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Finance (FIN) |
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FIN 474 - Personal Financial Planning
Description:
Introduction to full range of financial planning decisions, including: budgeting, investing, tax planning, risk management, employee benefits, retirement, and estate planning.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: a grade of C or higher in FIN 370 and admission to a College of Business major AND completion of the College of Business Foundation courses (ACCT 251 and ACCT 252 and BUS 221 and BUS 241 and MATH 153 or MATH 154 or MATH 170 or MATH 172 or MATH 173 and ECON 201) with a minimum C- grade in each course and a minimum collegiate GPA of 2.25.
Credits: (5)
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FIN 475 - Investments
Description:
Principles of investment valuation. Topics include a survey of securities and securities markets, analysis of risk, expected return, timing, and selection of stocks and bonds in a portfolio context.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: (a grade of C or higher in FIN 370 and admission to a College of Business major AND completion of the College of Business Foundation courses (ACCT 251 and ACCT 252 and BUS 221 and BUS 241 and MATH 153 or MATH 154 or MATH 170 or MATH 172 or MATH 173 and ECON 201) with a minimum C- grade in each course and a minimum collegiate GPA of 2.25) OR (FIN 370 with a minimum grade of C AND admission to an Actuarial Science major).
Credits: (5)
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FIN 477 - International Finance
Description:
Financial decision making in an international setting. Explores both traditional areas of finance and recent innovations in financial management from the perspective of the multinational corporation.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: a grade of C or higher in FIN 370 and admission to a College of Business major AND completion of the College of Business Foundation courses (ACCT 251 and ACCT 252 and BUS 221 and BUS 241 and MATH 153 or MATH 154 or MATH 170 or MATH 172 or MATH 173 and ECON 201) with a minimum C- grade in each course and a minimum collegiate GPA of 2.25.
Credits: (5)
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FIN 478 - Management of Financial Institutions (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.)
Description:
Asset-liability management process; investment and financing activities of banks, savings and loans, and credit unions. (Put on Reserve 9/16/16. Last taught in 2011. Will go inactive 8/24/19.)
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: a grade of C or higher in FIN 370 and admission to a College of Business major AND completion of the College of Business Foundation courses (ACCT 251 and ACCT 252 and BUS 221 and BUS 241 and MATH 153 or MATH 154 or MATH 170 or MATH 172 or MATH 173 and ECON 201) with a minimum C- grade in each course and a minimum collegiate GPA of 2.25.
Credits: (5)
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FIN 479 - Derivative Securities and Risk Management (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.)
Description:
Survey of characteristics, markets, and pricing of options, futures, and other derivative securities and their use in managing risk for large and small businesses and investors, domestically and internationally. (Put on Reserve 9/16/16. Last taught in 2011. Will go inactive 8/24/19.)
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: a grade of C or higher in FIN 370 and admission to a College of Business major AND completion of the College of Business Foundation courses (ACCT 251 and ACCT 252 and BUS 221 and BUS 241 and MATH 153 or MATH 154 or MATH 170 or MATH 172 or MATH 173 and ECON 201) with a minimum C- grade in each course and a minimum collegiate GPA of 2.25.
Credits: (5)
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French (FR) |
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FR 151 - First-year French
Description:
Conversational approach with intensive oral-aural drill. Firm foundation in the basic structural principles of the language. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Credits: (5)
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FR 152 - First-year French
Description:
Conversational approach with intensive oral-aural drill. Firm foundation in the basic structural principles of the language. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 151.
Credits: (5)
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FR 153 - First-year French
Description:
Conversational approach with intensive oral-aural drill. Firm foundation in the basic structural principles of the language. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 152.
Credits: (5)
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FR 181 - Rapid Review of First Year French
Description:
Intense review of first-year French for people with the equivalent for two years of school French who wish to hone their listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural skills and possibly continue with second-year French.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: two years of high school French or equivalent.
Credits: (5)
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FR 251 - Second-year French
Description:
Thorough review of French grammar and graduated readings in modern French prose with discussions conducted in French. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Credits: (5)
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FR 252 - Second-year French
Description:
Thorough review of French grammar and graduated readings in modern French prose with discussions conducted in French. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 251.
