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(FREN) French (405)

  
  • FREN 150 - Intermediate French Transition

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is designed to prepare students for enrollment in 211.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: For elective credit only. Since 150 is a review of elementary French, students who receive credit in this course may not also receive credit for any other 100-level French course and, therefore, also forfeit the 6 hours of elementary language credit awarded through placement examination.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Placement score between 150 and 199.
  
  • FREN 211 - Intermediate French I

    3 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 123 or 150 with grade of C or better or placement score between 250 and 299.
    Comment(s): Students who place in 200-level courses from high school will receive 6 hours of elementary French credit.
  
  • FREN 212 - Intermediate French II

    3 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211 or placement score between 375 and 449.
    Comment(s): Students who place in 200-level courses from high school will receive 6 hours of elementary French credit.
  
  • FREN 217 - Honors: Intermediate French I

    3 Credit Hours
    For students of superior ability in French. Students follow enriched program with emphasis on speaking ability and reading, including literary selections.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Placement score between 300 and 374 or permission of department.
    Comment(s): Incoming freshmen admitted on basis of diagnostic test, high school average, and performance on ACT.
  
  • FREN 218 - Honors: Intermediate French II

    3 Credit Hours
    For students of superior ability in French. Students follow enriched program with emphasis on speaking ability and reading, including literary selections.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 217 or placement score between 450 and 499 or permission of the department.
    Comment(s): Incoming freshmen are admitted on the basis of diagnostic test, high school average, and performance on ACT. Students with a grade of A in 211 may enter 218 with permission of instructor.
  
  • FREN 223 - Intensive Intermediate French

    6 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 123 or 150 with grade of C or better or placement score between 250 and 299.
    Comment(s): Students who place in 200-level courses from high school will receive 6 hours of elementary French credit. This course is equivalent to 211 and 212.
  
  • FREN 302 - Elements of French for Upper-Division and Graduate Students

    3 Credit Hours
    Elements of language, elementary and advanced readings.

    Grading Restriction: No auditors.
    Credit Restriction: No credit for students who have completed 111-112 or equivalent.
    Comment(s): Open to graduate students (for undergraduate credit) preparing for language examinations and upper-division students desiring reading knowledge of the language.
  
  • FREN 333 - Intermediate Composition and Grammar

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasizes writing skills. Review of major grammatical points in French.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 212 or 218 or 223 or placement score higher than 500.
  
  • FREN 334 - Intermediate Conversation and Phonetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasizes speaking skills, especially pronunciation. Further review of French grammar. Required of all French majors.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333 or placement score higher than 500.
  
  • FREN 345 - French for Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Contemporary French language as it applies to business transactions. Understanding and composing business letters. Oral communication and elements of French culture related to good business practices.

    Credit Restriction: Either 334 or 345 may be applied toward the major, but not both.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 353 - Introduction to Literary Analysis in French

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to close reading and analysis of literary texts written in French. Works from a variety of periods and genres. Writing-emphasis course.

    Credit Restriction: French 353 may not be taken for credit if students already have received credit for 351 or 352.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 400 - Consecutive and Simultaneous French-English and English-French Translation

    3 Credit Hours
    Consecutive translation to and from English. Introduction to simultaneous translation to English.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 410 - Topics in Medieval/Early Modern French Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Close reading and analysis of literary texts from the Medieval/early modern periods. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Medieval and Renaissance Studies 410.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 415 - Topics in Modern French and Francophone Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Close reading and analysis of modern and contemporary literary texts in French. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 420 - French Cinema

    3 Credit Hours
    The French cinema from its earliest days to the present; introduction to Francophone film. Taught in English. Films in French with English subtitles. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Cinema Studies 420.)
    Comment(s): Open to non-majors. Credit toward a major or minor in French available with additional reading and writing in French to students who have completed French 351, 352, 353 or the equivalent.
  
