Geography (GEOG)
GEOG 003, UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, 0 Credits
Engage in research activities appropriate to the discipline; and through the research experience, acquire skills, techniques, and knowledge relevant to the field of study. In consultation with a faculty mentor, engage in research activity, and make and execute a plan for a project.
GEOG 004, INTERNSHIP, 0 Credits
Provides basic personal and professional skills that can be used within and outside of a work setting. Through practice, this experience guides students in building and maintaining positive professional relationships, networking/mentoring relationships, and enhances students’ understanding of the connection between theory and practice in their respective disciplines.
GEOG 100, +*CLIMATE JUSTICE, 3 Credits
Examines the unequal distribution of social, economic, and political power that creates winners and losers from climate change. Explores case studies of climate-change-related environmental degradation, conflict, conservation, climate denial, renewable energy, and investment. Discusses concepts and actions to promote climate justice.
Attributes: CFDP – Core Ed - Difference, Power & Oppression; CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
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GEOG 101, +WORLD GEOGRAPHY, 3 Credits
Uses geographic concepts to study the people, place, and regions of the world. Explores perspectives, ideas, events, and processes such as globalization, development, colonization, green revolution, urbanization, that have shaped human experience globally and locally. Analyzes the impact of human-environmental interactions and inequitable systems in relation to the global movement of peoples, ideas, cultures, and societies.
Attributes: CFGH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities Global
GEOG 102, +*DYNAMIC PLANET, 4 Credits
Explores the dynamic interactions between Earth's climate and internal and surface processes that shape the environment for life. Examines how energy inputs from the Sun drive global temperature patterns, winds and ocean currents. Evaluates how climate patterns drive ecosystems and the distribution of biomes. Investigates how processes such as rock weathering, mass movements, glaciers and rivers shape landscapes. Reflects upon how humans depend upon and alter these processes.
Attributes: CFSI – Core Ed - Scientific Inquiry & Analysis; CPPS – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Physical Science
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GEOG 103, +*THE HUMAN PLANET, 3 Credits
Explores how cultural representations from around the world articulate specific understandings of space, place, and human-nature relationships shaped by unique historical and geographical processes. Critically assesses the interdependencies between different regions, examining their connections within a global context. Engages with diverse perspectives to challenge common stereotypes about various cultures and regions, drawing from the lived experiences of people worldwide. Requires the creation of a unique project that effectively communicates insights by integrating artistic, cartographic, and analytical elements, allowing for deep engagement with a chosen issue or subject matter.
Attributes: CFGH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities Global; CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
Equivalent to: GEOG 103H
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GEOG 103H, +*THE HUMAN PLANET, 3 Credits
Explores how cultural representations from around the world articulate specific understandings of space, place, and human-nature relationships shaped by unique historical and geographical processes. Critically assesses the interdependencies between different regions, examining their connections within a global context. Engages with diverse perspectives to challenge common stereotypes about various cultures and regions, drawing from the lived experiences of people worldwide. Requires the creation of a unique project that effectively communicates insights by integrating artistic, cartographic, and analytical elements, allowing for deep engagement with a chosen issue or subject matter.
Attributes: CFGH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities Global; CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: GEOG 103
GEOG 104, +IT'S A DISASTER: NATURAL HAZARDS AND RISK REDUCTION, 3 Credits
Explores the social construction of disasters, challenging the notion that disasters are natural. Emphasizes the role of difference, power, and oppression in creating differential disaster vulnerabilities. Examines how practices of disaster risk reduction can prevent disasters and mitigate their impacts by addressing structural inequities as the drivers of risk, while also supporting social equity, justice, and peacebuilding.
Attributes: CFDP – Core Ed - Difference, Power & Oppression
GEOG 105, *PEOPLE, PLACES, AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, 3 Credits
Uses geographic concepts to study the places and people of the Global South. Topics covered include definitions of the “Global South;” challenges that face communities and environments in the Global South; how regions in the Global South influence global processes; and perspectives on identity, development, governance, sustainability, and well-being that emerge from various regions in the Global South.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
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GEOG 106, *WESTERN TRADITION & EMERGING CHALLENGES IN THE GLOBAL NORTH, 3 Credits
Explores the influence of Western Culture and Philosophy on processes of globalization. Examines western perspectives associated with developed countries on identity, development, politics, population, migration, sustainability, urbanization, and well-being. Considers challenges faced by communities and their environments in the Global North, and assesses different regions responding to these challenges.
