Note: City and Regional Planning courses are under Political Science.
Geography (Geog)
3. Economic Geography (3)
World distribution of significant commodities, their uses in cultures; agricultural
and mineral resource patterns; regionalization of economic activity; implications
for contemporary society.
4. World Geography (3)
Not open to students with credit in Geog. 2. World-wide distribution of
man and his activities related to cultural and natural landscapes.
4L. Geography Laboratory (1)
Not open to students with credit in Geog. 1. Practical exercises in longitude,
latitude, time, use of atlas, earth-sun relationships, use of maps, climatic
graphs. One 2-hour field trip required.
111. Map Interpretation (2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Interpretation of foreign and domestic
maps; symbols, scale, methods of showing topography, vegetation, culture,
land use; soils, water and water levels; characteristics of projections.
112. Aerial Photograph Interpretation (3)
Aerial photographs as a means of determining culture, topograohy, and vegetation;
scale, use of index, vertical and oblique photographs and stereoscopes.
115. Cartography (3)
Use of instruments for dtafting and lettering of maps; construction and
use of standard map projections; relief presentation and map reproduction;
cartographic source materials and literature; field trips.
116. Political Geography (3)
Power factrors in international relations; concepts of space, resources,
industry, agriculture, technology, population, and food supply; cultural
groups related to states and their association.
120. Urban Geography (3)
The region as a geographic unit; urban settlements as regional centers;
city-region relationships; morphology and structure of villages, towns and
cities, and their internal functional relationships; case studies.
124. Geography of the USSR (3)
Regional distribution of resources and industries of the USSR.
126. Australia and New Zealand (3)
Geographic relationships of natural and cultural features to social and
economic development.
127. Europe (3)
Geographic regions of Europe emphasizing the relation of human activities
to physical factors areal in their distribution and influence.
128. Far East (3)
Regional summary of geographic conditions of countries bounding the
Western Pacific; resources and physical conditions influencing political
problems.
129. Africa (3)
Systematic survey of Africa; cultural and natural features related to
economy of individual countries.
130. Geographic Literature (3)
Primary and secondary source materials; literary background of geography.
Papers required.
141. Conterminous United States (3)
Systematic and regional study of the United States; cultural and physical
phenomena related to the economy.
142. South America (3)
Relationship of natural and cultural features; economic and social development;
man-land relationships. Countries considered individually.
143. Caribbean America (3)
Relationship of natural and cultural features in Mexico, Central American
countries, and Carribean islands and countries; social and economic development;
man-land relationships.
177. Historical Geography of the United States (3)
Regional settlement of the United States; peopling of physiographic
regions, creation of economic (cultural) regions, and geographic factors
related to broad trends in American history. One week-end field trip required.
180. Field Geography (1-6, max total 6)
Week-end or summer field tours.
181. Technical Field Geography (3)
Study and application of geography field techniques.
189. Geography of California (2)
Natural and cultural patterns of California; historical and regional geography
of the state.
190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.