  • FREN 421 - Phonetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Foundation in the science of phonetics. Practical exercises and individual performance.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 422 - Advanced Grammar

    3 Credit Hours
    Improving one’s written French by studying basic and more refined structures of the French language. Writing creative free-style compositions. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 425 - Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Initiation into the theory and practice of techniques of linguistic analysis in the subfields of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. Discussion of their relevance to the learning and teaching of foreign languages and to the study of literary texts. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as German 425; Linguistics 425; Russian 425; Spanish 425.)
    Recommended Background: Linguistics 200.
  
  • FREN 426 - Methods of Historical Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    (See German 426.)
  
  • FREN 430 - Theatrical French

    4 Credit Hours
    Comprehensive introduction to dramatic texts, performance, and theatrical production in French. Students collaborate in the creative staging of a French play and they actively participate in its public performance. May be applied toward the major as a literature course. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 431 - Highlights of French Civilization

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of French civilization from the Gauls to World War II. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 432 - Contemporary French Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Current French cultural issues placed in historical perspective with a comparative emphasis. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 433 - French and Francophone Women Writers

    3 Credit Hours
    Works by women writing in French considered in cultural context. In English with readings in French for majors. May be applied toward the French major. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Women’s Studies 433.)
  
  • FREN 440 - Capstone Experience in French

    3 Credit Hours
    Synthesizing senior colloquium and tutorial in which students reflect on the raison d’être of the discipline from a multidimensional point of view. Writing-emphasis course.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • FREN 450 - Special Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected topics in French studies.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 490 - Internship

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Career-related experiences in the United States or abroad.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): French major/language and world business concentration.
  
  • FREN 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of program chair.
  
  • FREN 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of program chair.
  
  • FREN 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of program chair.

(FWF) Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries (398)

  
  • FWF 212 - Dendrology and Silvics of North American Trees

    3 Credit Hours
    Identification, classification, and nomenclature of important North American trees and woody shrubs. Forest associations. Silvicultural characteristics of trees and stands as the basis for the practice of silviculture. Day field trips may be required.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 102 or Biology 112.
    Registration Restriction(s): Forestry, wildlife and fisheries majors.
  
  • FWF 250 - Conservation

    3 Credit Hours
    Use and abuse of wildland resources. Historical perspectives and current management of forests, wildlife, and fish of North America including aspects of outdoor recreation and pollution problems.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
  
  • FWF 310 - Wildland Fire Behavior and Management

    1 Credit Hours
    An introduction to wildland fire management, covering the fundamentals of fire behavior, fire weather, equipment, and safety.

    Registration Restriction(s): Forestry, wildlife and fisheries majors; minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • FWF 312 - Principles of Silviculture

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles for treating forest stands to achieve selected objectives.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 100.
  
  • FWF 313 - Measurements and Sampling

    3 Credit Hours
    Measurement techniques and sampling methods for vegetation. Estimation of animal populations. Map and aerial photo use.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Statistics 201 or Mathematics 115.
  
  • FWF 317 - Principles of Wildlife and Fisheries Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Ecological relationships of wild animals with other animals and their habitats. Biological, social, and economic aspects of their management.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 101-102 or 111-112 or 150-160-159.
  
  • FWF 320 - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

    3 Credit Hours
    Natural resource management as a social process focusing on how human, social and institutional factors interact and integrate with complex and dynamic biophysical systems. Influence on natural resource management of human institutions, values, attitudes and behaviors, and place.

  
  • FWF 325 - Wildlife Vegetation and Habitat

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to interactions between plants and wildlife, including species of conservation concern. Emphasis is on plant species that comprise east Tennessee’s primary wildlife habitats, and the utility of vegetation data in management. Students will be required to participate in at least one day-long field trip.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hour lecture and 1 hour lab.
  
  • FWF 415 - Upland Habitat Management

    2 Credit Hours
    Detailed examination of applied management practices and their impact on wildlife habitat in forests, early successional cover, and cropland. Includes silvicultural techniques, prescribed fire, mechanical field treatment, herbicides, and food plots.