Attributes: CPWC – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Western Culture
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GEOG 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 201, +*FOUNDATIONS OF GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE AND GIS, 4 Credits
Examines underlying principles of geospatial science, including measurement of location using GPS, representation and manipulation of digital data in geospatial form, and characterization of the Earth's surface using reflected electromagnetic energy. Develops skills to collect geospatial data, critically evaluate it for error, place it in an hypothesis-testing framework, assess emergent relationships according to underlying principles, and report on findings. Links patterns in geospatial data with natural and human-caused drivers.
Attributes: CFSI – Core Ed - Scientific Inquiry & Analysis; CPPS – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Physical Science
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GEOG 202, +MAPS, MEDIA & COMMUNICATION, 3 Credits
Explores underlying principles of maps as forms of communication. Examines how maps are used as media to shape narratives across communication mediums. Develops skills necessary to use maps to make and support arguments in multiple mediums. Emphasizes the socially constructed nature of all maps and builds experience in the analysis of underlying assumptions, elisions, and design decisions contained in a given map as a piece of media.
Attributes: CFCM – Core Ed - Communication, Media & Society
GEOG 203, +*THERE IS NO PLAN(ET) B: HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE, 3 Credits
Considers the historical and current impact of human activities on bio-physical systems, planetary and human health. Introduces students to the broad field of human-environment geography and systems thinking using case studies from the US and beyond. Explores potential solutions to unsustainable habits, practices, and industries.
Attributes: CFSS – Core Ed - Social Science; CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 211, +*CULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF AFRICA, 3 Credits
Explores Africa's rich cultural landscapes and human experiences, addressing historical, social, cultural, developmental, and environmental themes. Examines Africa's interactions with the world, emphasizing globalization's impact on its evolving landscapes and societies.
Attributes: CFGH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities Global; CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
GEOG 214, +*CULTURAL LANDSCAPES OF LATIN AMERICA, 3 Credits
Examines the diverse landscapes, peoples and cultural traditions of Latin America, a vast region extending from the United States-Mexican border to the southern tip of South America. Applies humanistic approaches from cultural geography to analyze perspectives, ideas, and worldviews represented in Latin America’s maps, cultural landscapes, and place-based creative works.
Attributes: CFGH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities Global; CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core
GEOG 240, *HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, 3 Credits
Examine theories regarding human institutions and behavior. Apply these theories to understand how human behavior and institutions can change to: (1) reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts through adaptation and (2) reduce greenhouse gas emissions through climate change mitigation and societal transformation at multiple scales.
Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
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GEOG 241, +*TRANSFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS, 3 Credits
Explores the geography of environmental conflicts; examines how social processes and institutions influence access and use of natural resources; and the social constructs from which difference, power, and oppression emerge. Applies the experiences of women, minority, and under-represented communities to contemplate more integrated, equitable and sustainable approaches to resources management, in the United States and beyond. Explores personal skills in transforming conflicts, as well as concepts of distributive, procedural, and restorative justice.
Attributes: CFDP – Core Ed - Difference, Power & Oppression; CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
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GEOG 250, +*LAND USE PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, 3 Credits
Explores the history and current practices of land use and community planning. Characterizes how U.S. government and societal institutions create and dismantle rules, policies, and perceptions regarding how and for whom landscapes are utilized and the impacts of those decisions. Applies real-world land use scenarios and examines how quantitative and qualitative data can be used to analyze human-environmental impacts of land use decisions.
Attributes: CFSS – Core Ed - Social Science; CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions
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GEOG 295, GEOGRAPHIC FIELD RESEARCH, 3 Credits
Introduction to field research in geography. Practice skills including observation, posing of questions, and collection and analysis of data. Focus on theory-based geographic study design, proposal development, and research critiques.
