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Geography
101. Principles of Physical Geography (3) I, II (CAN GEOG 2)
Principles underlying the fundamental nature and dynamics of the physical world: the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and their systematic spatial relationships.
101L. Physical Geography Laboratory (1) I, II
Three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in Geography 101.
Practical exercise and observation in map analysis, weather elements, climatic regions, and the earth's landform features. Designed to supplement Geography 101.
102. Principles of Cultural Geography (3) I, II (CAN GEOG 4)
Introduction to cultural geography, covering the elements of culture, such as technology, language, religion, political organization, methods of livelihood, settlement patterns and population, and the regional distribution of these elements over the earth. Field trips may be arranged.
103. Principles of Meteorology (3) I, II
The composition, structure, and circulation of the atmosphere, including elementary theory of storms and other weather dister- bances. May be followed by, or taken with, Geography 103L.
103L. Meteorology Laboratory (1) I, II
Three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in Geography 103.
Theory of meteorological instruments and observations. Practical exercise in surface and upper air observations, weather codes, and elementary weather map analysis.
312. Culture Worlds (3) I, II
Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education requirement in
Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Geographical characteristics and development of major cultural realms of the world. Analysis of spatial components of contemporary conflict within and between these regions.
321. United States (3) I, II
Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education requirement in
Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sciences required for nonmajors. Recommended: Geography 101 or 102.
Systematic and regional analysis of physical and cultural landscapes of the United States.
323. Middle America (3) I, II
Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education requirement in
Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sciences required for nonmajors. Recommended: Geography 101 or 102.
The land and peoples of Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean; a survey of the resources, economies, and trade of the region. Field trips may be arranged.
324. South America (3) I, II
Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education requirement in
Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sciences required for nonmajors. Recommended: Geography 101 or 102.
The physical regions and human geography of South America, including the history of colonization and the exploitation of resources.
336. Europe (3) I, II
Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education requirement in
Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sciences required for nonmajors. Recommended: Geography 101 or 102.
Systematic analysis of the geographic bases of modern European life. Regional investigation of countries of Europe except the Soviet Union.
337. Republics of the Former Soviet Union (3) I
Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education requirement in
Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sciences required for nonmajors. Recommended: Geography 101 or 102.
Ethnic composition, industrial and agricultural resources, demographics, and environmental management in this region, with an emphasis on the various cultural regions.
339. Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands (3)
Prerequisite recommended: Geography 101 or 102.
Regional geography of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Distribution of cultural groups, economic activities, and evolution of current land use patterns.
353. Location of Economic Activity (3)
Prerequisite recommended: Geography 101 or 102.
International arrangement and interrelationship of resources, production, exchange and consumption; principles and theory in industrial location; world trade and economic development selecting favorable locations for capital investments, determining growth potential of service and market areas, meeting environmental impact requirements.
354. Geography of Cities (3) I, II
Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education requirement in
Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral Sciences required for nonmajors. Recommended: Geography 101 or 102.
Survey of the location, function and spread of cities; the spatial and functional arrangement of activities in cities, leading to an analysis of current urban problems: sprawl, city decline, metropolitan transportation. Field trips may be arranged.
358. Transportation Geography (3) I
Prerequisite recommended: Geography 101 or 102.
The spatial distribution of transportation networks and commodity movement and their relationship to the distribution of economic activity.
370. Environmental and Natural Resource Conservation (3) I, II
Prerequisites: Geography 101 or 102; and completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations II.B., Social and Behavioral
Sciences required for nonmajors.
Quality of environmental and natural resources within changing human and natural systems: pollution problems; preservation of open space, habitats, and wilderness; and conservation of natural resources.
378. Environmental Physiography (3)
Prerequisites: Geography 101 and Mathematics 121 or 150.
Introduction to environmental physiographic dynamics. Assessment of man's role in these dynamics and their effect on urban and rural land use, including such topics as induced erosion, landslides, and flooding.
380. Map Investigation (3) I, II
Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite: Geography 101 or 102.
Use of the map as an analytical tool in geography. History of developments in cartography.
