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GEV 1001 -
Internat'l Approach Geography
Description: Regional study of human and physical realms of Geography. Regional approach to diverse human and natural landscapes, linking contemporary social, political, historical, economic environmental issues using a spatial perspective.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009
GEV 1050 -
Environmental Science I
Description: Multidisciplinary foundation in Environmental Science; first of two semester course. Science course linking environmental biology, chemistry, earth sciences, and climate change. Collection of data from lab experiments and field-based observations.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2008
GEV 1051 -
Environmental Science II
Description: Second of two course sequence. Multidisciplinary foundation in Environmental Science: natural resources, pollution, & energy, with related field trips & laboratory sessions.
Prerequisites: ENV 1050 or GEV 1050
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009
GEV 1500 -
Physical Geography
Description: World patterns of climate, water, landforms, soil, and vegetation are the focus of this global environmental course. Physical processes, the spatial distribution of environmental variables, and their impacts on society.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009
GEV 1750 -
Geo-Techniques
Description: Principles and applications of geographic technologies and field techniques with emphasis on: field surveys, cartography, global positioning systems, aerial photography, satellite imagery & remote sensing, computer-aided cartography, digital elevation models & geographic information systems.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2009
GEV 1903 -
Internship Elective
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Summer 2009, Spring 2009
GEV 1906 -
Internship Elective
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Credit Hours: 6.0
Last Offered: Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Summer 2009, Spring 2009
GEV 1909 -
Internship Elective
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Credit Hours: 9.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
GEV 2000 -
Political Geography
Description: Spatial attributes of political process & structure, with an emphasis on current geo-political issues in the world.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 2100 -
Economic Geography
Description: Locational analysis of the major agricultural, manufacturing & service industries in an increasingly interdependent world.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 2200 -
Urban Geography
Description: Location, structure, functions & growth problems of cities; possible solutions for preserving or restoring a livable urban environment.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 2300 -
Population Geography
Description: Spatial patterns of human population; population size, growth & characteristics; vital statistics, projection & forecasting techniques, the relationship of population to environmental problems.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2008
GEV 2310 -
Environmental Chemistry
Description: Interdisciplinary approach to chemical and biochemical phenomena. Sources, reactions, transport, effects, and fates of chemical species in the air, soil, and water environments, and their effect on human activity.
Prerequisites: (GEV 1050 or GEV 1051) and (CHM 1151 or CHM 1103)
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009
GEV 2500 -
Global Change in Local Places
Description: Geographic research methods to address spatial implications of current local issues. Relationships between global environmental & societal processes & local landscapes. Collection, evaluation, analysis & presentation of qualitative & quantitative geographic data.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009
GEV 2510 -
Political Geography
Description: Spatial attributes of political process and structure, with an emphasis on current geo-political issues in the world.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 2515 -
Economic Geography
Description: Location, distribution, and spatial organization of global economic activities. Course work focuses on the study of spatial aspects of economic activities on various scales.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 2520 -
Urban Geography
Description: Location, structure, functions, growth, and interactions urban areas. Spatial perspective of the environmental issues and internal attributes of cities, as well as their connectivity to other places.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 2525 -
Population Geography
Description: Geographic dimensions of global population trends, emphasizing global demographic divides. Considers population processes (mortality, fertility, migration), population structures (age, gender, ethnicity), and population policy. Special topics may include population and the environment, food supply, and HIV-AIDS.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 2993 -
Internship
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009
GEV 2996 -
Internship
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Credit Hours: 6.0
Last Offered: Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009
GEV 3500 -
Geography of North America
Description: Physical and human geography of North America from a regional perspective. Key geographic concepts of site, situation, and the interaction between society and the environment for each region.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2009
GEV 3510 -
Geo of Europe & the Euro Union
Description: Multifaceted geography of Europe: focus on physical, cultural, social, demographic, political, urban, and industrial patterns. Special dynamics of the European Union.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 3515 -
Geography of Africa
Description: Major geographic problems facing contemporary Africa, with a special emphasis on spatial planning within a number of national contexts.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010
GEV 3520 -
Middle East & Islamic World
Description: Natural and cultural landscapes of the Middle East and Islamic World. The variety of Middle Eastern peoples studied in a geographic context--tracing origins, dispersal, spatial organization, and interactions. The social and environmental imprint of the oil industry and the historical and contemporary interrelationship between the Islamic World and the West.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 3525 -
Geography of Asia
Description: Introduction to the rich variety of peoples, cultural traditions, rapid economic development, and enrironment in Asia.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 3550 -
Natural Hazards
Description: Processes determining physical risk, societal vulnerability, and response to major hazards including: blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, drought, flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, avalanches, and wildfires.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010
