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)
Cultural and physical features; economic development; resources; man-land
relationships. The approach is by continents and/or cultural regions.
5. Meteorology (3)
Weather analysis; factors basic to weather forecasting and climatological
studies.
6. Geography Laboratory (1)
Practical exercises in use of atlas, longitude and latitude, earth-sun relations,
time, climatic elements and topographic maps. One two-hour field trip required.
108. Regional Climatology (3)
Prerequisite: Geog 5 or equivalent, Climates of the earth and their
significance to man.
109. Natural Vegetation Regions of the World (3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Geographic character, distribution,
and environmental relationships of natural vegetational features of the
main land masses, land forms, and climatic regions of the world.
111. Map Interpretation (3)
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.
140. Canada and Alaska (3)
Regional study of the advantages and limitations of the natural environment
upon present and future problems involving resource distribution, human
activities and regional and interregional adjustments.
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)
Gathering and analysis of rural land use data-crop distribution related
to topography, climate, soils, water, markets; urban land use-delineation
of central business district (CBD), foot and automobile traffic flows, housing
quality, retail and wholesale trade territories, population concentrations
and ethnic groupings. (Saturdays 4-8 hours)
189. Geography of California (3)
Natural and cultural patterns of California; historical and regional geography
of the state.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.
Geography (Geog)
205. Seminar in Regional Geography (3)
Theories of regional geography; method in regional delimitation; applied
regional geography.
206. Seminar in Physical Geography (3; max total 6 if no field repeated)
Principles, concepts, and theories in the systematic study of physical
geography and its methodology. Each offering will be chosen from the fields
of landforms, climate, water and soils, or natural vegetation.
215. Advanced Cartography (3)
Prerequisite: Geog 115 or permission of instructor. Advanced techniques
in planning, compilation, and execution of maps and diagrams; research using
primary and secondary source materials; use of advanced cartographic instruments,
map reproduction methods. (2 3 -hour labs per week)
230. Seminar in Contemporary Geographic Thought (3)
Current theories of geography and their evolution.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study.
299. Thesis (2-6; max total 6)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion,
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.
301. Recent Interpretations in Geography (2; max total 12 if no topic repeated)