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GEOG 515 - Topics in Quantitative Geography 4 Credit Hours
Multivariate analysis applied to spatial and temporal problems in geography; research problems utilizing appropriate computer programs; usefulness to geographic research of techniques developed by other disciplines.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 8 hours.
Recommended Background: 415 or consent of instructor.
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GEOG 516 - Topics in Qualitative Methods 3 Credit Hours
Overview of key qualitative methodology in human geography. Qualitative research design and rigor; fieldwork methods; research ethics.
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GEOG 517 - Geographic Information Management and Processing 3 Credit Hours
Concepts and methods in management of geographic information. Database design, manipulation, sampling and analysis.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOG 518 - GIS Project Management 3 Credit Hours
Interactions between management, technical, and application aspects of Geographic Information Systems project through simulated environment of real-world GIS sites.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 411 or consent of instructor.
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GEOG 521 - Topics in Cultural Geography 3 Credit Hours
Examination of trends, problems, and methods in cultural geography.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 421 or consent of instructor.
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GEOG 532 - Topics in Global Change 3 Credit Hours
Emerging trends, anticipated problems and methods in global change research and response.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 434 or consent of instructor.
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GEOG 533 - Topics in Physical Geography 3 Credit Hours
Trends, problems, and methods in geomorphology or other areas of physical geography.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOG 534 - Topics in Climatology 3 Credit Hours
Trends, problems and methods in area of climatology.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 434 or consent of instructor.
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GEOG 535 - Topics in Biogeography 3 Credit Hours
Examination of trends, problems, and methods in biogeography.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 435 or consent of instructor.
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GEOG 536 - Topics in Watershed Dynamics 3 Credit Hours
Trends, problems and methods in study of watershed processes.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOG 541 - Topics in Urban/Economic Geography 3 Credit Hours
Analysis of research on urban systems, internal morphology, urban problems, urban spatial behavior, and regional economic development.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 9 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 441.
Recommended Background: 340.
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GEOG 545 - Topics in Population Geography 3 Credit Hours
Human population dynamics and migration, spatial variation in population composition and housing. Demographic analysis techniques.
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GEOG 549 - Topics in the Geography of Transportation 3 Credit Hours
Examination of trends, problems, and methods in transportation geography and transportation networks.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of instructor. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 449 or consent of instructor.
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GEOG 581 - Grant Proposal Writing in Geography 3 Credit Hours
Writing successful grant proposals to secure funding for research and other scholarly pursuits in geography.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 504.
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GEOG 591 - Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Written consent of department prior to registration.
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GEOG 593 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Registration Permission: Written consent of department prior to registration.
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GEOG 599 - Geographic Concept and Method 3 Credit Hours
Traditional and modern geographic thought; readings on nature, scope, problems, and methods of geography.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOG 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOG 609 - Seminar in Geography 2-3 Credit Hours
Topics vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOG 611 - Seminar in Geographic Information Science 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 517 and 518 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOG 631 - Seminar in Natural Hazards 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOG 632 - Seminar in Dendrochronology 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 432 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOG 633 - Seminar in Physical Geography 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 533 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOG 634 - Seminar in Climatology 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 534 and 532 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOG 635 - Seminar in Biogeography 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 535 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOG 641 - Seminar in Urban/Economic Geography 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 541 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOG 649 - Seminar in Geography of Transportation 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 549 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOG 663 - Seminar in Geography of the American South 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 425 - Data Analysis for Geoscientists 3 Credit Hours
Overview of sampling schemes, data analysis, and statistical methods as applicable to Earth sciences.
Recommended Background: Introductory geology and introductory calculus, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 440 - Field Geology 5 Credit Hours
Summer field course for advanced undergraduate geology majors and first-year graduate students in geology. Taught off-campus and requires the full time of the student. The course provides a synthesis of the major aspects of the geological sciences in societal context. Field techniques demonstrated, practiced, and applied to solution of geologic problems.
Recommended Background: At least 16 hours from 310, 320, 330, 340, 370.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 450 - Geomorphology 3 Credit Hours
Integrative approach to understanding processes that shape the Earth’s surface. Topics include processes and landforms produced by weathering, mass wasting, running water, wind, glaciers, and seas. Field and laboratory exercises include mapping, taking measurements, physical modeling, numerical calculations, and interpretation.
