GEOGRAPHY (GEOG)

GEOG 1010. Weather and Climate. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Introduction to weather and climate, landforms, soils, vegetation, and water.

GEOG 1110 World Geography. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
This course examines the political, economic, demographic and environmental shifts happening in the world today. Throughout this course, students will be exposed to the following concepts: globalization, development of world regions, issues of people and land, diversity of cultures and regions, global changes and local responses, cultural and political landscapes, global economics, and environment issues.

uGEOG 1120. Human Geography. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Distribution of people and their activities as they are related to the earth.

uGEOG 1130. Geography of Natural Hazards. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
The societal and economic impact of natural hazards including flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, disease, wildfire, drought, famine, and climate change. The response of governments, cultures, and individuals to natural hazards.

GEOG 3010. Geography of the United States. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: GEOG 1010. The United States and its physical environment, resources and cultural development.

GEOG (GEOL) 3200. Water Resources. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
This course deals with water as a resource basic for life on Earth. Topics to be covered include: dams and reservoirs, irrigation, inter-basin transfers, river channel modification, flood control, water quality, and water law.

GEOG 3330. Meteorology. Lec. 3. Lab. 2. Credit 4.
Earth's atmosphere and the mechanics and causes of day to day weather changes.

GEOG (GEOL) 4150 (5150). Geomorphology. Lec. 3. Lab. 2. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: GEOL 1040 and 2500 or consent of instructor. Analysis of landforms and processes that shape them.

GEOG 4210 (5210). Cartography. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Principles and practices of map construction and interpretation.

GEOG (GEOL) 4410 (5410). Remote Sensing. Lec. 2. Lab. 2. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: GEOL 2500 and GEOL 3230 or consent of instructor. Principles and applications of remote sensing.  Provides a survey of the concepts and techniques of remote sensing and image analysis for natural resources, geomorphology, and Earth surface processes.

GEOG 4510 (5510). Theory of GIS, I.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; computer literacy is assumed, GEOL 2500 and/or 4410 (5410) are recommended. Permission of instructor. Introduction to 1) the PC ARC/INFO GIS package, 2) ArcView GIS package, and 3) the integration of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) with GIS.

GEOG 4511 (5511). Theory of GIS, II. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and GEOG 4510 (5510). Intermediate principles of GIS using ArcGIS and ArcView packages. Advanced integration of GPS with GIS. Spatial analysis and modeling capabilities of GIS emphasized.

GEOG 4620 (5620).  Principles of GIS.  Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Introduction to the fundamentals of GIS.  Theoretical and technical principles of managing and processing geographic data, nature of geographic data, spatial data models of map projection systems, kriging, structures, and spatial analytical and modeling techniques.

GEOG 4650 (5650).  Environmental Applications of GIS.  Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisite:  GEOG 4510 or consent of instructor.  Applications of GIS in environmental sciences and engineering.  Main emphasis is on approaches, scripting, and modeling exercises.  Covers the scope of ecosystems, forestry, drainage basins, pollution modeling, and spatial analysis of contaminants in various environments using GIS as the main tool of analysis.  Completion of a real-world GIS project is required.

GEOG (GEOL) 4711 (5711). Hydrogeology. Lec. 3. Lab. 2. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: GEOL 1040 and GEOL 1045; CHEM 1120; MATH 1830 or 1730 (MATH 1910 is recommended); or consent of instructor. Occurrence and movement of ground water, well hydraulics, water quality, and pollution.

GEOG 4810-4820. Special Problems. Credit 1-3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Research course on topics of significance in the field of geography. A paper reporting the results of this research is required. Course may be taken for credit more than once.

GEOG 4850 (5850).  Advanced GIS.  Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisite:  GEOG 4510.  Advanced topis in GIS, including writing of avenue scripts, writing and importing Visual Basic scripts, customization of the interface; customization of spatial, network, and 3D extensions of ArcView and AML.