Credits: (5)
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FR 253 - Second-year French
Description:
Thorough review of French grammar and graduated readings in modern French prose with discussions conducted in French. Courses must be taken in sequence.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 252.
Credits: (5)
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FR 298 - Special Topics
Credits: (1-6)
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FR 301 - Introduction to French Literature
Description:
This course is designed as a transition course to prepare students for the advanced literature courses. Appreciation of literature and methods of analysis will be taught on a basic level through the careful examination of specific texts.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 253.
Credits: (3)
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FR 351 - French Civilization I: Pre-history to the Revolution
Description:
An overview of continental French history and culture from pre-history to the 1789.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 253.
Credits: (4)
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FR 352 - French Civilization II: Revolution to 1968.
Description:
An overview of continental French history and culture from the French Revolution to cultural revolution of 1968.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 253.
Credits: (4)
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FR 353 - French Civilization III: Contemporary France
Description:
An overview of contemporary French culture through readings and viewings of French media with emphasis on topics such as immigration, religion, globalization, and politics of the family.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 253.
Credits: (4)
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FR 361 - Cultures of the French Caribbean
Description:
A survey of the history and cultures of the French Caribbean from the colonial era to the present.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 253.
Credits: (4)
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FR 362 - Cultures in French Canada
Description:
A survey of the history and cultures of francophone Canada from the colonial era to the present.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 253.
Credits: (4)
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FR 363 - Cultures of Francophone Africa
Description:
A survey of the history and cultures of francophone Africa, including the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa, from the colonial era to the present.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 253.
Credits: (4)
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FR 380 - Topics in French Language, Literature and Culture
Description:
This course will offer different topics on a rotating basis: these topics will include French language (grammar and conversation), French and Francophone literature and cinema, and French and Francophone cultures. May be repeated up to 12 credits.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: FR 253 or by permission of instructor.
Credits: (4)
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FR 398 - Special Topics
Credits: (1-6)
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FR 460 - French Cinema
Description:
Students will view and analyze French films as a backdrop to the discussion of the history of French cinema.
Credits: (4)
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FR 491 - Workshop
Description:
May be repeated for credit.
Credits: (1-6)
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FR 498 - Special Topics
Credits: (1-6)
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Geography (GEOG) |
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GEOG 101 - World Regional Geography
Description:
Regions and nations of the world together with the changing elements of the physical and human environment that support them. SB-Perspective on World Culture.
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
SB-Perspective on World Culture.
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GEOG 107 - Our Dynamic Earth
Description:
The complex weather, climate, water, landforms, soils, and vegetation comprising Earth’s physical environments over space and time. Incorporates map interpretation and scientific analysis in understanding various landscapes and human impacts upon those landscapes. NS-Patterns and Connection Natural.
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
NS-Patterns and Connection Natural.
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GEOG 208 - Our Human World
Description:
Explores the historical diffusion and contemporary spatial distribution of cultures, religions, and languages. Evaluates how these features interact with economic and political systems to create distinctive places at scales ranging from local to global. Formerly GEOG 108, student may not receive credit for both. SB-Found Human Adaptations.
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
SB-Found Human Adaptations.
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GEOG 250 - Resource Exploitation and Conservation
Description:
How increased global populations extract, use, recycle, or conserve natural resources. The class will concentrate on resource consumption throughout the United States and the world with a focus on history, sustainability, management, policy, and economics.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 273 - Geography of Rivers
Description:
Global, regional, and local physical and cultural patterns and processes within river basins. NS-Application Natural Science.
Credits: (5)
General Education Category
NS-Application Natural Science.
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GEOG 279 - Geography of the West
Description:
In-depth field examination of the complex, physical, human, and resource issues of one or more of the varied sub regions of western North America. May be repeated for up to 12 credits under a different topic.
Credits: (1-12)
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GEOG 290 - Cooperative Education Field Experience
Description:
Individualized field experience with business, industry, government, or other agency. Requires a student learning plan, cooperating employer supervisors, and faculty coordinator. By permission. May be repeated for up to 10 credits. Grade will either be S or U.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or above.
Credits: (1-5)
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GEOG 301 - Introduction to GIS and Maps
Description:
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with an emphasis on cartographic communication, map use in a digital environment, and the basics of ESRI GIS software. Formerly GEOG 203, students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 303 - GIS and Data Management
Description:
Geographic Information Systems (GIS), focusing on data acquisition, data management, data errors, classification, and implementation considerations. Applied experience using GIS software.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: GEOG 301 (Formerly GEOG 203).