381. Maps and Graphic Methods (3) I, II
Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite: Geography 101 or 102.
The art and science of creating graphs and maps as media for describing and analyzing geographic phenomena. Laboratory instruction and practice in cartographic techniques with emphasis on presenting quantitative data.
385. Spatial Data Analysis (3) I, II
Prerequisites: Geography 101 or 102; Mathematics 250 or comparable course in statistics.
Analysis of spatially distributed data including computer applications. Spatial sampling, descriptive statistics for areal data, inferential statistics, use of maps in data analysis.
401. Physiography (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 101.
Morphology and genetic interpretation of the relief features of the earth's surface.
409. Global Climate Change (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 101 or 103.
Global climate system and feedbacks with biosphere. Past climates and potential future changes, including changes in greenhouse gases, ozone depletion and acid rain. Predictions and uncertainty regarding changes including natural and anthropogenic causes.
484. Geographic Information Systems (3)
Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite: Three units from Geography 380, 381, 488, or from
computer programming.
Procedures for encoding, storage, management, and display of spatial data; theory of computer-assisted map analysis; examination of important geographic information systems.
488. Remote Sensing of Environment (4) I
Three lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite: Geography 101. Recommended: Physics 180A-
180B.
Techniques for acquiring and interpreting remotely sensed data of environment. Electromagnetic radiation processes, aerial photographic systems, and human interpretation of aerial and satellite imagery. Geographic analysis of selected terrestrial, oceanographic, and atmospheric processes and resources.
496. Selected Studies in Geography (3)
Prerequisite: Six units in geography.
Critical analysis of problems within a specific field of the discipline. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor's degree. Maximum credit six units. Field trips may be arranged.
498. Senior Thesis (3)
Prerequisite: An overall grade point average of 3.0 and consent of
department.
A written thesis based on an individual research project.
499. Special Study (1-3) I, II
Individual study. Maximum credit six units.
504. Coastal and Submarine Physiography (3)
Prerequisites: Geography 101 and Mathematics 121 or 150.
Analysis of marine waves, of their modification in shallow waters, of coastal currents and tides. Interpretation of coastal and submarine relief in relation to environmental processes and their modification by humans. Field trips may be arranged.
505. Geography of Soils (3) II
Prerequisite: Geography 101.
The nature, properties and distribution of soils and their relationships to the influence of climates, landforms, and human activity. Field trips may be arranged.
507. Geography of Natural Vegetation (3) I, II
Prerequisite: Geography 101.
The natural vegetation associations of the world, their distribution, classification and development, including relationship to human activities. Field trips may be arranged.
508. Environmental Climatology (3) I
Prerequisites: Geography 103; Mathematics 121 or 150.
Interaction between the atmosphere and earth surface. Solar and thermal radiation, turbulent heat transfer, soil heat transfer. Change in the atmosphere due to natural variations and human activity. Impacts on the environment.
509. Regional Climatology (3) II
Prerequisite: Geography 103.
The causes of climatic types as they occur throughout the world. Principles of several climatic classifications.
510. Advanced Meteorology (3) II
Prerequisites: Geography 103; Mathematics 121 or 150.
Physical characteristics of the atmosphere including thermodynamics, moisture and condensation, atmospheric aerosol, and cloud processes.
511. Hydroclimatology (3)
Prerequisites: Geography 101 or 103 and Mathematics 121 or 150.
Hydrologic cycle, energy and mass fluxes from the earth to the atmosphere and land-atmosphere interactions. Agricultural and hydrologic significance of spatial variability of energy and mass fluxes.
545. Arid Lands (3)
Prerequisites: Geography 101 and 370; Biology 100 or 201.
Physical geography and human use of arid lands. Traditional and modern land use systems in context of technological and economic development. Environmental and social impacts of development including desertification.
554. World Cities: Comparative Approaches to Urbanization (3) II
Prerequisite: Geography 354.
Worldwide trends in urbanization. Case studies of selected cities from various culture areas with focus on international variations in city structure and urban problems.