Cross-listed: Same as Geography 450.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab or field period.
Recommended Background: Two introductory geology or physical geography courses and high school or college physics.
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GEOL 452 - Cave and Karst Geology 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to speleology, with emphasis on the identification and evaluation of chemical, physical, and hydrologic controls that result in dissolution of bedrock, cave formation, and karst landscape development. Topics include carbonate geochemistry, hydrology, speleogenesis, solute and sediment transport, paleokarst, geomorphology, exploitation and management of karst and karst hazards. Includes scientific data collection, numerical calculations, model development, and interpretation. At least one field trip will be required.
Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses, one lab course in geology and 1 lab course in chemistry, introductory calculus, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 465 - Geomicrobiology 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to interactions between microbes and earth materials (rock, soil, water). Course will identify and evaluate key biogeochemical and genetic evidence used to determine biotic from abiotic processes in modern and ancient systems. Topics include microbial ecology and diversity, community structure, biogeochemistry, molecular biology, major environmental habitats, astrobiology, and geomicrobiological applications for geology, engineering, and mining.
Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses, one lab course in geology and one lab course in chemistry, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 485 - Principles of Hydrogeology 3 Credit Hours
Physical principles of flow, flow equations, geologic controls, aquifer analysis, water well design/testing, introduction to transport processes.
Cross-listed: (Same as Civil Engineering 485.)
Recommended Background: Introductory calculus, physics, and geology.
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GEOL 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOL 501 - Fractal Models in Earth Sciences 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the theory and methods of fractal analysis as applicable to earth sciences. Topics include deterministic and statistical fractals, self-affine fractals, multifractals, percolation, renormalization group theory, cellular automata, and methods of estimating fractal parameters (e.g., dimension and lacunarity). Applications to be discussed include: characterization of coastlines, drainage basins, and fracture networks; terrain simulation; modeling porous media and hydraulic properties; rock fragmentation; spatial variability of mineral deposits; and temporal variability of earthquakes and floods.
Recommended Background: 6-8 hours of course work in earth sciences, calculus, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities 1-15 Credit Hours
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOL 505 - Appalachian Tectonics 2 Credit Hours
Structural development of Southern and Central Appalachians from extensional Late Proterozoic to early Paleozoic rift-drift-platform margin through processes related to compressional events producing accretionary elements that formed Appalachians throughout the Paleozoic. Comparisons to similar orogens.
Recommended Background: Structural geology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 525 - Data Analysis for Geoscientists 3 Credit Hours
Overview of sampling schemes, data analysis, and statistical methods as applicable to earth sciences.
Recommended Background: Introductory geology and introductory calculus.
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GEOL 526 - Biospheric Change and the Fossil Record 3 Credit Hours
Students will gain a temporal understanding of the evolution of the biosphere from its inception through the present day. Course concentrates on evidence derived from the fossil record and investigates the consequences of major transformative events such as tectonics, oxygenation of the biosphere, and the origination and extinction of major clades.
Recommended Background: Paleobiology, organismal biology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 530 - Petrogenesis of Crystalline Rocks 4 Credit Hours
Origin and properties of igneous and metamorphic rocks, magmatic and subsolidus processes and physical conditions. Laboratory involves petrographic study of crystalline rocks in thin section.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
Recommended Background: Advanced mineralogy or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 535 - Applied Ground Water Hydrology 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See Environmental Engineering 535.)
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GEOL 539 - Geologic Applications of Remote Sensing 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the use of visible, infrared, microwave/radio, and nuclear remote sensing techniques in the geologic study of the Earth. Topics covered include mineral spectroscopy, light scattering models, instrumentation for remote sensing, calibration and atmospheric removal, multi- and hyperspectral image cube analysis, and ground-truthing techniques. Emphasis on working directly with remote sensing data to solve geologic problems.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
Recommended Background: Mineralogy, calculus and physics or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 545 - Siliciclastic Petrogenesis 4 Credit Hours
Origin and evolution of siliciclastic sediments from a geochemical and petrographic perspective. Emphasis on a quantitative treatment of major elements, trace elements and rare earth elements to extract provenance, weathering, and diagenesis information.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 lectures per week, one 2-hour lab.
