Open to juniors and seniors only, or by permission of instructor. The elements of meteorology, emphasizing types of weather experienced during the course of a year. Content includes cloud types, warm and cold fronts, and severe weather phenomena such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. A classification of world climates is presented. Several field trips are taken.
Students develop mapping, observational, and analytic techniques in the field.
Students complete several short research papers and a term project. Course is required of all geography majors. An examination of the role of cities on shaping, guiding, and influencing the course of Western civilization. Urbanization has been a central aspect of the history of Western civilization since its beginnings more than 10,000 years ago, and cities for the most part have served as both the control points in which Western civilization was shaped and the control points from which Western civilization was diffused. Cities are Western civilization's largest cultural artifact.