Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Winter Classes 2015

Geography Courses Winter 2015

GEOG110: The World Today: Global Perspectives
Credits: 3
This class uses the context of regions of the world to explore the 21st century issues of climate change, development, politics, economy, and demography. Each region will be used to highlight aspects of sustainability.

GEOG130: Developing Countries
Credits: 3
An introduction to the geographic characteristics of the development problems and
prospects of developing countries. Spatial distribution of poverty, employment, migration and urban growth, agricultural productivity, rural development, policies and international trade.
GEOG140: Natural Disasters: Earthquakes, Floods, and Fires
Credits: 3
Students will examine how Catastrophic Environmental Events (CCE) shape human society and ecosystem from the interdisciplinary perspective afforded by the field of
Geography.

GEOG202: Introduction to Human Geography (ONLINE)
Credits: 3
Introduction to what geographers do and how they do it. Systematic stud of issues
regarding social and cultural systems from a global to a local scale.

GEOG211: Geography of Environmental Systems Laboratory
Credits: 3
A laboratory course to accompany GEOG 201. Analysis of the components of the
earth's energy balance using basic instrumentation; weather map interpretation; soil analysis; the application of map and air photo interpretation techniques to landform analysis.

GEOG306: Introduction to Quantitative Methods for the Geographic
Environmental Sciences (ONLINE)
Credits: 3
Topics include data display, data description and summary, statistical inference and
significance tests, analysis of variance, correlation, regression, and some advanced concepts, such as matrix methods, principal component analysis, and spatial statistics.

GEOG330: As the World Turns: Society and Sustainability in a Time of Great Change (ONLINE)
Credits: 3
Cultural geography course on society and sustainability. Course will cover
sustainability of societies on different scales, examining local, regional, and worldwide issues.
GEOG340: Geomorphology
Credits: 3
Survey of landform types and role of processes in their generation. Frequency of
occurrence and implications for land utilization. Emphasis on coastal, fluvial, and glacial landforms in different environmental settings. Landform regions of Maryland.

GEOG372: Remote Sensing
Credits: 3
Principles of remote sensing in relation to photographic, thermal infrared and radar imaging. Interpretation of remotely-sensed images emphasizing the study of spatial
and environmental relationships.
GEOG373: Geographic Information Systems (ONLINE  & LIVE)
Credits: 3
Characteristics and organization of geographic data; creation and use of digital
geospatial databases. Demonstrates use of geographic information system in society, government, and business.

GEOG376: Introduction to Computer Programming for GIS
Credits: 3
Introduces conceptual and practical aspects of programming for geographic
applications. In addition, students will develop a proficiency in applying these basic programming principles to manipulating spatial data sources within the Geographic Information Systems (GIS).


GEOG473: Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis
(ONLINE)
Credits: 3
Analytical uses of geographic information systems; data models for building
geographic data bases; types of geographic data and spatial problems; practical experience using advanced software for thematic domains such as terrain analysis, land suitability modeling, demographic analysis, and transportation studies.