Geography Courses
- GEO 130 Cultural Geography
- GEO 135 Physical Geography
- GEO 137 Urban Geography
- GEO 207 Food & Culture
- GEO 220 Map Design in Geographic Info Sys (GIS)
GEO 130 Cultural Geography
Credits: 3.00An introduction to the science of geography. The special aspects of the science such as the relationship of man to his environment, land-use patterns, population trends, and other cultural adjustments that man makes to his environment are surveyed.
GEO 135 Physical Geography
Credits: 3.00A descriptive-explanatory study of the relationship of man to his physical environment. Units of the course include: climate, landforms, soil, and vegetation.
GEO 137 Urban Geography
Credits: 3.00City regions and other urban concentrations are examined in relation to their surrounding tributary areas, their internal structure, location, internal patterns, urban functions, and social geographic problems associated with city regions.
GEO 207 Food & Culture
Credits: 3.00This survey course will introduce students to the approach, how historically and geographically meeting our human nutritional needs has been intertwined with the evolution of our modern eating habits. Beginning with the traditional benefits and practices of the earliest global villages and continuing into today's American 'Melting Pot' of great culinary diversity, this course takes a multicultural and multiethnic approach to food and regional geography. This course is cross-listed with PEH 207.
GEO 220 Map Design in Geographic Info Sys (GIS)
Credits: 3.00Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are computer databases of information linked to geographic locations speeding the collection, analysis, and communication of geographic issues. They are vital to rapid response in emergencies, epidemiology, marketing, transportation services, urban/regional planning, and real estate tracking. Locally, GIS professionals work in business analysis and management, geography and cartography, education, civil and urban/regional planning, geology and forestry, real estate, marketing and sales, in public health and emergency services. Prerequisites: Math placement test recommendation of "UND 116: or "ABV 100", or MAT 011 with a minimum grade of "C".
