GEO 110 World Regional Geography
Credits: 3.00
This introduction to the social science of geography is a regional approach that surveys the diverse cultural and physical patterns of the world. This course is designed to cover a wide range of topics related to the regions of the world including: physical, environmental, population, ethnic, language, religious, agricultural, economic, political, and urban characteristics. Spatial skills and tools such as maps, location, scale, and various models (demographic, economic development, and urbanization) will be employed to better understand the diversity of regional geography. This course meets General Education Core Goal 2: Analytic Skills; Core Goal 5: Information Literacy; Core Goal 9: Behavioral and Social Sciences; and Core Goal 12: Global Perspectives and Diversity
GEO 130 Cultural Geography
Credits: 3.00
This introductory course in the social science of human geography surveys the spatial aspects of: human-environment interaction, religion, language, agriculture, industrial and economic development, urbanization, globalization and population trends, as well as other adjustments made to the cultural landscape. This course meets General Education Core Goal 2: Analytic Skills; Core Goal 5: Information Literacy; Core Goal 9: Behavioral and Social Sciences; and Core Goal 12: Global Perspectives and Diversity
GEO 135 Physical Geography
Credits: 3.00
A descriptive-explanatory study of the relationship of man to his physical environment. Units of the course include: climate, landforms, soil, and vegetation. This course meets General Education Core Goal 2: Analytic Skills; and Core Goal 11: Civic Responsibility
GEO 137 Urban Geography
Credits: 3.00
City 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 and Culture
Credits: 3.00
This survey course introduces students to the study of Food and Culture, unraveling, in a regional 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 beliefs 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 ESW 207. This course meets General Education Core Goal 5: Information Literacy; Core Goal 9: Behavioral and Social Sciences; Core Goal 10: Exercise and Health Sciences; and Core Goal 12: Global Perspectives and Diversity
GEO 210 Introduction to Geographic InformationSystems
Credits: 3.00
This introduction to Geographic Information Systems is structured to develop knowledge of various geographic location systems and skill in basic geographic analysis with ArcView software. The course emphasizes the techniques of spatial problem solving. The weight of the course is on practical analysis skills including data compilation, projection, analysis and reporting. This course meets General Education Core Goal 2: Analytic Skills and Core Goal 4: Computer Fluency
GEO 220 Map Design in Geographic Info Sys (GIS)
Credits: 3.00
Geographic 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". This course meets General Education Core Goal 2: Analytic Skills; Core Goal 4: Computer Fluency; Core Goal 5: Information Literacy; and Core Goal 7: Aesthetic Sensibility and the Arts
GEO 230 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications
Credits: 3.00
This workshop teaches advanced geographic analysis with Geographic Information Systems. Students will learn each of the advanced data import skills, standard symbol systems, specialized geographic analysis and pseudo-3D displays specific to their discipline, and be exposed to problems in other disciplines. Specific tracks are available for emergency management / criminal justice, business and marketing, social sciences and human services, and environmental science.
GEO 235 Sustainable Climate Communities
Credits: 3.00
This course enables students to participate in building more sustainable communities in the face of changing climates. Students will analyze the science of climate change and research the forces creating the diversity of opinions, competing ethical systems and economic interests around this topic. This course includes service learning, climate modeling and secondary social science research. This course meets General Education Core Goal 2: Analytic Skills; Core Goal 5: Information Literacy; and Core Goal 9: Behavioral and Social Sciences; Core Goal 11: Civic Responsibility; Core Goal 12: Global Perspectives and Diversity; and Core Goal 13: Ethical Reasoning and Behavior
GEO 238 Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
Credits: 3.00
This course surveys the principles, methods and practices of contemporary urban and regional planning. This course will cover a range of topics including: principles and theories of urban morphology, urban structure and institutions, concepts of planning as a community process and a professional activity, planning as both a public and private responsibility, and the evolution of planning ideas in response to changing social, economic, and environmental conditions within the context of the United States political framework.
GEO 299 Indep Study in Geography
Credits: 3.00
An individual, guided research project on a specific problem or area in Geography. Working under the direction of the instructor, the student will be expected to research and submit an original, formal paper that is highly detailed and supportive of the student's solution to the problem or area he has selected. Note: May be taken only with the expressed permission of the Social Sciences Division Dean. Prerequisite: A minimum of three credits in Geography.
Last Updated: 05-25-2011
