GEA 3500 Geography of Europe. The biophysical basis of natural resource management, cultural diversity and economic development in Amazonia are explored. Appreciating the complexity and variability of soils, vegetation, aquatic ecosystems and climate in the region offers clues for understanding human settlement and development as well as the potential and limitations of the rich natural resoure base. Geography for a Changing World. The spatial organization of society.
Emphasis is placed upon the political regions of the world.
GEO 2200 Physical Geography. A study of the development and distribution of landforms, climates, minerals, soils, and water resources. Interrelationships among the elements of the physical environment and regional patterns formed by these elements are analyzed against the background of man s utilization to them. Laboratory in physical geography. Available for laboratory science credit.