555. Historic Preservation and Urban Design (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 102.
Processes of growth and change in cities. Techniques of preserving, renovating, rehabilitating, and recycling valued buildings and neighborhoods. International comparisons of preservation policies and practices and analyses of urban patterns resulting from them.
556. Location and Spatial Structure of Cities (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 354 or three units of upper division
coursework in a related field.
Principles and characteristics of urban growth and settlement; the internal structure and functioning of urban centers; spatial models of urban land use; growth management, transportation problems, and sociopolitical urban problems. Field trips may be arranged.
559. Urban Transportation Geography (3)
Prerequisite: Three units of upper division urban or transportation
coursework in geography or related field.
Urban transportation networks and their effects, past, present and future, on the economy and physical structure of the urban region. Field trips may be arranged.
560. Environmental Perception and Behavioral Geography (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 102.
Contemporary perceptual and behavioral theories and methods in geography. Problems of empirical research and application in the built and natural environments.
570. Environmental Resource Conservation (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 370.
Management of environmental and natural resources. Effective programs and the institutional frameworks in which they occur. (Formerly numbered Geography 569.)
571. Energy Resources and the Environment (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 370. Recommended: Physics 107 or 301.
Location and distribution of conventional and renewable energy resources, their environmental effects, and policy questions regarding future development and use of energy resources.
572. Land Use Analysis (3) II
Prerequisite: Geography 370.
Problems of maintaining environmental quality in the process of land conversion from rural to urban uses with emphasis on land capability and suitability studies. Field trips may be arranged.
573. Population and the Environment (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 102.
Population distribution, growth, and characteristics as they relate to environmental degradation, both as causes and consequences. Roles of women, sustainable development, carrying capacity, optimum population, and policy initiatives in relationships between population and environment.
574. Water Resources (3) I
Prerequisite: Geography 370.
Occurrence and utilization of water resources and the problems of water resource development. Field trips may be arranged.
575. Geography of Recreational Land Use (3) I, II
Prerequisite: Geography 101 or 102.
Importance of location and environment in the use, management, and quality of recreation areas. Field trips may be arranged.
577. Geography of the National Parks (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 370.
Human and land relationships in the national parks of the United States. Emphasis on problems arising from the preservation and use mandate under which parks are managed.
581. Cartographic Design (3)
Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite: Geography 381.
Computer-assisted map production techniques with emphasis on map design and color use.
582. Automated Cartography (3)
Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite: Geography 380, 381, or 484.
Computerized methods of graphically presenting and analyzing spatial data; examination of existing mapping software and digital data sources.
584. Geographic Information Systems Applications (3) II
Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisite: Geography 484, 582, or 588.
Conceptualization, completion, and implementation of geographic information systems (GIS) at local, regional, national, and global levels. Spatial analysis and modeling with GIS. GIS in planning, management, and research.
585. Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research (3)
Prerequisite: Geography 385.
Application of statistical techniques to geographic research including simple regression and correlation, multiple regression, classification, factor analysis, and computer applications.
586. Qualitative Methods in Geographic Research (3) II
Prerequisite: Geography 102.
Application of qualitative techniques to geographic research including reflexive survey design and in-depth interviews, non-obtrusive methods, landscape interpretation, textual methods and discourse analysis, feminist criticism, and humanistic and historical materialist perspectives on measurement.
588. Intermediate Remote Sensing of Environment (4) II
Three lectures and three hours of laboratory.
Prerequisites: Geography 385 and 488.
Multispectral remote sensor systems and interpretation of imagery from nonphotographic systems. Computer-assisted image processing. Geographic analysis of selected terrestrial, oceanographic, and atmospheric processes.
595. Geographic Internship (3) I, II
Prerequisites: Six upper division units in geography and consent of
instructor.
Students will be assigned to various government agencies and industry and will work under the joint supervision of agency heads and the course instructor. Maximum credit three units.
596. Advanced Topics in Geography (1-3)
Prerequisite: Six upper division units in geography.
Advanced special topics in geography. See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor's degree. Maximum combined credit of six units of 596 and 696 applicable to a 30-unit master's degree.
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