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 304 - Economic Geography
Description:
Geographic survey of human livelihood and interaction with the environment. Agriculture, industry, and urbanization are examined in the context of an increasingly interdependent world system.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 305 - Introduction to Land Use Planning
Description:
Investigation into the process and practice of urban and regional planning. Emphasis on historical development, legal foundations, and techniques of planning in the United States.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 306 - Transportation Geography and Planning
Description:
Introduction to the planning and spatial analysis of transportation networks. Evaluation of the economic, environmental, and social consequences of major transportation modes. Application of transportation planning principles at the local, regional, and national scales.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 308 - Cultural Geography
Description:
Spatial aspects of human cultures and landscapes.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: GEOG 208 (Formerly GEOG 108) or instructor permission.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments
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Learner Outcome
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Activity (optional)
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Assessment
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Students will identify key elements of human culture and their manifestations in the landscape at a variety of scales.
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In-class discussions and written exercises, combined with at least two in-depth written essays on various components of culture.
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Students will be able to identify and analyze the socio- economic, political, religious, and technological forces affecting the connections between places.
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Through a 7-10 page paper, each student will use spatial concepts and spatial reasoning to evaluate the economic, cultural, political, and/or technological forces affecting the connections between a specific place and the rest of the world.
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Describe the diffusion and adaptation of a cultural trait or technological innovation effectively using concepts taught in the course.
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Through an analytical paper requiring a literature review, each student will identify the diffusion and adaptation of some cultural trait (e.g., sushi) or technological innovation (e.g.,Twitter).
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Students will develop an understanding of the emergence of cultural geography as a sub discipline, including major paradigms and approaches to the geography of culture.
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Two or more short-answer and essay questions exams that assess student understanding of concepts, themes, and definitions.
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GEOG 311 - Qualitative Methods in Geography
Description:
Introduces students with qualitative research methods in geography with particular attention to participatory observation, interviews, data transcription, oral histories, focus groups, descriptive narrative, archival research, document analysis, data coding and interpretation strategies.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 315 - Geography of Oceania (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.)
Description:
Examination of the physical and cultural geography, human-environment interactions, landscapes, and regional diversity of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Formerly GEOG 415, students may not recieve credit for both. (Put on Reserve 9/16/16. Last taught in 2013. Will go inactive 8/24/19.)
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 325 - Field Methods in Geography
Description:
Theory of, and practice in, geography field methods via in-depth field research projects. Topics include field observation, data collection, and data interpretation. Two hours lecture and five hours field per week. Formerly GEOG 425, students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 330 - Airphoto Interpretation
Description:
Introduction to airborne photography and the tools and techniques to apply this photography to geographical issues. Three hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week. Course fee required. Formerly GEOG 410, students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: GEOG 301 (Formerly GEOG 203).
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments
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Learner Outcome
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Activity (optional)
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Assessment
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Demonstrate knowledge of scale, projections, theories and physics of light by applying them on specific assignments.
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Students will correctly interpret information off maps to obtain data on places, including distance, elevation, aspect, and slope. Students will use mathematical formulas that relate light and energy.
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Interpret topographic maps and aerial photographs using metadata and physical keys of scale.
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In a series of lab exercises, students will use topographic maps and codes to analyze landscape and physical features found in aerial photographs.
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Familiarity with how and where to access analog and digital maps and aerial photos on the CWU campus, in the public and private sphere for use in different projects.
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Students will learn how to acquire digital maps and aerial photographs for personal use. Students will be able to correctly identify which type of map they will need for various aerial photography projects, and learn how to interpret metadata associated with these files.
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Collect field data and then construct a dataset overlaying field data on aerial photographs, and maps.
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Students will demonstrate skills in using stereoscopes, gps, and other map analytical tools to improve spatial knowledge and application to aerial and digital imagery through a series of lab exercises.
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Calculate height, distance, and area using aerial photo and digital imagery.
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Students will demonstrate photogrammetric techniques that allowing them to extract spatial data from aerial photographs through a series of lab exercises.
