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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2009 Programs of Study for Liberal Arts Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses Geography 450 Courses  

Courses

01:450:100 Geographical Perspectives on Global Culture, Society, and Environment (3) Society and culture as shapers of the world, focusing on global issues and controversies. Examines shifting relationships between people and places and the geographic consequences of power and powerlessness.
01:450:101 Earth Systems (3) Systematic introduction to physical processes on earth; including earth-sun relations, weather and climate, the hydrologic cycle, earth materials, and landforms. Emphasis on interrelationships among these phenomena.
01:450:102 Transforming the Global Environment (3) Introduction to the role of humans as modifiers and transformers of the physical environment. Emphasis on current changes and contemporary public issues.
01:450:103 Human Geography: Space, Place, and Location (3) Introduction to the spatial patterning of human activities and the role of place in human affairs. Population distributions; world cultural patterns; organization of urban and non-urban societies including land use, transportation, and communications. Impacts of global restructuring.
01:450:111 Laboratory in Earth Systems (1) Map construction, collection of raw data, and analysis of environmental variables. Lab. 3 hrs. Pre- or corequisite: 01:450:101.
01:450:140 The Greenhouse Effect (3) Physical and chemical bases of the "greenhouse effect" and its global impact; biological, climatic, economic, and political. Reducing the emission of "greenhouse" gases; nuclear energy and other alternative energy sources. Lec. 2 hrs., lab. 1.5 hrs. For nonscience majors; not for major credit in science and engineering. Credit not given for both this course and 01:160:140, 01:556:140, or 01:750:140.
01:450:205 World Cultural Regions (3) Geography of the world's major cultural regions: Europe; Russia and the Newly Independent States; the Americas; East Asia, Australasia, and Oceania; South Asia; the Middle East; and Africa.
01:450:208 Maps and Map Reading (3) Interpretation of the physical and cultural elements of the earth using topographic maps of various scales.
01:450:211 Conservation and Use of Natural Resources (3) Evolution of conservation and environmental movements and their roles in affecting the use of soils, water, atmosphere, vegetation, wildlife, minerals, and other natural resources. Problems of renewable and nonrenewable resource management.
01:450:222 Cultural Geography (3) Systematic introduction to cultural geography. Spatial analyses of peoples, languages, religions, folk and popular culture, and the varying impacts of cultures on environments.
01:450:240 Cities (3) Spatial organization and functioning of cities in different world regions. Emphasis on societal system factors that influence urban development.
01:450:262 Geographic Background to Current World Affairs (3) Contemporary global public issues from the perspective of changes in geographical relationships. Examination of major environmental, social, political, and economic trends that involve the restructuring of society and space at a variety of scales.
01:450:270,271 Topics in Geography (1.5,1.5) Addresses a subject that is most appropriately treated in an abbreviated format. Topics vary from semester to semester. Specific titles available at time of registration.
01:450:309 Economic Geography (3) Spatial organization of economic activities; emphasis on economic globalization and urban and regional development. Pre- or corequisite: 01:450:103 or permission of instructor.
01:450:311 Natural Hazards and Disasters (3) Human dimensions of selected types of extreme natural events (e.g., windstorms, earthquakes, floods, droughts) in developed and developing countries.
01:450:319 Quantitative Methods (3) Descriptive and inferential statistical methods useful in dealing with problems of areal association, spatial interaction, and other phenomena associated with geography.
01:450:320 Spatial Data Analysis (3) Digital computers in management and analysis of multidimensional data. Introduction to user-oriented packages, including statistical routines, trend surface analysis, and factor analysis.
01:450:321 Geographic Information Systems (3) Use of computers for management, analysis, and communication of spatial data. Geocoding, transformations, storage and representation, spatial statistics, data sources.
01:450:322 Remote Sensing (3) Principles and techniques of satellite remote sensing. Application of satellite sensing to the study of Earth's land, oceans, and atmosphere.
01:450:323 Geographic Information Systems Laboratory (1) Coordinate systems, geographic data structures, error analysis, polygon overlay, digital elevation models, map comparison. Emphasis on applications. Corequisite: 01:450:321.
01:450:330 Geographical Methods (3) Approaches to geographical problem solving. Defining geographical problems; seeking, organizing, and presenting spatial data; report writing. Prerequisites: 01:450:101,102,103; or permission of instructor.
01:450:331 New Jersey (3) Physical, historical, urban, and economic geography of the state.
01:450:332 Newly Independent States and Eastern Europe (3) Examines social, economic, and political dimensions of the region and the resulting geographical patterns.
01:450:334 Western Europe (3) Introduction to the Western European culture area. Its evolution; the features of the physical environment and their influence on human occupancy; demographic characteristics and diversity; regional development problems; quests for regional autonomy.
01:450:335 Caribbean Borderlands (3) Regional analysis of basic human and physical differences affecting economic, political, and social conditions in the West Indies, Central America, and Mexico.
01:450:336 Latin America (3) Relative significance of natural and cultural environments in contributing to regional contrasts.