  
  • FWF 416 - Planning and Management of Forest, Wildlife and Fisheries Resources

    3 Credit Hours
    Integrated forest and wildland resource management through developing land management plans and analyzing case studies including conflict resolution.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour and 2 labs.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • FWF 420 - International Natural Resource Issues

    3 Credit Hours
    Identification and analyses of issues regarding forestry, wildlife, fisheries, and associated natural resources beyond U.S. borders. Biophysical, economic, and cultural elements impacting natural resources at the international level. Cases ― Northern Europe, Latin America, Indonesia, and Africa.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 420 and 520.
  
  • FWF 490 - Topics in Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Current issues and problems in forestry, wildlife and fisheries.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • FWF 499 - Undergraduate Research

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Experience in research projects under supervision of staff members. Student should make arrangements for research project with instructor prior to enrollment.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(FYS) First-Year Studies

  
  • FYS 100 - The Volunteer Connection

    0 Credit Hours
    This online course is required for all freshmen and designed to ease the transition to the college environment by introducing academic life at the University of Tennessee. As part of the academic adjustment, students engage in a common reading experience with fellow members of UT’s diverse academic community, become acquainted with important Instructional Technology (IT) tools, and develop an awareness of campus resources and specific strategies that can help facilitate success in both college life and beyond.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
  
  • FYS 101 - The UT Experience

    1 Credit Hours
    Transition from high school to college and Integration into the academic community, including the nature and purpose of a college education, expectations for academic success, organization of university disciplines, and special emphasis on academic and career planning. Restricted to freshmen students.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both First-Year Studies 101 and Business Administration 100.
  
  • FYS 129 - First-Year Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Small, academic seminars that encourage the exchange of ideas between professors and students. Restricted to freshmen students. For a current list of course topics consult http://fys.utk.edu/fys129/.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
  
  • FYS 401 - Peer Mentor Techniques

    1 Credit Hours
    Training of upper-class students as mentors and advisors for freshmen. Includes cognitive and developmental theories of the college-age student, teaching and learning styles, group communication and listening techniques, and mentoring and advising skills.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department.
  
  • FYS 402 - Peer Mentor Practicum

    1 Credit Hours
    Peer mentoring of first year studies students.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 401.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department.

(GEOG) Geography (415)

  
  • GEOG 101 - World Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of world regions and regional issues. Illustrates geographical points of view, concepts, and techniques.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
  
  • GEOG 111 - Geography of the Digital World

    3 Credit Hours
    Geographic information technology and embedded spatial concepts in a digital-age society. Creation and interpretation of digital and interactive maps at scales ranging from the local to the global.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
  
  • GEOG 121 - Human Geography: People and Places

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to key topics and core concepts in human geography. Human activities, their organization, and their impacts on the landscape.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
  
  • GEOG 131 - Geography of the Natural Environment I

    4 Credit Hours
    Characteristics and processes of the earth’s surface and lower atmosphere; their interaction to produce a world pattern of distinctive environments significant to humanity. Covers elements and controls of climate, atmospheric circulation, precipitation and storms, the hydrological cycle, world climate and vegetation patterns, and climate change.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
  
  • GEOG 132 - Geography of the Natural Environment II

    4 Credit Hours
    Characteristics and processes of the earth’s surface and lower atmosphere; their interaction to produce a world pattern of distinctive environments significant to humanity. Covers earth materials, tectonic activity, geomorphic processes and landforms, soils, and human impacts on the landscape.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 131.
  
  • GEOG 137 - Honors: Geography of the Natural Environment I

    4 Credit Hours
    Honors-level introduction to physical geography, emphasizing characteristics and processes of the earth’s surface and lower atmosphere and their interaction to produce a world pattern of distinctive environments significant to humanity. Covers elements and controls of climate, atmospheric circulation, precipitation and storms, the hydrological cycle, world climate and vegetation patterns, and climate change.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab, and 1 hour discussion.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 131 and 137.
  