Recommended: GEOG 102 or GEOG 103 or GEOG 201 or GEOG 203
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 299, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 300, +SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD, 3 Credits
Examines human relationships to Earth’s systems with an emphasis on what we might do, collectively and individually, so that our natural environment, our economies, and our societies can thrive in the future. Applies interdisciplinary and teamwork approaches to producing and communicating possible solutions to today’s sustainability challenges.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; CSSS – Core Ed - Seeking Solutions
Equivalent to: GEOG 300H
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GEOG 300H, +SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD, 3 Credits
Examines human relationships to Earth’s systems with an emphasis on what we might do, collectively and individually, so that our natural environment, our economies, and our societies can thrive in the future. Applies interdisciplinary and teamwork approaches to producing and communicating possible solutions to today’s sustainability challenges.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; CSSS – Core Ed - Seeking Solutions; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: GEOG 300
GEOG 311, *GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA, 3 Credits
An introduction to the physical, historical, cultural, political, and development geography of Africa south of the Sahara.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
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GEOG 314, *GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA, 3 Credits
Focuses on the diverse landscapes, peoples and cultural traditions of Latin America, a vast region extending from the United States-Mexican border to the southern tip of South America.
Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity
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GEOG 323, ^CLIMATOLOGY, 4 Credits
Systematic analysis of global and regional climates. Physical principles of climate, climate classifications, and distribution and characteristics of climate regimes.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: GEOG 102 with D- or better or GEO 202 with D- or better or GEO 202H with D- or better or GEO 221 with D- or better or GEO 221H with D- or better or ATS 201 with D- or better or ATS 201H with D- or better or OC 201 with C- or better or OC 201H with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 324, ^ECOLOGICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY, 4 Credits
Spatial distributions and change over time of species, communities, and biomes. Effect of climate, tectonics, disturbance on evolution, extinction, and succession. Implications for conservation.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
Prerequisite: GEOG 102 with D- or better or BI 370 with C- or better or BI 370H with C- or better
GEOG 330, *GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION, 3 Credits
Introduction to the geography of global wealth and inequality with a focus on contemporary development, underdevelopment, and globalization problems in Asian, African, Caribbean, Latin American, and Pacific Island countries.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues
GEOG 331, +*POPULATION, CONSUMPTION, AND ENVIRONMENT, 3 Credits
Examines the complex interactions between population dynamics, resource consumption, and environmental sustainability. Explores global patterns in population growth and consumption, investigating the causes and consequences of these trends on both ecosystems and human societies. Uses a multidisciplinary approach that includes environmental science, sociology, and economics, to address pressing challenges such as resource depletion, pollution, and climate change. Analyzes sustainable solutions, evaluating their impacts, and developing targeted communication products to engage real-world stakeholders. Emphasizes collaborative, solution-oriented learning, preparing students to critically address and communicate strategies for managing population and consumption in an interconnected world.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; CSSS – Core Ed - Seeking Solutions
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GEOG 332, *CLIMATE AND HEALTH, 3 Credits
Examines how social and environmental determinants of population health are impacted by anthropogenic climate change both spatially and temporally. Introduces theoretical approaches and methods from human-environment geography and public health to construct a cross-disciplinary framework for considering risk, vulnerability, and social justice in relationship to climate change and human health outcomes. Evaluates the influence of political and economic processes on health disparities and inequity. Central focus on the United States, while relying on international perspectives for contextual and comparative purposes. CROSSLISTED as GEOG 332/H 332.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination
Equivalent to: H 332
GEOG 333, +*ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, 3 Credits
Examines the uneven distribution of environmental resources, hazards, and risk among social groups and the emergence and historical context of the environmental justice movement in the United States. CROSSLISTED as ENSC 333/GEOG 333.
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; CSDP – Core Ed - Advanced Difference, Power & Oppression
Prerequisite: WR 121 with C- or better or WR 121H with C- or better or WR 121Z with C- or better or WR 121HZ with C- or better
Equivalent to: ENSC 333, GEO 309
Recommended: Completion of a Difference, Power, and Oppression Foundations course
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 340, *INTRODUCTION TO WATER SCIENCE AND POLICY, 3 Credits
Policy and science of the hydrologic cycle. Emphasis on interaction between water's natural time-space fluctuations and human uses.