01:450:337 North America (3) Spatial distribution of population and economic activity in the United States and Canada. The forces stimulating changes in the regional patterns.
01:450:338 Africa (3) Regional associations of peoples and national states; analysis of resource endowment, economic development, and Africa's changing position in the world. Credit not given for both this course and 01:016:338.
01:450:341 South Asia and the Middle East (3) Geographic interpretation of the population, economy, and political integration of South Asia and the Middle East.
01:450:342 East Asia (3) Geographic interpretation of the population, economy, and political integration of the Orient.
01:450:355 Principles of Cartography (4) Theories and techniques of geographic data gathering, analysis, and map preparation. Special attention to problems of thematic map design and preparation. Lec. 3 hrs., lab. by arrangement 3.6 hrs.
01:450:356 Advanced Cartography (4) Study of psychophysical factors in map design, including experimenting with surface representation and topography. Photographic materials and methods applicable to graphic reproduction. Lec. 3 hrs., lab. by arrangement 3.6 hrs. Prerequisite: 01:450:355 or permission of instructor.
01:450:357 Spatial Data Representation and Display (3) Development of skills in design, use, and interpretation of computer cartographic systems. Problem solving and applications emphasis.
01:450:361 Gender Geographies (3) Links between gender relations and the spatial organization of society. Emphasis on the spatial division of labor, gendered places, women and development, geographies of safety and fear, and gendered political geographies.
01:450:363 Geography of Development (3) Geographical patterns of development in third world areas and less developed parts of advanced capitalist countries. Emphasis on agrarian and industrial development and the restructuring of relations among different regions.
01:450:370 Global and Regional Climate Change (3) Physical aspects and societal implications of climate change. Means of predicting and detecting change. Impacts on physical and human systems. Climate in the political arena; planning for the future.
01:450:380 Medical Geography (3) Geographical analysis applied to disease hazards, health status of populations, and health care delivery systems in selected physical and cultural environments.
01:450:402 Field Geography (4) Principles of geographic analysis of a local region; the uses of reconnaissance and survey, interviews, existing maps, and ground and aerial photographs in the compilation of information. Lec. 1 hr., field trips. Prerequisites: 01:450:101,102,103, or permission of instructor.
01:450:403,404 Advanced Physical Geography (3,3)   Problems in the geography of landforms, climate, soils, and vegetation analyzed from the viewpoints of both pure and applied sciences. Prerequisite: 01:450:101 or permission of instructor.
01:450:405 Political Geography (3) Basic principles of political geography and the application of these principles to selected areas around the world; causes of political conflicts and methods used in their resolution.
01:450:406 Advanced Topics in Economic Geography (3) Topics vary: causes and consequences of economic globalization; theories of urban and regional growth and decline; sustainability and sustainable development; industrial location. Prerequisite: 01:450:103 or permission of instructor.
01:450:408 Practicum in Digital Image Processing of Remotely Sensed Data (1) Applications of aerial photographs and of multispectral and satellite imagery in environmental management. Pre- or corequisite: 01:450:322 or permission of instructor.
01:450:411 Advanced Urban Geography (3) Theories of contemporary urban geography and their application to existing urban patterns. Prerequisite: 01:450:240 or permission of instructor.
01:450:413 Climate System and Global Climate Change (3) Exploring the climate system and climate change from a geographic perspective.  The earth's energy budget, hydrologic cycle, and atmospheric circulation will be examined at a variety of spatial and temporal scales.  Present climate events and aspects of climate change will also be covered, including anthropogenic impacts resulting from deforestation, atmospheric pollution, urbanization, etc. Prerequisite: 01:450:101 or 11:670:202.
01:450:417 Coastal Geomorphology (3) Processes of erosion and deposition in coastal environments. Process-response models and problem-solving methods in coastal research. Prerequisite: 01:450:101 or 01:460:101 or permission of instructor.
01:450:419 Advanced Conservation and Use of Natural Resources (3) Problems, issues, and conflicts that affect the use of renewable and nonrenewable resources at different geographical scales. Prerequisite: 01:450:211 or permission of instructor.
01:450:421 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3) Introduction to major research and application issues in geographic information systems (GIS). Themes include geodesy and georeferencing; uncertainty and error propagation; multicriteria/multiobjective decision making; introduction to surface analysis and spatial pattern analysis; change/time series analysis; GIS and society. Prerequisite: 01:450:321 or 11:372:362.
01:450:470 History and Theory of Geography (3) Major historical themes, concepts, and theories of geography related to specific geographical changes in the real world; facilitates critical evaluation of the uses of geographic research.
01:450:485,486 Internship in Geography (BA,BA) Application of geography skills in professional employment setting. Individually designed and evaluated experience under supervision of intern adviser. Open only to majors.
01:450:487,488 Cartographic Problems (3,3) Study for students interested in special cartographic problems. Prerequisite: Permission of chair.
01:450:491,492 Geographic Problems (3,3) Study for students interested in special geographic problems. Prerequisite: Permission of chair.
01:450:495,496 Honors Project: Geography (BA,BA)
 
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