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GEOG 346 - Political Geography
Description:
The spatial structure of political units. The effect of political, economic, social, and Earth resource factors on the areas, shapes, and boundaries of these units, and on the distribution of populations and institutions.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 352 - Geography of North America
Description:
Examination of the physical and cultural geography, human-environment interactions, landscapes, and regional diversity of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 355 - Geography of the Pacific Northwest
Description:
Examination of the physical and cultural geography, human-environment interactions, landscapes, and regional diversity of the Pacific Northwest.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 361 - Soils
Description:
Properties, factors, processes, and classification of Earth’s soils, past and present. Four hours lecture and three hours of laboratory or field trips each week. GEOG 361 and GEOG 461 are layered courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 366 - Geography of the Middle East
Description:
Examination of the physical and cultural geography, human-environment interactions, landscapes, and regional diversity of the Middle East.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 368 - Geography of Middle America
Description:
Examination of the physical and cultural geography, human-environment interactions, landscapes, and regional diversity of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 370 - Geography of South America (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.)
Description:
Examination of the physical and cultural geography, human-environment interactions, landscapes, and regional diversity of South America. (Put on Reserve 9/16/16. Last taught in 2013. Will go inactive 8/24/19.)
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 371 - Geography of Europe
Description:
Examination of the physical and cultural geography, human-environment interactions, landscapes, and regional diversity of Europe.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 372 - Geography of Russia
Description:
Examination of the physical and cultural geography, human-environment interactions, landscapes, and regional diversity of Russia.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 373 - Water Resources
Description:
Foundation course for understanding the physical and social dimensions of water resource use on a global scale. Special attention paid to issues in the American West. GEOG 107 is recommended.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 375 - Geography of Asia
Description:
Examination of the physical and cultural geography, human-environment interactions, landscapes, and regional diversity of Asia. Formerly GEOG 475, students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 379 - Geography of the West
Description:
In-depth field examination of the complex physical, human, and resource issues of one or more of the varied sub-regions of western North America. May be repeated for up to 12 credits under a different topic.
Credits: (1-12)
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GEOG 381 - Urban Geography
Description:
The spatial and size distribution of cities as explained by their historical development and major functions. Analysis of the internal structure of cities and the results of urban growth. Formerly GEOG 481, students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 382 - Hydrology
Description:
Provides a comprehensive introduction to both the global and local hydrologic cycle. Covers constituent processes, their measurements and quantitative relationships, plus basic water quality parameters. GEOG 382 and GEOG 482 are layered courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 383 - Snow
Description:
Processes and factors resulting in snowfall and snowpack patterns overall space and time. Snowpack development and metamorphosis. Snowfall and snowpack measurement. Impacts of snowfall and snowpack on avalanches, landforms, vegetation, and runoff in a warming world.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107 or permission of instructor.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments
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Learner Outcome
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Activity (optional)
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Assessment
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Recognize processes and factors resulting in snowfall.
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Analyze topographic and weather data.
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Lab/field exercise; Exam
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Map spatial and temporal patterns of snowfall and snowpack.
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Analyze weather and SNOTEL snowpack site data.
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Lab/field exercise; Exam
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Analyze snowpack development and metamorphosis.
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Examine snowpits.
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Lab/field exercise; Exam
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Measure snowfall and snowpack.
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Examine snowpits.
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Lab/field exercise; Exam
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Examine the impacts of snowfall and snowpack on avalanches, landforms, vegetation, and runoff.
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Examine snowpits, topographic maps, aerial photographs, and hydrologic data
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Lab/field exercise; Exam
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Estimate the impacts of a warming world on snowfall and snowpack.
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Examine climate projections for the Pacific Northwest in relation to topographic maps.
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Lab/field exercise; Exam
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GEOG 386 - Geomorphology
Description:
Descriptive and interpretive examination of the Earth’s landforms and the processes and factors that shape these features over space and time. Four lectures and three hours laboratory or field trips each week. GEOG 386, GEOG 486, and GEOL 386 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for more than one.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: (GEOL 101 or GEOL 102 or GEOL 103 and GEOL 101LAB) or GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 387 - Biogeography
Description:
Investigates the functional relationships between biophysical processes and their spatial and temporal patterns at various scales. Introduces approaches to land systems analysis focusing upon ecosystems. GEOG 387 and GEOG 487 are layered courses, students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 388 - Weather and Climate
Description:
Elements, factors and processes affecting Earth’s climates, present, past, and future. Four hours lecture and two hours laboratory/field per week. Course fee required. GEOG 388 and GEOG 488 are equivalent courses, students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 398 - Special Topics
Credits: (1-6)
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GEOG 399 - Seminar
Credits: (1-5)
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GEOG 401 - Advanced Topics in Regional Geography
Description:
Detailed examination of selected topics in regional geography. Topics will vary; consult with instructor. May be repeated up to 6 credits.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: 300-level regional geography course in area of course emphasis or permission of instructor.