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society
Equivalent to: GEOG 340H
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GEOG 340H, *INTRODUCTION TO WATER SCIENCE AND POLICY, 3 Credits
Policy and science of the hydrologic cycle. Emphasis on interaction between water's natural time-space fluctuations and human uses.
Attributes: CSST – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Science/Technology/Society; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: GEOG 340
GEOG 350, +*GEOGRAPHIES OF RISK, VULNERABILITY, AND RESILIENCE, 3 Credits
Explores the multifaceted challenges of managing and mitigating hazards in a world increasingly affected by climate change, urbanization, and social inequality. Examines the biophysical processes behind hazards such as earthquakes, floods, and wildfires, as well as the social, economic, and ethical dimensions that shape vulnerability and resilience across diverse communities. Employs interdisciplinary teamwork and real-world case studies so that students will develop skills in analyzing complex hazard scenarios, evaluating mitigation strategies, and creating targeted communication products for various stakeholders. Provides a holistic, solution-oriented approach to understanding and addressing the impacts of hazards and disasters on a global scale.
Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; CSSS – Core Ed - Seeking Solutions
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 360, GISCIENCE I: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEORY, 4 Credits
Fundamentals of spatial data, geographic information systems (GIS), and introductory spatial analysis, programming, and modeling.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 361, QUANTITATIVE GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING, 4 Credits
Develop skills in design and conduct of geospatial analyses using various spatial data structures, techniques and models. Acquire, clean, integrate, manipulate, visualize and analyze geospatial data. Explore various quantitative methods, practice investigating quantitative problems and develop competence in coding.
Prerequisite: GEOG 360 with C- or better and (MTH 112 [C-] or MTH 112Z [C-] or MTH 241 [C-] or MTH 251Z [C-] or MTH 251HZ [C-] or MTH 251 [C-] or MTH 251H [C-]) and ST 351 [C-]
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 370, CARTOGRAPHY, 4 Credits
Create, evaluate, and critique maps using cartographic theories and techniques for effective geovisual communication.
Prerequisite: GEOG 201 with C- or better or GEOG 360 with C- or better or FE 257 with C- or better or CE 202 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 380, REMOTE SENSING: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS, 4 Credits
Focuses on fundamentals of satellite remote sensing and image analysis. Topics include physical principles of remote sensing from the ultraviolet to the microwave, sensors and sensor technology, and environmental applications of remote sensing through image analysis.
Prerequisite: GEOG 201 with C- or better or GEOG 360 with C- or better or FE 257 with C- or better or CE 202 with C- or better
Equivalent to: GEOG 480
Recommended: Basic skills/understanding in trigonometry, algebra, and physics
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 399, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: GEOG 399H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 399H, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: GEOG 399
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 401, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 24 credits.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 403, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 24 credits.
GEOG 405, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 407, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 408, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 410, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Recommended: 12 credits of upper-division geography
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 423, SNOW HYDROLOGY, 3 Credits
Fundamentals of snow hydrology. Physical principles of snow formation, snowpack accumulation, energy balance, snowcover-climate interactions, snow metamorphism, snowpack ablation, snowpack/snowmelt chemistry, remote sensing of snow, avalanches, field methods, snowmelt/runoff modeling techniques, and watershed processes.
GEOG 424, HYDROLOGY FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, 3 Credits
Examines watershed hydrology in the context of water resources management. Examines conceptual, quantitative, and geographic analyses of the hydrologic cycle. Explores historical and enduring challenges of watershed management for water extremes, water use, and climate.
Prerequisite: ST 314 with C- or better or ST 351 with C- or better
GEOG 430, RESILIENCE-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 3 Credits
Causes and consequences of conflict over natural resource management at local to global scales; principles for managing social-ecological systems for resilience. Field trip(s) may be required; transportation fee charged.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 433, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, ADAPTATION AND VULNERABILITY, 3 Credits
Climate change poses challenges for human security and well-being, and for social and economic development. Evaluate how climate change impacts vary based on vulnerability, exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity, and risk.
