be awarded upon completion of the sequence.

Units: 1.0 - 4.0

Prerequisites: Admission to Honors Program

Repeat Rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Formats:

Fall and/or Spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per...

GEOG C188, Geographic Information Systems

Catalog Description: This course introduces the student to the rapidly expanding field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It addresses both theory and application and provides the student with a dynamic analytical framework within which temporal and spatial data and information is gathered, integrated, interpreted, and manipulated. It emphasizes a conceptual appreciation of GIS and offers an opportunity to apply some of those concepts to contemporary geographical and planning issues.

Units: 4.0

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GEOG 187, Geographic Information Analysis

Catalog Description: A spatial analytic approach to digital mapping and GIS. Given that recording the geolocation of scientific, business and social data is now routine, the question of what we can learn from the spatial aspect of data arises. This class looks at challenges in analyzing spatial data, particularly scale and spatial dependence. Various methods are considered such as hotspot detection, interpolation, and map overlay. The emphasis throughout is hands on and practical rather than theoretical.

Units: 4.0

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