2016-2017 Undergraduate

GEOG 409 Remote Sensing of the Environment

Students will learn the conceptual foundations and technical skills to apply remote sensing in environmental and cultural applications. Topics will include land use/land cover classification, change detection, and vegetation modeling.

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GEOG 412 Web Mapping

Prerequisite: GEOG 210 or GEOG 302 or GEOG 307 or consent of instructor. Study thematic map communication via the internet and wireless technologies.  Develop interactive maps that can be served over the internet.  Build mobile mapping applications

3

GEOG 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

1-3

GEOG 440 Biogeography

Prerequisites: GEOG 220 or GEOG 230 or ENST 100. Identify meaningful patterns in the distributions of plants and animals and explain how/ why those patterns developed. Includes an examination of the role humans have played in shaping those patterns.

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GEOG 475 Advanced Geographic Techniques: Topics

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.  Advanced study of geographic techniques. Topics will relate to applications in GIS, remote sensing, quantitative analysis, land use analysis, or the mapping sciences. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

1-3

GEOG 492 Internship

Advanced undergraduate majors and minors use geographic training while working in local, state or federal agencies. Participants must meet university internship requirements. S/U Graded. Repeatable, no limitations.

1-6

GEOG 495 Senior Seminar

Prerequisites: GEOG 375 and either GEOG 302 or GEOG 307. Research selected geographic topics based on the student's major emphasis. Course focuses on the assessment of students' geographic knowledge base, research and analysis skills.

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