Northern Illinois University

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Graduate Course Offerings
Two Year Tentative Schedule

 

*GIS Certificate Course

Course Number
Course Name
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
502
Pedology (3)
502
     
503
Soil Geography & Land Use Planning (1)    
503
 
506
Natural Hazards & Environmental Risks (3)
506
     
507
Technical Hazards (3)      
507
508
Tropical Environmental Hazards (3)      
508
513
Forest Ecology and Management (3)
513
     
522
Plant-Soil Interactions (4)        
530
Population Geography (3)    
530
 
535X
Space in Language and Culture (3)      
535X
542X
Geomorphology (3)
542X
 
542X
 
553
Environmental Management (3)
553
 
553
 
*556
Fundamentals of Mapping (3)
*556
*556
*556
*556
*557
Fundamentals of GIS (3)
*Online
*557
*Online
*557
558
Geovisualization (3)  
558
   
*559
Geographic Information Systems (3)
*559
*559
*559
*559
*560
Remote Sensing of the Environment (3)
*560
 
*560
 
563
Urban Geography (3)  
563
 
563
*564
Location Analysis (3)
*564
 
*564
 
*567
Workshop in Cartography (3)
*567
*567
*567
*567
*568
Workshop in GIS (3)
*Online
*Online
*Online
*Online
592
Hydrology (3)        
*593
Computer Methods & Modeling (3)      
*593
600
Geography Seminar (1/2)
600
600
600
600
604
Concepts in Geography (3)  
604
   
622
Advanced Vegetation Geography (3)        
651
Geopolitical Perspectives (3)      
651
*656
GIS Design & Data (3)
*656
     
*659
Regional Planning (3)
*659
 
*659
 
*660
Advanced Spatial Analysis (3)
*660
     
661
Advanced Quantitative Methods for Geographic Research (3)  
661
 
661
662
Advanced Urban Geography (3)        
663
Geographic Research Procedures (3)
663
 
663
 
664
Advanced Economic Geography (3)        
*665
Advanced Field Methods (3-6)    
*665
 
670
Advanced Climatology (3)  
670
 
670
*690
Community Geography (3)    
*690
 
702
Advanced Soil Landscapes (3)        
753
Advanced Human-Environmental Interaction (3)        
760
Advanced Geospatial Science        
790
Seminar (1-3)
Topical - TBA
602
Internship (3)
602
602
602
602
658
Readings in Geography (3)
Permit with faculity mentor
671
Independent Research (1-3)
672
Master’s Research Paper (1-3)
PERMIT ONLY
699
Master’s Thesis (1-3)
799
Doctoral Research & Dissertation (1-15)
PERMIT ONLY
M510
Weather Dynamics I (4)
M510
 
M510
 
M511
Weather Dynamics II (4)  
M511
 
M511
M521
Advanced Synoptic Meteorology (3)
M521
 
M521
 
M530
Micrometeorology (3)  
M530
   
M531
Applications of Climatology (3)
M531
 
M531
 
M540
Climate Dynamics I
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
M541
Climate Dynamics II
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
M544
Mesoscale Meteorology (3)  
M544
 
M544
M550
Numerical Analysis & Forecasting (3)
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
M585
Atmospheric Physics (3)  
585
 
585

Graduate coordinator Michael Konen