Credits: (3)
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GEOG 404 - GIS Analysis
Description:
This course development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) use; emphasis is placed on analysis of geo-spatial datasets. Lecture and practical applications. GEOG 404 and GEOL 404 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments
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Learner Outcome
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Activity (optional)
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Assessment
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Demonstrate ability to use GIS software to create and model solutions to problems.
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Lab exercises, in-class assignments, exams
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Demonstrate ability to define, analyze, and solve a particular geographic problem.
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Acquire data from online sources, create a custom GIS database, research a problem, apply analysis tools, and produce output.
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Exercises through the quarter will build sequentially to a final, individualized project.
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Ability to apply geospatial analysis to knowledge from the disciplines of Geography, Anthropology, Biology, Geology, and/or Computer Science.
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Lab exercises, in-class assignments, exams
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Demonstrate knowledge of computer-based skills using modern GIS software.
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Lab exercises, in-class assignments, exams
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Recall and integrate knowledge gained through lecture, labs, reading, and software skills
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Lab exercises, in-class assignments, exams
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GEOG 405 - Advanced Topics in Land Use Planning
Description:
Selected issues and problems in land use planning and environmental control. Topics may include growth management, small town and rural planning, or coastal zone management. May be repeated for credit under a different subtitle.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 305.
Credits: (3)
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GEOG 407 - Advanced Topics in Physical Geography (Put on Reserve 9/16/16.)
Description:
Topics will vary; consult with instructor. May be repeated for credit under a different topic up to 6 credits. (Put on Reserve 9/16/16. Last taught in 2013. Will go inactive 8/24/19.)
Credits: (3)
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GEOG 408 - Advanced Topics in Human Geography
Description:
Focuses on the content of GEOG 308 in greater detail with particular emphasis on land use in non industrial societies. Topics will vary; consult with instructor.
Credits: (3)
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GEOG 409 - Quantitative Methods in Geography
Description:
Quantitative analysis assessment in geography and resource management. Emphasis on spatial statistics. Formerly GEOG 309, students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: MATH 130 or post-baccalaureate/graduate student standing.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 417 - Advanced GIS
Description:
Advanced GIS principles, techniques, analysis, and application. Lecture and practical hands-on experience. Applied experience using GIS software. GEOG 417 and GEOL 417 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: GEOG 404 or GEOL 404.
Credits: (4)
Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments
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Learner Outcome
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Activity (optional)
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Assessment
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Justify, apply, employ, and interpret input data to solve a geographic problem.
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Students will develop individual geospatial research projects and take them from problem formulation through data collection and analysis to final presentation.
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Class project
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Recognize different ways in which GIS can be applied in a variety of fields.
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Reading assignments
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Demonstrate and apply knowledge of graphic and text presentation and communication skills.
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Final project, Lab exercises, in- class assignments, exams
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Demonstrate knowledge of computer-based skills using modern GIS software.
