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

Unequal distribution of social, economic and political power that creates winners and losers from climate change. Case studies of climate-change-related environmental degradation, conflict, conservation, climate denial, renewable energy, and investment. Concepts and actions to promote climate justice.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

Available via Ecampus

GEOG 102, *PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, 4 Credits

Processes that shape the earth's surface. Weathering, mass movement, landforms, river systems, groundwater, biogeography, human effects on the landscape. Use of maps and imagery. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPPS – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Physical Science

Available via Ecampus

GEOG 103, *THE HUMAN PLANET, 3 Credits

Introduces the study of human activities, patterns, processes and institutions--globally and in specific places. Examines human behaviors and relationships, among cultures and with the environment. Demonstrates the importance of places, networks and patterns in a range of human and environmental processes.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity

Equivalent to: GEOG 103H

Available via Ecampus

GEOG 103H, *THE HUMAN PLANET, 3 Credits

Introduces the study of human activities, patterns, processes and institutions--globally and in specific places. Examines human behaviors and relationships, among cultures and with the environment. Demonstrates the importance of places, networks and patterns in a range of human and environmental processes.

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; HNRS – Honors Course Designator

Equivalent to: GEOG 103

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

Available via Ecampus

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; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core

Available via Ecampus

GEOG 199, SPECIAL STUDIES, 1-16 Credits

This course is repeatable for 16 credits.

GEOG 201, *FOUNDATIONS OF GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE AND GIS, 4 Credits

Basic physical science principles underlying geospatial technologies such as GPS, mobile devices, and online mapping and navigation tools used in GIS, remote sensing, and geovisualization. Concepts and applications in government, business, and the environment. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPPS – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Physical Science

Available via Ecampus

GEOG 203, *HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY, 3 Credits

How human societies manage resources, physical limits to sustainability, role of science in the use and management of resources, and how societal resource use adversely affects other societies, in human history and across spatial scales.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

Available via Ecampus

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

Available via Ecampus

GEOG 241, *TRANSFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS, 3 Credits

Explores the geography of environmental conflicts; an examination of how social processes and institutions influence access and use of natural resources; and the social constructs from which difference, power, and discrimination emerge. Examines 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. Personal skills in transforming conflicts, as well as the concepts of distributive, procedural, and restorative justice, will be explored. (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

Available via Ecampus

GEOG 250, *LAND USE PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, 3 Credits

Overview of the history and current practices of land use and community planning. Use basic geospatial tools to assess land use patterns and planning processes.

Attributes: CPSI – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Social Processes & Institutions

Available via Ecampus

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

Geography of human relationships to the earth's systems with an emphasis on individual impacts and collective efforts to achieve environmental sustainability.

Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core

Equivalent to: GEOG 300H

Available via Ecampus

GEOG 300H, *SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD, 3 Credits

Geography of human relationships to the earth's systems with an emphasis on individual impacts and collective efforts to achieve environmental sustainability.

Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACS – Liberal Arts Social Core

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; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

Available via Ecampus

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. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)

Attributes: CPCD – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Cultural Diversity; LACN – Liberal Arts Non-Western Core

Available via Ecampus

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

An examination of population patterns and trends, emphasizing historical growth and more recent demographic changes; using geographic tools to understand patterns of spatial distribution, to use and analyze data sources, and to gain experience interpreting and displaying data about population structure and dynamics; and developing the ability to evaluate the relationship between population, consumption, resources, and quality of life. Patterns of consumption, as individuals and societies will be examined and different future scenarios will be examined with reference to environmental, social and economic sustainability.

Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues

Available via Ecampus

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 of the environmental justice movement in the United States.

Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination

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: GEO 309

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

Available via Ecampus

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, *GEOGRAPHY OF NATURAL HAZARDS, 3 Credits

Introduction to the geography of risk, natural hazards, and disasters, focusing on concepts of vulnerability, adaptation and resilience of human society in the Pacific Northwest and globally.

Attributes: CSGI – Bacc Core, Synthesis, Contemporary Global Issues

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 251 [C-] or MTH 251H [C-]) and (ST 351 [C-] or ST 351H [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 371, WEB MAPPING, 4 Credits

Concepts and techniques of web programming, digital storytelling, online project management, and web-based cartographic principles for developing, evaluating, and using web maps.

Prerequisite: GEOG 201 with C- or better

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

Equivalent to: GEOG 480

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.

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

Available via Ecampus

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 112 [C-] or MTH 112Z [C-] or MTH 251 [C-] or MTH 251H [C-]) and (ST 314 [C-] or ST 351 [C-] or ST 351H [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 360 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, QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR STUDYING SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, 3 Credits

Explores quantitative tools used for studying social-ecological systems. Analyzes the concepts of resilience and fragility in social-ecological systems. Introduces methods from theoretical ecology, computer science, applied math and physics, placing them in the context of sustainability and resilience theory. Introduces network theory, dynamical systems theory and economics.

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.

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.