Recommended Background: Chemistry, mineralogy, petrology, sedimentology, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 546 - Carbonate Sedimentology and Geochemistry 4 Credit Hours
Environments of deposition and diagenesis of carbonate rocks; introduction to carbonate chemistry, carbonate equilibria, and the precipitation of carbonate minerals; abiotic vs. biotic control of carbonate precipitation; secular change in carbonate mineralogy and fabric through geology time. Petrographic observation, synthesis of petrographic and geochemical datasets, critical analysis of scientific literature, and oral/written presentation.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 lecture/discussion hours per week and one 2-hour lab.
Recommended Background: General chemistry, mineralogy and sedimentology and stratigraphy or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 548 - Sequence Stratigraphy 3 Credit Hours
Theoretical and practical understanding of stratigraphic sequences generated by eustatic sea level change; identification parasequences, parasequence sets, and critical surfaces using the rock record integrated with subsurface geophysical data. Weekly class exercises and field trips support lecture and discussion.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 lecture/discussion hours per week and 2 weekend field trips.
Recommended Background: Sedimentary Geology, Stratigraphy.
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GEOL 551 - Planetary Geomorphology 3 Credit Hours
Survey of planetary processes and geomorphology. Important planetary processes, including impact cratering, volcanogenic, fluvial, Aeolian, glacial/periglacial, coastal, and tectonic processes will be evaluated in terms of their physical effect on planetary surfaces and their resultant geomorphic expression. Course will include instruction and utilization of GIS.
Recommended Background: Geomorphology, planetary geology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 558 - Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours
Examines natural and anthropogenic changes in global climate systems. Topics include: biogeochemical cycles of greenhouse gases and the water cycle, including water resources and pollutants and changes in the biosphere (extinctions) as both cause and effects of physical global changes. Historical (baseline) dynamics are compared to current changes in order to predict human impacts and suggest technical and policy solutions.
Recommended Background: Introductory geology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 559 - Introduction to Oceanography 3 Credit Hours
Principles of oceanography, including physical, chemical, geological, and biological processes and patterns. Emphasis on the physical, chemical, and geologic structure of the oceans and their role in oceanic circulation, global climate change, and the biogeochemical evolution of the oceans through geologic time.
Cross-listed: (Same as Microbiology 559.)
Recommended Background: Introductory geology or introductory biology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 562 - Environmental Aqueous Geochemistry 3 Credit Hours
A survey of fundamental geochemical principles as applied to the fate and transport of inorganic and organic constituents in natural waters. Topics include thermodynamics, activity-concentration relations, mineral solubility and stability, chemical speciation and redox state of natural waters, and water-rock-biota interactions. Course will emphasize geochemical modeling to test hypotheses, explore assumptions, approximations, and equilibria in natural geochemical systems.
Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 462 and 562.
Recommended Background: General Chemistry, Mathematics (through Calculus), Mineralogy, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 563 - Stable Isotope Geochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Theoretical aspects of isotope fractionation and applications to geologic systems. Isotope exchange, variations in natural waters, diagenetic, hydrothermal and metamorphic systems.
Recommended Background: General chemistry or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 564 - Water Sustainability and Climate 3 Credit Hours
A survey of regional and global water challenges related to water pollution and sustainability of water resources, how ancient civilizations and current human activities have affected water quality in different environmental settings and what kind of techniques and strategies can be applied to water protection, remediation and sustaining clean water resources for future generations. The influence of global warming and human impact on water quality and resources will be discussed using case studies.
Recommended Background: Two courses in geology and environmental studies.
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GEOL 566 - Water and Air Pollution 3 Credit Hours
Focuses on the impacts of human activities on the water and atmospheric cycles. Emphasis is on field and lab activities to learn methods of measuring pollution. Topics include: industrial pollution, sewage contamination, heavy metals and some biological impacts.
Recommended Background: 1 lab course in Geology and 1 lab course in Chemistry.
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GEOL 568 - Geochemical Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Collection and treatment of geochemical data using electron microprobe, x-ray fluorescence, and atomic absorption spectrophotometry techniques.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
Recommended Background: General chemistry and mineralogy or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 570 - Advanced Structural Geology 4 Credit Hours
Current topics in structural geology and tectonics of mountain belts; recent literature.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 lab or seminar.