  • GEOG 309 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Instructor-initiated course on selected research-related topics.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • GEOG 310 - Introduction to Cartography

    3 Credit Hours
    Properties, sources, uses, design, and production of maps as tools for geographical analysis. Introduction to desktop mapping techniques and data display using basic thematic map styles.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
  
  • GEOG 320 - Cultural Geography: Core Concepts

    3 Credit Hours
    Background and method of cultural geography. Basic concepts and theories focusing on cultural landscape, culture regions, cultural ecology, innovation and diffusion, cultural integration, and world patterns of cultural phenomena.

  
  • GEOG 331 - Natural Hazards

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of Earth’s natural hazards. Topics include: hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, mass movements, volcanoes, tsunami, wildfires, and floods. Hazard awareness is emphasized by highlighting case studies and important past events.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
  
  • GEOG 333 - Climate Change and Human Response

    3 Credit Hours
    Controversies and uncertainties about present-day climate change, future climate scenarios and mitigation strategies, and individual and policy responses to climate predictions.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 131.
  
  • GEOG 334 - Meteorology

    3 Credit Hours
    Dynamic atmosphere and resulting weather events. Nature of individual weather elements, their measurement, and analysis over time and space.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 131.
  
  • GEOG 340 - Economic Geography: Core Concepts

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts, theories, and practices in economic geography. Real and theoretical patterns in agriculture, manufacturing, and service activities.

  
  • GEOG 343 - Geography of Human Rights

    3 Credit Hours
    Human rights and social justice issues around the world. Special consideration of Africa and the African diaspora.

    (Same as Africana Studies 342.)
  
  • GEOG 344 - Population Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of population issues around the world. Regional fertility and mortality, disease, international migration, refugees and internal displacement.

  
  • GEOG 345 - People and Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Global and local patterns of human use of the environment. Geographical variations in demographic, cultural, economic, and technological aspects of environmental stewardship. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 361 - Regional Geography of the United States and Canada

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical, economic, and social distributions as they relate to and give distinctive character to regions of the United States and Canada. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 363 - Geography of the American South

    3 Credit Hours
    Geographical appraisal of the southeastern United States, including physical environment and human resources. Origin and development of contemporary economic and cultural traits of the area. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 365 - Geography of Appalachia

    3 Credit Hours
    Interrelation of physical, economic, and social patterns that give distinctive character to the region and its parts, especially in southern Appalachia. Appalachia in perspective in the current American scene. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 366 - Geography of Tennessee

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the geography of the State of Tennessee including its cultural, economic, and physical resources, as well as an examination of the state’s diversity, development, and its geographic connections within the southeast region and beyond. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 371 - Geography of Europe

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical, cultural, and economic characteristics of Europe. Emphasis on the geographical dimensions of change in contemporary Europe. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 373 - Geography of South America

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical, cultural, and economic characteristics of the countries of South America. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 373.)
  
  • GEOG 374 - Geography of East Asia

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical, cultural and economic characteristics of East Asia. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Asian Studies 374.)
  
  • GEOG 375 - Geography of South Asia

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical, Cultural, and economic geography of India and its neighbors. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 411 - Introduction to Geographic Information Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts and methods of spatial analysis and their application using geographic information systems software and techniques. Emphasizes both theoretical and applied aspects of GIS.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
  
  • GEOG 413 - Remote Sensing: Types and Applications

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles and uses of remote sensing imagery, digital data, and spectral data, with particular emphasis on geographic interpretation and mapping techniques.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
  
  • GEOG 414 - Spatial Databases and Data Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Types, sources, acquisition, and documentation of spatial data. Spatial database management methods and strategies for data sharing.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 411.
  
  • GEOG 415 - Quantitative Methods in Geography

    4 Credit Hours
    Fundamental concepts in geographic research. Spatial thinking and reasoning. Experimental and non-experimental research design (from generating research questions to formulating hypotheses and developing research plans). Concepts of statistics (nonparametric and parametric methods, analysis of variance, regression, patterns in space and time, and use of statistical software). A required course for geography majors.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
  
  • GEOG 419 - Practicum in Cartography/Remote Sensing

    2-6 Credit Hours
    Supervised practice in design and production of maps and other graphic materials in the Cartographic Services Laboratory or a similar organization.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department.
  