Prerequisite: ATS 201 with C- or better or ATS 201H with C- or better or GEOG 240 with C- or better or GEOG 323 with C- or better
GEOG 440, CONFLICT, COOPERATION, AND CONTROL OF WATER IN THE US, 3 Credits
Examine why nations rise and fall based on water availability and investigate why the United States is no exception. Explore how the US develops, protects, governs and manages its water resources and how it will cope with climate change and conflict. Discover resilience and sustainability through case studies.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 441, THE WORLD'S WATER, 3 Credits
Investigate why water is a critical resource that supports life, livelihoods, and the environment. Understand that where rivers crosses political boundaries, the sharing of water presents challenges and opportunities. Interpret how international basins are governed; Evaluate how dams and water development affect ecology and people; and apply water conflict management frameworks to emerging international water issues.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 450, LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST, 3 Credits
Development of a conceptual framework for land use study; analysis of land as a resource, land use trends, land use principles, and management issues as related to planning, focusing on the American West, the fastest growing region in the nation.
GEOG 451, PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, 4 Credits
Apply GIS skills and techniques to analyze and plan future land uses. Evaluate alternative models including suitability analysis to identify suitable land uses that incorporate community goals, comply with site constraints, and minimize use conflicts. Apply geodesign principles and practices to explore and analyze how land use planning decisions can impact the natural environment, local economies, and society. Assess regulatory and market-based implementation strategies. Evaluate how regional planning principles can promote smart growth and build resilient communities that minimize land use conflicts, mitigate hazard risk, and improve community livability.
Prerequisite: CE 202 with C- or better or FE 257 with C- or better or GEOG 360 with C- or better
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GEOG 452, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, 3 Credits
Environmental site assessment is a primary tool for environmental science professionals. Apply environmental science concepts to evaluate features of a specific natural area and conduct a land suitability analysis. Create a conceptual site design and management plan that complies with federal, state, and local regulations and environmental laws. CROSSLISTED as ENSC 452/GEOG 452.
Equivalent to: ENSC 452
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 453, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE SCIENCE, 3 Credits
Explores the state of science on environmental change in the western United States and globally, including population and climate change, and the extent to which human behavior can affect drivers and outcomes of such changes. Develops skills in oral, visual, and written communication of science via both traditional and social media. Examines the best science available standard and addresses debates about advocacy in science.
GEOG 460, GIS AND SPATIAL DATA SCIENCE, 4 Credits
Focuses on practical applications of technologies and problem solving skills to spatial analysis within a geographic information system (GIS). Develops a foundation in spatial thinking and guides students through the process of designing and conducting spatial analyses applied to geographic problems. Builds skills using various forms of spatial data, models and techniques including spatial statistics and spatial data science. Emphasizes application and synthesis in a spatial analysis project including written and oral presentation.
Prerequisite: (GEOG 360 with C- or better or FE 257 with C- or better or CE 202 with C- or better) and (MTH 112Z [C-] or MTH 112 [C-] or MTH 251Z [C-] or MTH 251HZ [C-] or MTH 251 [C-] or MTH 251H [C-]) and (ST 314 [C-] or ST 351 [C-])
Equivalent to: GEOG 362
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 462, PROGRAMMING FOR GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS, 4 Credits
Explore the extension of geographic information systems (GIS) through programming. Examine design and writing of computer programs to automate geospatial analysis. Apply basic principles of programming languages to write, apply, and interpret results of scripts. Develop custom functions and analyze coding information to learn new skills. Emphasizes building foundations and pragmatic approaches to designing and constructing programs and scripts for geospatial analysis.
Prerequisite: GEOG 361 with C- or better or GEOG 460 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 463, ANALYTICAL WORKFLOWS FOR EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE, 4 Credits
Explores data science methods used to gather, validate, organize, analyze, and summarize large amounts of environmental and ecological information. Focuses on developing analytical workflows that are efficient, reproducible, and modular using tools such as the R coding language, RStudio, GitHub, and JupyterLab. Examines case studies including climate change, biodiversity assessments, epidemic modeling, marine spatial planning, and natural resource management.
