Geography (GEOG)

College of Arts and Sciences

 

(GE) = Approved General Education Course

131 Physical Geography, 3 credit hours
Distribution and analysis of the natural features of the earth. Landforms, soils, minerals, water, climates, flora, and fauna. Emphasis on human-environment relations.

231 World Regional Geography, 3 credit hours (GE)
The nature and characteristics of places as affected by human activity. Emphases on the historical, political, economic, and social attributes of the world’s regions in relation to current world events.

303 Selected Topics in Geography, 3 credit hours
Topics vary and will be announced prior to registration period. Course may be repeated for credit as topic changes.

331 Human Geography, 3 credit hours
The major organizing concepts of economic and cultural geography. Man’s geographic behavior in terms of spatial organization of the earth’s surface and his development of regional, urban, and political systems.

375 Geography of the United States and Canada, 3 credit hours
A geographical analysis of the United States and Canada, with emphasis on regional variations of social, economic, political, and historical geography.

405 Urban Geography, 3 credit hours
Locational aspect of urbanization; functions of and relations among cities and between urban, suburban, and exurban areas of metropolitan areas. Internal structure of urban areas. (Cross-listed with SOC 405.)

411 Selected Topics in Geography, 3 credit hours
Topics vary. Course may be repeated for credit as topic changes. Prerequisites: HIST 101 and 102.

466 Political Geography, 3 credit hours
Major political structures and geopolitical implications of location, shape, area, culture, and natural environment of nations and states. Spatial analysis of voting behavior. (Cross-listed with HIST 466.)