Recommended Background: Structural geology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 571 - Applied Geophysics 3 Credit Hours
Basic principles of data collection, processing, and analysis for several common geophysical techniques will be presented through lectures, computer assignments (labs), and field work. Passive (earthquake) and active (reflection and refraction) seismology, potential fields (gravity and magnetics), heat flow, electromagnetics (including ground penetrating radar), and electrical techniques will be covered.
Contact Hour Distribution: One 3-hour meeting per week consisting of lecture, computer lab, or field work. One optional day or weekend field trip will be scheduled.
Recommended Background: Calculus, physics, petrology, sedimentology and stratigraphy and structural geology or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 573 - Principles of Near-Surface Geophysics 3 Credit Hours
Basics of several standard near-surface geophysics techniques (for example, seismic reflection, seismic refraction, surface wave and GPR, electrical resistivity, magnetics, and EM), using state-of-the-art field equipment to develop the skills necessary to process and interpret data. Includes a significant field component.
Recommended Background: Introductory calculus.
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GEOL 575 - Tectonics 4 Credit Hours
Evolution of Earth’s lithosphere in context of plate tectonics theory. Formation of continents through comparative anatomy of mountain belts, including Appalachians, Alps, Urals, Caledonians, Cordillera, Andes, and Himalayas.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 1 seminar.
Recommended Background: Structural geology course.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 580 - Planetary Science 3 Credit Hours
Broad survey in planetary science. Emphasis on fundamental physical principles, quantitative problem solving, and canonical derivations in planetary science. Topics include orbital dynamics, heating and energy transport, atmospheric physics and chemistry, planetary surface processes, planetary interiors, origin and evolution of the solar system, and extrasolar planets.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 584 - Planetary Geodynamics 3 Credit Hours
Students will gain a quantitative physical understanding of processes that are important in the geophysical evolution of planetary bodies (planets, moons, other bodies). Topics such as stress and strain, flexure, heat transfer, gravity, fluid mechanics, and rheology will be developed from a quantitative perspective and evaluated in terms of observable effects on the Earth and other bodies in the Solar System.
Recommended Background: Calculus, physics, introductory geology, or consent of instructor.
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GEOL 590 - Special Problems in Geology 1-3 Credit Hours
Student- or instructor-initiated course offered at the convenience of the department, with focus on specialized topics in the geological sciences.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 591 - Foreign Study 1-12 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Credit Restriction: Only 3 hours may be applied to the geology major.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 592 - Off-Campus Study 1-12 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Credit Restriction: Only 3 hours may be applied to the geology major.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 593 - Independent Study 1-12 Credit Hours
Student or instructor initiated independent study.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 595 - Selected Topics in Geology 1 Credit Hours
Presentation of research by faculty and visiting scientists.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
Comment(s): Registration required each spring and fall semester for resident full-time graduate students, except when registered for 596.
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GEOL 596 - Scientific Presentations 1 Credit Hours
Preparation and oral presentation of scientific material. Grade based on content, preparation, presentation, and instructor critique in departmental seminar.
Comment(s): Registration required once during residence for each graduate student.
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GEOL 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GEOL 630 - Seminar in Petrology 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 640 - Seminar in Sedimentary Geology 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 641 - Seminar in Paleobiology 3 Credit Hours
Discussion of publications drawn from the current scientific literature in paleobiology and related fields.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 651 - Seminar in Geomorphology 3 Credit Hours
Discussion of current and classical literature in geomorphology. Topics vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 660 - Seminar in Geochemistry 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 670 - Seminar in Structural Geology 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 675 - Seminar in Geophysics 3 Credit Hours
Advanced treatment of selected topics in geophysics.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 680 - Seminar in Planetary Science 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 685 - Seminar in Hydrogeology 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GEOL 690 - Seminar in Earth and Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours
Variable topics.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level - graduate.
Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.
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GERM 411 - Advanced Language III 3 Credit Hours
Reaching a more advanced level in writing, listening, and speaking; review of advanced grammatical concepts.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 312.
