Laboratory work to accompany 311. A survey of the various landscape regions of the North America. Emphasis on the relationships between the geologic, erosional, and climatic processes occurring in each region. 103 or 314 and permission of instructor. Regional natural resource use and associated human interaction with the natural environment.
Instruction takes place during an extended field trip across portions of North America.
Pr. 103 or equivalent. Examination of the processes responsible for the development of the earth's varied terrain characteristics. Analysis of environmental problems involving human impact on landscape and river systems. Pr. concurrent registration in GEO 314. Laboratory demonstrations and map interpretation exercises to accompany GEO 314, which must be taken concurrently.