  • GEOG 421 - Geography of Folk Societies

    3 Credit Hours
    Geographical study of folk culture, emphasizing traditional material culture and rural settlement, with examples drawn from eastern North America and selected foreign areas.

  
  • GEOG 423 - Geography of American Popular Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Geographical study of regional variation in popular cultures, especially focused on youth cultures in the United States. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as American Studies 423.)
  
  • GEOG 430 - Global Environments of the Quaternary

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical and biotic evidence of climate and environmental history over the two to three million year period that humans have inhabited Earth. Geographical and temporal patterns of change, drivers of change, and interrelationships with human society.

    Recommended Background: 131 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 432 - Dendrochronology

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles, techniques, and interpretation in tree-ring science. Applications in geography, climate, ecology, forestry, archaeology, and earth sciences.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
  
  • GEOG 433 - The Land-Surface System

    3 Credit Hours
    Characteristics of surface form, water, vegetation, and surface materials, and their regional interrelationships. People as evaluators and agents of change.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
  
  • GEOG 434 - Climatology

    3 Credit Hours
    General circulation system leading to world pattern of climates. Climatic change and modification. Interrelationships of climate and human activity.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 131.
  
  • GEOG 435 - Biogeography

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of the changing distribution patterns of plants and animals on a variety of spatial and temporal scales. The effects of plate tectonics, climate change, and human activity on world biota.

    Recommended Background: Introductory physical geography or course work in botany or ecology.
  
  • GEOG 436 - Water Resources

    3 Credit Hours
    Global water resources and hydrologic processes, including water availability, flooding, and water quality issues examined from physical and economic geographic perspectives.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 132.
  
  • GEOG 439 - Plant Geography of North America

    3 Credit Hours
    Characteristics and distribution of major plant communities of Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. Relationships to climate, soil, fire, and human disturbance. Long-term history and future prospects.

    Recommended Background: Introductory physical geography or course work in botany or ecology.
  
  • GEOG 441 - Urban Geography of the United States

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts and theories concerning development and significance of systems of cities and internal morphology of cities in the United States. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 442 - Urban Social Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Geographical study of urban culture. Social production of neighborhoods. Social and behavioral aspects of territoriality, residential mobility, segregation, and the rise of post-industrial and global cities.

  
  • GEOG 445 - Cities in a World System

    3 Credit Hours
    Urban centers in developed and developing countries, global cities, tourist and other specialized cities, and comparative urbanism. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 449 - Geography of Transportation

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of transportation systems, emphasizing their effects on trade patterns, land use, location problems, and development.

  
  • GEOG 450 - Geomorphology

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Geology 450.)
  
  • GEOG 451 - The Global Economy

    3 Credit Hours
    Global patterns of industries and markets. International flow of resources, goods, and capital. Major trading blocs. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • GEOG 454 - Terrain Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Generation, analysis, and application of digital elevation/terrain data. Specific topics include GIS-based terrain data models, terrain surface parameter extraction, profile analysis, viewshed and shielding analysis, and watershed delineation.

    Recommended Background: GIS course and introductory physical geography or geology.
  
  • GEOG 490 - Internship

    3 Credit Hours
    Career-related experience for geography majors with business, nonprofit, and government organizations.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department.
  
  • GEOG 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department.
  
  • GEOG 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department.
  
  • GEOG 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department.
  
  • GEOG 494 - Undergraduate Research Experience

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Supervised participation in active research projects.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department.
  
  • GEOG 495 - Special Topics in Geography

    1-4 Credit Hours
    Topics vary.

    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 8 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOG 497 - Honors: Senior Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Students develop undergraduate thesis topic under the guidance of a faculty advisor.

    Comment(s): Completion of 75 hours with 3.2 GPA required.
    Registration Permission: Consent of thesis advisor.
  
  • GEOG 498 - Honors: Senior Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Completion of senior thesis.

    Comment(s): Grade of A in 497 is required.
    Registration Permission: Consent of thesis advisor.
 

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