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GERM 412 - Advanced Language IV 3 Credit Hours
Reaching a more advanced level in writing, listening, and speaking; review of advanced grammatical concepts.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 312.
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GERM 415 - German Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 212 or 223 or placement score higher than 467.
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GERM 416 - Berlin: Culture and History 3 Credit Hours
The 20th-century German or Austrian metropolis in the mirror of history, literature, theory, art, architecture, and music. Taught in English.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 112 or higher German language course or placement score between 338 and 467.
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GERM 419 - German Fairy Tales and Literary Fantasies 3 Credit Hours
Examination of how and why forms of literary fantasies ranging from apocalyptic dreams to enchanted visions have changed over the centuries. Strong interdisciplinary component, tracing interconnections between philosophy, psychology, religion and literary history, as well as exploring the relationship between literary, musical and artistic representations of specific themes.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Two courses from 321, 322, 325.
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GERM 420 - Selected Topics in German Literatures and Cultures 3 Credit Hours
Taught in English. Writing-emphasis course.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Two courses from 321, 322, 325.
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GERM 423 - Themes and Genres in German Cinema 3 Credit Hours
A study of selected themes and genres in German Cinema. Writing emphasis course.
Cross-listed: Same as Cinema Studies 423.
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GERM 425 - Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Cross-listed: (See French 425.)
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GERM 426 - Topics in Linguistics Research Methods 3 Credit Hours
Provides a basic foundation in research methods in various fields of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. Emphasis is on foundational notions of sound research design and analysis, applicable across linguistic areas of research, with attention to specific types of research.
Cross-listed: (Same as French 426; Linguistics 426; Russian 426; Spanish 426.)
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
Recommended Background: Linguistics 200 or two 3rd year foreign language courses.
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GERM 433 - Nation, Race, and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
Examination of cultural constructions of nation, race, and ethnicity and how they have challenged each other and developed in German-speaking countries since the 18th-century. Close study and analysis of fiction, non-fiction, and films that address controversial topics such as assimilation, integration, racial/ethnic identity formation, and multiculturalism.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 321 and 322.
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GERM 434 - Extraordinary Wo(Men)-Outcasts, Rebels, Martyrs and Saints 3 Credit Hours
Examination of German texts and visual media that have challenged mainstream thinking throughout the centuries. Strong interdisciplinary component focusing on literary and artistic forms that depict struggles involving religion, politics and gender.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): Two courses from 321, 322, 325.
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GERM 435 - Structure of the German Language 3 Credit Hours
Contrastive English-German segmental and suprasegmental phonemes, contrastive English-German linguistic structures, selected topics in advanced German grammar and syntactic analysis.
Cross-listed: (Same as Linguistics 435.)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 312 and two courses from 321, 322, 325.
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GERM 455 - German Literatures and Cultures 3 Credit Hours
Seminar with varying topics about literatures and cultures in the German-speaking world. Writing emphasis course.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 12 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 321 and 322.
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GERM 485 - Business German 3 Credit Hours
German used in fields of business, government, administration, and economics.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 312.
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GERM 494 - German Community Service Practicum 1 Credit Hours
Supervised by the director of the lower-division German program. Students either assist German classes at local schools or perform supervised service with local institutions that promote awareness of German culture among the general public.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours. (Maximum 1 hour per semester.)
(RE) Corequisite(s): 411 or 412 or 485.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GERM 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GERM 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities 1-15 Credit Hours
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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GERM 510 - German Phonetics and Advanced Grammar 3 Credit Hours
Advanced work in phonetics, pronunciation, and selected topics in German grammar. For teachers and prospective teachers.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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GERM 519 - Bibliography and Methods of Research 3 Credit Hours
Critical research tools and scholarly contributions in German literature and language. Practical exercises on compiling of scholarly data using computer-based and non-computer sources.
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GERM 541 - Medieval German Language and Literature 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to Middle High German.
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GERM 550 - Studies in German Literature 3 Credit Hours
Content varies.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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GERM 552 - Foundations of Modernity: Topics in 18th Century German Literatures and Cultures 3 Credit Hours
Content varies.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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GERM 553 - Classicisms: Literature, Criticism, and the German Canon around 1800 3 Credit Hours
Content varies.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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