GEV 3570 -
Land Use Planning & Mgmt
Description: Land use planning and management with focus on land-law interfaces between the physical, cultural, and legal realms. Survey of natural and political systems as the basis for land use controls at the federal and regional levels. The environmental, economic, and ethical impacts of land management.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010
GEV 3580 -
Natural Res and Conservation
Description: Assessment of natural resource and conservation issues in the U.S. and around the world. Distribution and use patterns of air, water, mineral, energy, and biologic resources. Examination of exploitation, conservation, and preservation management strategies.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 3590 -
Topical Research Problems
Description: Individual projects or studies in geography and the environment.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009
GEV 3600 -
Europe
Description: Strengths & weaknesses, & the human & natural resources of Europe & the Common Market.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 3700 -
Africa
Description: Major geographic problems facing contemporary Africa, with a special emphasis on spatial planning within a number of national contexts. Writing enriched.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
GEV 3750 -
Remote Sensing
Description: Data collection and analysis with high-technology platforms such as conventional and color infrared photography, multi- spectral scanners, satellite imagery, thermal infrared, LIDAR, and radar. Application of remotely sensed data to solve complex, human, environmental, and engineering problems.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010
GEV 3775 -
Air Photo Interpretation
Description: Concepts and techniques in digital image processing and air photo interpretation: image classification, three- dimensional photography, identification, and measurements of features from photographic imagery.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Fall 2009
GEV 3800 -
Islamic World
Description: Physical environments & life patterns of Islamic peoples in Asia & Africa. Historical & contemporary interrelationship between the Islamic world & the West.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 3900 -
Geography of Asis
Description: Regional study of the physical environment, culture, & development of Asia.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 4000 -
Seminar Environmental Issues
Description: Interdisciplinary coverage of current environmental issues. Emphasizes multidimensional analysis and complexity of environmental issues. Required capstone course for students in the Environmental Studies Concentration.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009
GEV 4050 -
Air Photo Interpretation
Description: Basic skills necessary to identify a variety of phenomena on aerial photographs employing a number of film types.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 4101 -
Geographic Info Systems
Description: Principles & applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), with an emphasis on vector data structures & relational data base management systems. PC-based GIS provides experience with methods to store, retrieve, manipulate & manage spatial & associated attribute information in solving geographic problems.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
GEV 4250 -
Remote Sensing
Description: Technology used to produce reliable interpretive data about objects & environmental phenomena by recording, analyzing, & interpreting wave/force fields & patterns of transmitted, reflected, & emitted energy. New developments in imaging techniques, particularly those related to satellite, thermal infrared & radar sensor systems.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009
GEV 4300 -
Advanced Cartography
Description: Study & practical experience map production from conception to color proofing. Students design & execute maps of publishable quality.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 4310 -
Environmental Issues Seminar
Description: Interdisciplinary coverage of current global environmental issues, emphasizing their complexity, analyses, and solutions.
Prerequisites: GEV 1050 and GEV 1051
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010
GEV 4320 -
Spec. Topics in Env Lab Sci
Description: Advanced laboratory science topics in the Environment presented by senior faculty. Specific subject matter will vary with the expertise of the professor.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010
GEV 4500 -
Spec. Topics in Geo & Env
Description: Advanced topics in Geography and the Environment are presented by senior and visiting faculty. Specific subject matter will vary with the expertise of the visiting professor or senior faculty member conducting the course.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008
GEV 4550 -
Geographical Issues Seminar
Description: Interdisciplinary coverage of contemporary global human and environmental issues, emphasizing their complexity, analyses, and solutions.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 4700 -
Geographic Information Systems
Description: Principles, techniques, and applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Laboratory employs analyses with state-of-the-art GIS software.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
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GEV 5100 -
Resource Mgmt & Conservation
Description: Problems & policies arising from the use & misuse of the environment; assessment of the consequences of applying various policies, & the development of an environmental/resource ethic.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2008
GEV 5200 -
Geo of Land Use Management
Description: Land-use decisions & policies:agricultural, recreational, nuclear, urban, & industrial environments.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 5300 -
Disasters: Natural Hazards
Description: Environmental hazards that threaten health & safety at national & global levels. Mechanics, distributions, risks, mitigation control & case histories for each major hazard: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, coastal erosion, avalanches, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding & subsidence.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2009
GEV 6001 -
Seminar Geographic Educ
Description: Readings on teaching & learning, historic & contemporary, with emphasis on geographic education. Students assist in some lower division courses & evaluate teaching philosophies & methodologies. Restricted to geography majors.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 6100 -
Geography Seminar
Description: Student research on trends in current geographic literature.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
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GEV 6200 -
Independent Study
Description: Individual projects or studies in geography & the environment.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009
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