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GEOG 4343 Geographic Information Systems: Resource Management Applications Prerequisites: GEOG 4203. Description: Provides a theoretical and practical understanding of geographic information systems and its applications in natural resource management. Introduces industry popular GIS software for spatial and aspatial data analysis. Explores specific conditions, requirements, and processing considerations that allow geospatial data to be manipulated for problem solving. Meets with GEOG 5323. No degree credit for students with credit in GEOG 5323. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Geography GEOG 4353 Geographic Information Systems: Socioeconomic Applications Prerequisites: GEOG 4203. Description: Theory and principles of geographic information systems (GIS) applied to socioeconomic problems, including location- allocation, market area determination, network analysis and analysis of demographic characteristics. Credit hours: 3

GEOG 4443 Sustainable Tourism and Geography Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing or consent of instructor. Description: This course examines sustainable tourism from a cultural and environmental perspective. It discusses concepts and theories of sustainability and tourism, including human rights, environmental justice, and ethics, emphasizing the global environmental and social effects and possibilities of tourism. The course addresses management concepts, sectoral approaches, transport and mobility themes, and emerging issues in the context of sustainability. May not be used for degree credit with GEOG 5443. Same course as GLST 4443 and HRAD 4183. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography GEOG 4510 Senior Project Prerequisites: Senior standing and consent of instructor.

Description: Individually designed projects involving laboratory work, field work, library research or a combination of these. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3

Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Geography GEOG 4600 Geography Study Abroad (I)

Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Geography GEOG 4373 Spatial Analysis of Public Health Prerequisites: GEOG 2343.

Description: Participation in an international experience sponsored by the Department of Geography. Study Abroad courses typically involve the study of a country or region to provide an integrated understanding, through research and personal experience, of relevant cultural, historical, political, economic and environmental issues. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography General Education and other Course Attributes: International Dimension GEOG 4910 Topics In Geography Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description: Specialized physical, social and methodological topics in geography. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3

Description: Qualitative and quantitative analysis of public health issues from two geographic perspectives: human environment and spatial. Topics include medical geography, disease mapping, spatial data for public health, and basics and applications of spatial statistics, geographic information system and remote sensing. Lectures are combined with case studies and lab illustrations throughout the course. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography GEOG 4383 Introduction to GIS Programming Prerequisites: GEOG 4203. Description: Designed to provide students with an introduction to basic programming concepts and how such concepts specifically apply to GIS and other geographically oriented applications. The course will cover some basic concepts, discuss Python and Model Builder for ArcGIS, KML/KMZ for Google Earth/Maps, and introduce some basic concepts of mobile mapping development in Android. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Geography

Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Geography GEOG 4930 Readings in Geography Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

Description: Directed readings on selected topics, regions or methods in geography. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3

Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Geography