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Undergraduate Course Offerings
Two Year Tentative Schedule

 

*GIS Certificate Course

Gen-Ed
Course Number
Course Name
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
101
Survey of Physical Geography (3)
101
101
101
101
102
Survey of Physical Geography Lab (1)
102
102
102
102
105
Introduction to the Atmosphere (3)
105
105
105
105
106
Introduction to the Atmosphere Lab (1)
106
106
106
106
202
World Regional Geography (3)
202
202
202
202
204
Geography of Economic Activities (3)
204
204
204
204
253
Environment & Society (3)
253
253
253
253
 
256*
Maps and Mapping (3)
256*
256*
256*
256*
 
300
Proseminar (1)
300
300
300
300
 
302
Soil Science (4)
302
302
 
302
 
303
Water Resources & the Environment (3)
303
303
303
303
 
304
Transportation Geography (3)  
304
   
 
306
Severe and Hazardous Weather (3)
306
306
306
306
 
322
Geography of World Plant Communities (3)  
322
 
322
 
324x
Women in Science (3)  
324x
   
 
330
Geography of the U.S. & Canada (3)  
330
   
 
332
Geography of Latin America (3)
332
     
 
335x
Migration  
335x
   
 
336
Geography of Africa (3)        
 
338
Geography of Asia (3)        
 
359*
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3)
359*
359*
359*
359*
 
361
Geographic Measurement & Quantitative Analysis (3)  
361
 
361
 
370
Regional Climatology (3)  
370
 
370
 
390
Topics in Geography (1):
Arcview Tutorial
Geomedia Tutorial

390
390

390
390

390
390

390
390
 
391*
Internship (1-6)
391*
391*
391*
391*
 
M300
Meteorology (4)
M300
 
M300
 
 
M320
Synoptic Meteorology (3)  
M320
 
M320
 
402
Pedology (4)
402
     
 
403
Soil Geography & Land Use Planning (3)    
403
 
 
404
     
404
 
 
406
Natural Hazards & Environmental Risks (3)
406
     
 
407
Technical Hazards (3)      
407
 
408
Tropical Environmental Hazards (3)
408
   
408
 
413
Forest Ecology and Management (3)
413
     
 
422
Plant-Soil Interactions (4)        
 
430
Population Geography (3)    
430
 
 
435X
Space in Language and Culture (3)      
435x
 
442X
Geomorphology (3)
442x
 
442x
 
 
451
Political Geography (3)      
451
 
453
Environmental Management (3)
453
 
453
 
 
455
Land Use Planning (3)
455
 
455
 
 
458*
Geovisualization (3)  
458*
   
 
459*
Geographic Information Systems (3)
Online*
459*
Online*
459*
 
460*
Remote Sensing of the Environment (3)
460*
 
460*
 
 
461
Applied Statistics in Geographic Research (3)  
461
 
461
 
463
Urban Geography (3)  
463
 
463
 
464*
Location Analysis (3)
464*
 
464*
 
 
465
Geographic Field Work (3)    
465
 
 
467*
Workshop in Cartography (3)
467*
467*
467*
467*
 
468*
Workshop in GIS (3) Online*
Online*
Online*
Online*
 
490
Community Geography (3)    
490
 
 
491*
Undergraduate Research in Geography (3)
491*
491*
491*
491*
 
492
Hydrology (3)        
 
493*
Computer Methods & Modeling (3)      
493*
 
498
Seminar in Current Problems (1-3)        
 
M410
Weather Dynamics I (4)
M410
 
M410
 
 
M411
Weather Dynamics II (4)  
M411
 
M411
 
M421
Advanced Synoptic Meteorology (3)
M421
 
M421
 
 
M430
Micrometeorology (3)  
M430
   
 
M431
Applications of Climatology (3)
M431
 
M431
 
 
M444
Mesoscale Meteorology (3)  
M444
 
M444
 
M485
Atmospheric Physics (3)  
M485
 
M485
 
M491
Undergraduate Research in Meteorology (1-3)
M491
M491
M491
M491

Undergraduate Coordinator Andrew Krmenec
MET Undergraduate Coordinator David Changnon