Prerequisite: ST 314 with C- or better or ST 351 with C- or better or ST 351H with C- or better
GEOG 464, GEOSPATIAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY AND ETHICS, 3 Credits
Applications and implications of geospatial science (GIS, remote sensing, and spatial analysis) in intelligence, human, environmental, and ethical domains. Concepts and practices of ethics in geospatial science, including data access, management, visualization, and decision-making.
Prerequisite: GEOG 360 with C- or better
Recommended: Senior standing
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 471, ADVANCED CARTOGRAPHY, 4 Credits
Explores advanced concepts, techniques, and theories of Cartography. Examines current research in color theory, typographic design, and other aspects of thematic, reference, and analytic maps. Focuses on the design, compilation, construction, and analysis of maps in multiple formats and created for diverse audiences. Constructs a professional level cartographic portfolio of work using GIS, publishing, and image editing software packages.
Prerequisite: GEOG 370 with C- or better
GEOG 472, INTERACTIVE CARTOGRAPHY, 4 Credits
Examines concepts, theories, and techniques of web programming, digital storytelling, online project management, and web-based cartographic principles. Explores the history, present, and potential future of online mapping libraries, technologies, and data. Builds foundational concepts for compiling, constructing, and analyzing interactive maps. Creates online, interactive web visualizations using open-source tools.
Prerequisite: GEOG 361 with C- or better or GEOG 370 with C- or better
GEOG 481, SATELLITE IMAGE ANALYSIS, 4 Credits
Intermediate concepts and techniques for satellite image processing including image enhancement, clustering, classification, machine learning, change detection, and time series analysis. Hands-on experience with open-source, large volume data and geospatial programming within Google Earth engine.
Prerequisite: (GEOG 380 with C- or better or GEOG 480 with C- or better) and (ST 314 [C-] or ST 351 [C-] or ST 351H [C-])
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 495, FIELD GEOGRAPHY SYNTHESIS, 3 Credits
Explore how geographers use field work to investigate landscapes such as mountains, forests, coasts, tundra and desert to understand how they were formed and explain how they have changed over time. Learn techniques for finding out how landscape processes impact humans and, in turn, how humans impact the environment around them. Apply geographic theories and concepts to synthesize, analyze and interpret the relationship between human communities and the environment through the planning and execution of field work.
Prerequisite: GEOG 295 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 499, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 501, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 24 credits.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
GEOG 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 506, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 72 credits.
GEOG 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 508, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-15 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 511, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOGRAPHY, 3 Credits
The historical development of research traditions in the discipline of geography. This includes an examination of changes in conceptual structures and current trends.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 512, SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, 3 Credits
Exploration of critical debates surrounding theories associated with social-ecological systems, resilience, vulnerability, adaptation, social learning, transformation, adaptive governance.
Recommended: 9 credits of graduate study.
GEOG 513, COMPLEX SYSTEMS SCIENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, 3 Credits
Explores the principles, dynamics, and applications of complex adaptive systems (CASs) with a focus on environmental challenges and sustainability. Analyzes how ecosystems and socio-ecological systems function as CASs, characterized by emergent behaviors, adaptation, and nonlinear interactions. Builds conceptual frameworks for addressing pressing environmental issues. Analyzes scientific papers and concepts, and evaluates diverse perspectives through weekly paper reading and discussions.
Recommended: Introductory Statistics with basic programming
GEOG 514, POLITICAL ECOLOGY, 3 Credits
Examines key theories and ideas emerging from political ecology, an interdisciplinary field that links human and physical geography by focusing on the role of multiscalar power relations in environmental change and resource access. Analyzes how political ecology frameworks can be applied in students’ own empirical research. Evaluates the field's potentials and limitations for scholars of human-environment geography.
GEOG 515, PROBLEM FORMULATION IN GEOGRAPHY AND GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE, 3 Credits
Formulates research questions, research designs, expected outcomes, and significance relevant to current research areas in geography and geospatial science.
Prerequisite: GEOG 511 with C or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 516, PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS, 3 Credits
Explores participatory research design and methods from educating participants to engaging them as research partners. Builds practical skills for public engagement applied to quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods-based research, and emphasizes the potential for the empowerment of marginalized voices and transformative change. Prepares students to apply participatory components and approaches to their research topic and method of interest. Encourages students to critically reflect on power dynamics and ethical considerations in participatory research.