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Lab exercises, in-class assignments, exams
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Recall and integrate knowledge learned through lecture, labs, reading, and software skills
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Lab exercises, in-class assignments, exams
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GEOG 422 - Geography of Food and Agriculture
Description:
Overview of food and agriculture as it relates to specific geographic regions, production regimes, trade, and cuisine. Domestic and international issues explored through lecture and field study.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: junior standing or above.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 427 - Environmental Archaeology
Description:
Analyses of sediments and plant and animal remains from archaeological sites are used to explore relationships between humans and their environments. Case studies combine natural and physical sciences to study long-term change in landscapes and ecosystems. ANTH427/527 AND GEOG427/527 are cross-listed courses. Graduate credit requires an additional research paper to be specified in syllabus.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: ANTH 120 or GEOG 107.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 430 - Remote Sensing
Description:
Principles of acquisition, analysis, and use of remotely sensed data (LANDSAT, SPOT, Ikonos, etc.). Applied experience using image processing software. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week. GEOG 430, GEOL 430, and GEOL 530 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for more than one course.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: GEOG 410 or GEOL 210.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 432 - Heritage Preservation
Description:
Students will discuss the merits of preserving heritage buildings and landscapes, and question what is deemed worth of heritage designation. Techniques will be developed for investigating a building’s history and experience gained in writing proposals and policies to preserve heritage resources. ANTH 432 and GEOG 432 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 305 or enrollment in REM Program or permission of instructor.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 440 - Ecology and Culture
Description:
Investigation into interdependent environmental and human cultural systems. Traditional agroecologies and subsistence strategies; contemporary problems of resource management, social equity, political ecology, and sustainable development. GEOG 440 and ANTH 440 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 441 - Climate Change: Human and Biophysical Dimensions
Description:
A critical analysis and examination of past, contemporary and future scenarios of climate change with a particular focus on the biophysical environment and human societies.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 442 - Alternative Energy
Description:
Critical understanding of alternative energy resources from a geographical perspective, with focus on wind, biomass, solar, biofuels, geothermal, and sustainable energy systems. The course includes energy production, transition, conversion, and consumption. Field trips.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: junior standing or above.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 443 - Energy Policy
Description:
Legal, institutional, and economic frameworks for regional, national, and international energy decisions.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 444 - Mineral Resources
Description:
Foundation course for understanding the physical, social, economic, and legal dimensions of mineral resource use on a global scale. Emphasis paid to issues in the American West.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107 or GEOL 101 or GEOL 103 or ENST 201.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 445 - Environmental Law
Description:
This course explores the key state and federal laws governing environmental management, their formation, and the legal boundaries of these acts and the ancillary administrative rules. ENST 460 and GEOG 445 are equivalent courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments
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Learner Outcome
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Activity (optional)
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Assessment
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Students will identify the variety of socio-political drivers present and the principal methods of creating legislative change.
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In short answer and essay questions over two mid-term exams and a final exam, students will demonstrate proficiency of the nomenclature of law. Students will also identify catalysts that have led to environmental law reforms.
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Identify and explain the economic, social, and political factors that influence laws and administrative rules.
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Students will identify market and non-market based drivers for change in environmental law and policy. Through critical read and respond articles, students will identify critical triggers for administrative and legislative changes in natural resource management.
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Analyze significant legislative articles, and identify administrative gaps using legal analysis.
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Students will construct read and response papers to analyze existing and proposed legislation. Students will identify industries, individual entities, or geographical regions exempted.
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Describe the adaptation of environmental laws effectively using concepts taught in the course.
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Through a 7-8 page paper, each student will discuss a specific topic and write an analytical paper identifying the statutes origins and overall successes and challenges. Students will be able to identify managerial loopholes in the act.
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GEOG 448 - Geographic Approaches to Environmental Resource Analysis
Description:
Examination of the techniques and methodologies used for the evaluation and sustainable management of environmental resources from a variety of perspectives.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: GEOG 107 and GEOG 250.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes, Activities and Assessments
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Learner Outcome
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Activity (optional)
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Assessment
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Students will outline the legal and managerial boundaries of environmental analysis, including: administrative tools, key concepts, and terminology.
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Through homework and tests, students will identify the managerial authority of local, state, and federal agencies in environmental conservation and preservation. Students will be able to look at a specific issue and identify impacted stakeholders.
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Students will demonstrate linkages between environmental issues at local, State, National, and International contexts.
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Students will diagnose the linkages between environmental issues at all scales, tracing the interplay between physical conditions and land-use decisions.
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Students will examine state and U.S. management systems for water, land, and air quality.
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Students will read technical papers and derive the methods and limitation of these quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis.
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Students will create an experimental design project to demonstrate a recognition of how to control for a variety of environmental variables.
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Through a problem-based exercise students will design a series of protocols that will allow them to isolate a variable and test its change in the natural environment.
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Students will construct field tests to monitor environmental conditions for a variety of resources including vegetation and geomorphic change.
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Through a series of field-based class sessions, students will develop a study plot designed to monitor change to an environmental variable of their choosing.
