It is required for all of the programs in Geography and is a pre-requisite for admission to all geography courses beyond the first year level. Geography is a study of the spatial and temporal distributions, relationships, and interactions between humans and their physical and human environments. We divide geography into Physical Geography, Human Geography, Regional Geography, and Techniques Geography . These four topics therefore form the basis of our study of Physical Geography, and this course provides the fundamentals for continuing upper level studies in these areas. It also provides a basis for studying any of the Regional Geographies and the Techniques Geographies.
Climatology is the study of atmospheric phenomena.
Weather elements such as temperature and precipitation, as well as climatic characteristics such as droughts and seasonality both have an effect on the distribution of natural and human activities. Global climates and climatic change are explained and climatic classification is presented as a useful tool for geographic analysis. Biogeography is the study of the distribution of lifeforms. Classification of vegetation is based primarily on structural responses to other environmental stimulae such as climate, soils, drainage, exposure, and competition. Pedology is the study of soils.