Natural resources of the state, its leading occupations, and its geographic regions. Geography of the United States in past times with special attention to the westward movement. Factors of settlement and emphasis upon changing environmental interrelationships. Contemporary world political problems in their geographic context. Development of the principles of political geography with emphasis upon the problems of Eastern Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Emphasis is placed on U.S. recreational patterns.
Supervised experience in municipal, county, state or private natural resource management agency, or any other such organization approved by instructor. Offered as physical science. Fundamentals of topical climatology followed by a study of regional climatology. Offered as physical science. Considers the way in which an understanding of landscape processes is essential to the effective solution of environmental problems.