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GEOG 449 - Environmental Hazard Analysis and Management
Description:
Physical, human and resource geography of environmental hazards. Includes examination of the techniques and methodologies used for the assessment, and management of environmental hazards from a variety of perspectives.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 450 - Arid Environments
Description:
Physical, human, and resource geography of Earth’s arid settings.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 451 - Mountain Environments
Description:
Physical, human, and resource geography of mountain settings.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 452 - Coastal Environments
Description:
Physical, human, and resource geography of coastal environments. Emphasis on physical processes, resource issues, and environmental management of coastal environments.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 453 - Riparian and Wetlands Analysis
Description:
Physical, human, and resource geography of wetland environments. Emphasis on physical processes, resource issues, and environmental evaluation and management of wetland environments.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 454 - Forest Environments
Description:
Examinations of topics related to global forest including forest ecology, disturbance regimes, biogeography, and management issues. Case studies will focus on western U.S. forest and highlight the use of geospatial techniques to study forest change.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 455 - Pyrogeography
Description:
An investigation of patterns of fire on Earth: past, present, and future. Topics covered include fire ecology, the history of fire, ecosystem impacts, human use of fire, fire management, and fire and climate change.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: GEOG 107 and upper-division standing, or permission of instructor.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 456 - Recreation Geography
Description:
Provides a geographically-based understanding of recreational resource use and management in diverse outdoor environments. Includes study of factors influencing supply and demand of recreational resources, recreational land use, socio-economic and ecological impacts, and introduction to resource management and analytical techniques.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 250 or permission by instructor.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 458 - People, Parks, and Protected Areas
Description:
This course explores historical and contemporary, scientific, and socio-ecological principles associated with parks and protected areas in the world. Concepts explored will include: biodiversity, sustainability, resilience, conservation techniques and methodologies for establishing protected area boundaries, adaptive management, and park-people conflicts.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 461 - Soils
Description:
Properties, factors, processes, and classification of Earth’s soils, past and present. Four hours lecture and three hours of laboratory or field trips each week. GEOG 361 and GEOG 461 are layered courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 479 - Geography of the West
Description:
In-depth field examination of the complex physical, human, and resource issues of one or more of the varied sub regions of western North America. May be repeated for credit under a different title by permission of department chair.
Credits: (1-12)
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GEOG 482 - Hydrology
Description:
Provides a comprehensive introduction to both the global and local hydrologic cycle. Covers constituent processes, their measurements and quantitative relationships, plus basic water quality parameters. GEOG 382 and GEOG 482 are layered courses; students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 485 - Topics in GIS and Remote Sensing
Description:
Special topic classes in GIS and remote sensing. Applied experience using GIS or image processing software. Put on reserve 9/16/2014. Last taught in 2011. Will go inactive 8/24/17.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: GEOG 303 and 430.
Credits: (4)
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GEOG 486 - Geomorphology
Description:
Descriptive and interpretive examination of Earth’s landforms, and the processes and factors that shape these features over space and time. Four lectures and three hours laboratory or field trips each week. GEOG 386, GEOG 486, and GEOL 386 are cross-listed courses; students may not receive credit for more than one. By permission only.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 487 - Biogeography
Description:
Investigates the functional relationships between biophysical processes and their spatial and temporal patterns at various scales. Introduces approaches to land systems analysis focusing upon ecosystems. GEOG 387 and GEOG 487 are layered courses, students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 488 - Weather and Climate
Description:
Elements, factors and processes affecting Earth’s climates, present, past, and future. Four hours lecture and two hours laboratory/field per week. Course fee required. GEOG 388 and GEOG 488 are equivalent courses, students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: GEOG 107.
Credits: (5)
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GEOG 489 - Geography Capstone
Description:
Assessment of past coursework and exploration of future opportunities.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: senior standing and admission to a geography major.
Credits: (2)
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Learning Agreement Forms GEOG 490 - Cooperative Education
Description:
An individualized, contracted field experience with business, industry, government, or social service agencies. This contractual arrangement involves a student learning plan, cooperating employer supervision, and faculty coordination. May be repeated for credit. Grade will either be S or U.
Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: prior approval required.
Credits: (1-12)
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GEOG 491 - Workshop
Credits: (1-6)
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