Recommended: 9 credits of graduate study
GEOG 523, SNOW HYDROLOGY, 3 Credits
Fundamentals of snow hydrology. Physical principles of snow formation, snowpack accumulation, energy balance, snowcover-climate interactions, snow metamorphism, snowpack ablation, snowpack/snowmelt chemistry, remote sensing of snow, avalances, field methods, snowmelt/runoff modeling techniques, and watershed processes.
GEOG 524, HYDROLOGY FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, 3 Credits
Examines watershed hydrology in the context of water resources management. Examines conceptual, quantitative, and geographic analyses of the hydrologic cycle. Explores historical and enduring challenges of watershed management for water extremes, water use, and climate.
GEOG 530, RESILIENCE-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 3 Credits
Causes and consequences of conflict over natural resource management at local to global scales; principles for managing social-ecological systems for resilience. Field trip(s) may be required; transportation fee charged.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 533, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, ADAPTATION AND VULNERABILITY, 3 Credits
Climate change poses challenges for human security and well-being, and for social and economic development. Evaluate how climate change impacts vary based on vulnerability, exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity, and risk.
GEOG 540, CONFLICT, COOPERATION, AND CONTROL OF WATER IN THE US, 3 Credits
Examine why nations rise and fall based on water availability and investigate why the United States is no exception. Explore how the US develops, protects, governs and manages its water resources and how it will cope with climate change and conflict. Discover resilience and sustainability through case studies.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 541, THE WORLD'S WATER, 3 Credits
Investigate why water is a critical resource that supports life, livelihoods, and the environment. Understand that where rivers crosses political boundaries, the sharing of water presents challenges and opportunities. Interpret how international basins are governed; Evaluate how dams and water development affect ecology and people; and apply water conflict management frameworks to emerging international water issues.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 550, LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST, 3 Credits
Development of a conceptual framework for land use study; analysis of land as a resource, land use trends, land use principles, and management issues as related to planning, focusing on the American West, the fastest growing region in the nation.
GEOG 551, PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, 4 Credits
Apply GIS skills and techniques to analyze and plan future land uses. Evaluate alternative models including suitability analysis to identify suitable land uses that incorporate community goals, comply with site constraints, and minimize use conflicts. Apply geodesign principles and practices to explore and analyze how land use planning decisions can impact the natural environment, local economies, and society. Assess regulatory and market-based implementation strategies. Evaluate how regional planning principles can promote smart growth and build resilient communities that minimize land use conflicts, mitigate hazard risk, and improve community livability.
Prerequisite: GEOG 560 with C or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 552, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, 3 Credits
Environmental site assessment is a primary tool for environmental science professionals. Apply environmental science concepts to evaluate features of a specific natural area and conduct a land suitability analysis. Create a conceptual site design and management plan that complies with federal, state, and local regulations and environmental laws.
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 553, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE SCIENCE, 3 Credits
Explores the state of science on environmental change in the western United States and globally, including population and climate change, and the extent to which human behavior can affect drivers and outcomes of such changes. Develops skills in oral, visual, and written communication of science via both traditional and social media. Examines the best science available standard and addresses debates about advocacy in science.
GEOG 560, GISCIENCE I: INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE, 4 Credits
Introduction to modern spatial data processing, development, and functions of geographic information systems (GIS); theory, concepts and applications of geographic information science (GIScience).
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 561, GISCIENCE II: ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS, 4 Credits
Applications-based course. Development and conduct of geospatial analyses using various spatial data structures, techniques and models. Students acquire, clean, integrate, manipulate, visualize and analyze geospatial data through laboratory work.
Prerequisite: GEOG 560 with C or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 562, PROGRAMMING FOR GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS, 4 Credits
Explore the extension of geographic information systems (GIS) through programming. Examine design and writing of computer programs to automate geospatial analysis. Apply basic principles of programming languages to write, apply, and interpret results of scripts. Develop custom functions and analyze coding information to learn new skills. Emphasizes building foundations and pragmatic approaches to designing and constructing programs and scripts for geospatial analysis.
