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Geography (GEOG)
GEOG 3910 Applied Geographical Topics Description: Specialized physical, human, regional, or technical issues and trends in geography. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Lecture: 1
GEOG 4053 Biogeography Description: Biogeography is the study of spatial patterns of biological diversity and its causes. Biogeographers synthesize information from a very broad range of fields, including geology, ecology, paleontology, and climatology. This course reviews topics such as the dynamics of biological distributions, speciation, extinction, and dispersals, island biogeography, and applications to species and biodiversity mapping, and the design and management of reserves and other protected natural territories. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography GEOG 4063 Geoarchaeology and Environmental History Description: Theoretical and methodological aspects of geoarchaeology, a discipline that aims at recovering field data for reconstructing environment-society relationships of the past. Key themes include climate change and human-induced land transformation as demonstrated through interdisciplinary research in different geomorphic contexts and cultural groups (hunter gatherers, agriculturalists, and urbanites) from around the world. Meets with GEOG 5063. No credit for students with credit in GEOG 5063. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography GEOG 3990 Geography Teaching Practicum Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Description: For outstanding students. Students will work with a faculty instructor and assist in many aspects of teaching including guest lecturing, offering study sessions, office hours, among other duties as determined by instructor. May involve meetings and written papers. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6
Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Geography GEOG 4003 Natural Hazards and Society
Description: Explores natural hazards and how humans respond and contribute to these hazards and how humans respond and contribute to these hazards and disasters such as earthquakes, extreme weather events and volcanic eruptions. The course will also examine how hazards impact society, how society deals with disasters, and how we can mitigate the effects of such events. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography GEOG 4073 Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future
Description: Aims at understanding and discussing the mechanisms of global climate change and how they have functioned in our past, in the recent decades and how scientists predict possible changes in the near and distant future. Meets with GEOG 5073. No credit for students with credit in GEOG 5073. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography GEOG 4023 Geography of Arid Lands (N)
Description: The course explores the world of deserts and semideserts, which together cover almost a half of the Earth's land surface, and almost a third of North America's. The course focuses on the nature of dryland environments (geology, landform processes, climate, water resources, and ecosystems) and the challenges faced by human communities living in such environments. The course also explores the concepts of drought and the process of desertification around the world. Same course as GEOG 5023. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography General Education and other Course Attributes: Natural Sciences
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography GEOG 4083 Geography of Grass-Dominated Ecosystems
Description: This course is an analysis of the nature and distribution of grass-dominated ecosystems (grasslands, savannas, and grassy tundras) around the world with emphasis on 1) co-evolutionary development with climate, herbivore, fire, and humans, 2) the grass-dominated ecosystems around the world, and 3) the challenges faced by these ecosystems in the context of modern global climate change and human development. Meets with GEOG 5083. No credit for students with credit in GEOG 5083. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography
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