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Human Geography: People, Places, and Cultures
Essential concepts include the interconnectedness of people and places, interactions between society, culture, and nature and the relationships between development, difference, and inequality. Topics may include population dynamics, cultural differences and identity, urbanization, globalization, geographies of power, natural and built human environments, food systems and agricultural geographies, and economic development.
See Course DetailsHuman Geography: People, Places, and Cultures
Essential concepts include the interconnectedness of people and places, interactions between society, culture, and nature, and the relationships between development, difference, and inequality. Topics include: population dynamics; cultural differences and identity; urbanization; globalization; geographies of power; natural and built human environments; food systems and agricultural geographies; economic development.
See Course DetailsCultural Geography of the United States
Introduces cultural geography as a field of analysis concerned with the interactions between meaning, space, and social power. Examines cultural objects, including literature, music, films, and architecture to explore the diverse meanings, experiences, and social conflicts shaping places, regions, and spatial processes in the United States.
See Course DetailsIntroduction to Physical Geography
Spatial patterns and underlying processes of the physical environment and biosphere, including climate, vegetation, soils, landforms, and water resources. The role of human activity in shaping and influencing the behavior of the earth's biophysical systems is examined from local to global spatial scales.
See Course DetailsIntroduction to Physical Geography Laboratory
Optional laboratory for Introduction to Physical Geography.
See Course DetailsIntroduction to Weather and Climate
Atmospheric composition and structure, clouds, precipitation, and atmospheric motion and winds. Organized weather systems, including air masses, fronts, and severe weather. Discussion of global climates includes circulation, wind systems, climate classification, and climate change.
See Course DetailsIntroduction to Weather and Climate
Atmospheric composition and structure, clouds, precipitation, and atmospheric motion and winds. Organized weather systems, including air masses, fronts, and severe weather. Discussion of global climates includes circulation, wind systems, climate classification, and climate change.
See Course DetailsIntroduction to Weather and Climate Laboratory
Optional laboratory for Introduction to Weather and Climate.
See Course DetailsExploring Earth's Surface: Landforms and Environments
Introduction to major landscapes and landforms around the world, with emphasis on human interactions with geologic hazards, land management, and environmental policies related to earth surface processes and landforms. Students will engage with digital imagery, aerial photos, field observations, and archival and other types of geographic data to explore relationships between landforms, climate, and humans.
See Course DetailsExploring Earth's Surface: Landforms and Environments
Introduction to major landscapes and landforms around the world, with emphasis on human interactions with geologic hazards, land management, and environmental policies related to earth surface processes and landforms. Students will engage with digital imagery, aerial photos, field observations, and archival and other types of geographic data to explore relationships between landforms, climate, and humans.
See Course DetailsExploring Earth's Surface: Landforms and Environments Laboratory
Optional laboratory for Exploring Earth's Surface: Landforms and Environments.
See Course DetailsResources, Society, and the Environment
Interactions between physical systems and human activities, and their effects on environmental quality and sustainability. Geography of population and resource consumption, food production, water and air quality, energy policy, land/biotic resource management.
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