Prerequisite: GEOG 561 with C or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 563, ANALYTICAL WORKFLOWS FOR EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE, 4 Credits
Explores data science methods used to gather, validate, organize, analyze, and summarize large amounts of environmental and ecological information. Focuses on developing analytical workflows that are efficient, reproducible, and modular using tools such as the R coding language, RStudio, GitHub, and JupyterLab. Examines case studies including climate change, biodiversity assessments, epidemic modeling, marine spatial planning, and natural resource management.
Recommended: 9 credits of graduate coursework
GEOG 564, GEOSPATIAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY AND ETHICS, 3 Credits
Applications and implications of geospatial science (GIS, remote sensing, and spatial analysis) in intelligence, human, environmental, and ethical domains. Concepts and practices of ethics in geospatial science, including data access, management, visualization, and decision-making.
Prerequisite: GEOG 560 with C or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 565, SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN ECOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCE, 4 Credits
Objectives and techniques of spatial and temporal analysis. Point patterns, geostatistics, spectral analysis, wavelet analysis, interpolation, and mapping.
GEOG 566, ADVANCED SPATIAL STATISTICS AND GISCIENCE, 4 Credits
Provides advanced graduate students from a variety of disciplines in earth science and ecology the opportunity to structure and conduct spatio-temporal analyses using available software tools and their own datasets for their graduate research.
GEOG 571, ADVANCED CARTOGRAPHY, 4 Credits
Explores advanced concepts, techniques, and theories of Cartography. Examines current research in color theory, typographic design, and other aspects of thematic, reference, and analytic maps. Focuses on the design, compilation, construction, and analysis of maps in multiple formats and created for diverse audiences. Constructs a professional level cartographic portfolio of work using GIS, publishing, and image editing software packages.
GEOG 572, INTERACTIVE CARTOGRAPHY, 4 Credits
Examines concepts, theories, and techniques of web programming, digital storytelling, online project management, and web-based cartographic principles. Explores the history, present, and potential future of online mapping libraries, technologies, and data. Builds foundational concepts for compiling, constructing, and analyzing interactive maps. Creates online, interactive web visualizations using open-source tools.
GEOG 580, REMOTE SENSING I: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS, 4 Credits
Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing and image analysis. Topics include physical principles of remote sensing from the ultraviolet to the microwave, sensors and sensor technology, and environmental applications of remote sensing through image analysis.
Recommended: GEOG 201
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 581, SATELLITE IMAGE ANALYSIS, 4 Credits
Intermediate concepts and techniques for satellite image processing including image enhancement, clustering, classification, machine learning, change detection, and time series analysis. Hands-on experience with open-source, large volume data and geospatial programming within Google Earth engine.
Prerequisite: GEOG 580 with C- or better
Available via Ecampus
GEOG 595, FIELD GEOGRAPHY OF OREGON, 3 Credits
Investigate how geographers use field work to study landscapes such as mountains, forests, coasts, tundra and desert to understand how they were formed and explain how they have changed over time Apply techniques for finding out how landscape processes impact humans and, in turn, how humans impact the environment around them. Apply geographic theories and concepts to synthesize, analyze and interpret the relationship between human communities and the environment through the planning and execution of field work in Oregon.
GEOG 596, FIELD RESEARCH IN GEOMORPHOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, 3 Credits
Natural history interpretation of disturbance and recovery processes and management implications in forest-stream landscapes of western Oregon. Course consists of field experience and several seminars. Transportation and lodging fee charged.
Recommended: 9 graduate credits in sciences or engineering.
GEOG 599, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 24 credits.
GEOG 601, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 36 credits.
GEOG 603, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
GEOG 605, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 607, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 608, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
GEOG 616, MANAGEMENT OF SPONSORED RESEARCH, 1 Credit
Prepare for fundamental pre-award and post-award administration of research projects as expected of principal investigators. Explore the process of matching proposal solicitations and proposed research. Examine similarities and difference among grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts; budget development and tracking, including facilities and administrative costs; major topics in research integrity; and hiring. Discuss navigation of conflicts among project personnel. Recognize major differences between research administration within and outside of academia.
GEOG 699, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 24 credits.