This course highlights contemporary perspectives, themes and research in economic geography, focusing on issues and problems associated with regional and global economic and demographic change. Regional variations and disparities in growth and development are analyzed and policy implications discussed. Knowledge of GIS, competence in geographic databases and familiarity with computer software and hardware. Introduction to Quantitative Analysis for Geographers. Introduces the student to elementary geographical data analysis including spatial measurement, spatial statistics and spatial forecasting.
Students apply statistical concepts and the use of spreadsheet computer software.
Genesis of regional climates and their global distribution. GEO 3162C. Examines the effects of physical geography on the land-based portion of the hydrologic cycle at the regional and basin scales. Includes discussion of precipitation, infiltration and runoff. GEO 3370 Conservation of Resources. A survey of natural resources and a study of wise and wasteful practices of these resources.