Recomended for majors in business and arts and sciences. Introduction to Meteorology 4 credits Introductory study of meteorology including the global energy budget, weather elements, instrumentation, fronts, air masses, cyclones and anticyclones, severe weather, pollution, ozone layer depletion, acid rain, and global warming. Students achieve an understanding weather analysis and forecasting using current computer technology. Map Analysis and Interpretation 4 credits A preparatory course for geography majors that applies techniques in reading, interpreting, and analysing maps and map data commonly used in geographic study. Emphasis is on understanding and developing skills in scale computation, use of coordinate systems, simple field mapping, contour reading, map projections and datums, interpretation of physical and cultural phenomena on maps, the nature of computer based maps, and familiarity with sources of maps and map related information.
Participants design a simple hand drafted map of publishable quality.
Presents research skills essential to upper division geography courses, poses problems in geographic research design, and prepares students for upper division curriculum including the capstone. Addresses issues at global and northwest regional scales. Students apply planning and research design principles to inter disciplinary solution of resource management problems. Geography of Europe 4 credits Description and analysis of the physical and cultural landscapes of Europe emphasizing development of regional diversity in human populations, cultural characteristics, settlement, and economy. 4 credits Designed to extend knowledge of the major geographic regions of the United States and Canada.