2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog/Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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The undergraduate course numbering system is as follows:
0100 - Lower Level Courses
0200 - Upper Level Courses
0300 - Upper Level Courses
Not every course listed in this Bulletin is offered annually. Definite information about course offerings and class hours is available at the time of registration through the Office of the Registrar. Insufficient enrollment or changing conditions may occasionally necessitate the withdrawal of scheduled courses. Please check with appropriate departments to determine if the courses sought are being offered and when they are scheduled. |
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ENVS 0330 - Enviornmental Data Analysis
Credits: 4
This is an experiential hands-on lab course where students collect data from a variety of environmental experiments and then analyze it using statistical and other mathematical techniques. Students will learn essential data analysis and handling skills; experimental design; and field and lab data collection techniques. A high-level semester-long research project is required.
Prerequisites: OR and one of , , OR .
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ENVS 0350 - Environmental Science Internship
Credits: 3-9
A field/office/lab experience in the area of the student’s environmental science interest. Course is designed to provide contact experience involving a variety of responsibilities and skills related to the student’s specific concentration. The student’s special interests as well as the requirements and skills needed for the internship position are taken into consideration in making the placements.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing with minimum 3.0 GPA.
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ENVS 0352 - Planning Green Sustainable Cities
Credits: 3
Crosslisted:
This upper-level seminar focuses on green sustainable cities’ planning concepts and initiatives by comparing American and European cities. It explores environmentally friendly dimensions of urban form, design, transportation, sprawl, urban ecology and restoration, energy and material use, green architecture, environmental justice, and social equity. Readings, writings, discussions, planning exercises, case studies, and field trips allow students to understand sustainable urban patterns and dimensions. Each student will have an individual research project which involves data collection and analysis, identification of urban and environmental problems, and recommendations.
Prerequisites: Junior/senior standing or approval of instructor.
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ENVS 0390 - Environmental Science Senior Seminar
Credits: 3
This seminar will be conducted by members of the Geography and Regional Planning and Biology departments and will include guest lectures. It will focus on environmental issues, applied methods and skills, the interdisciplinary nature of environmental science, methods of inquiry and present trends. Each student is supervised by a faculty member and expected to formulate and develop a research project that addresses a particular environmental problem. Independent research is conducted by collecting and analyzing data and recommending alternatives and solutions to the environmental problem. The research will be presented to the full class, evaluated by faculty and juried by outside reviewers at the end of the semester.
Prerequisites: Senior standing.
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ENVS 0399 - Independent Reasearch
Credits: 1-3
Directed research in environmental science with the student conducting a research project under the supervision of an instructor. Research projects should involve the investigation of an environmental problem or issue. The results of the study should be reported in a formal research paper and presented in an oral presentation to the department. The Independent Research courses can be applied toward the Environmental Science major at the discretion of the instructor and Program Coordinator.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor.
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Ethnic and Gender Studies |
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EGST 0101 - Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies
Credits: 3
This course focuses on the meaning and significance of race, ethnicity and culture in the United States. Students will be exposed to basic concepts in ethnic studies such as ethnicity, culture, race, socialization, cultural assimilation, acculturation, migration, immigration, social protest, and resistance. This course will be taught from an interdisciplinary perspective, thereby allowing students to build a base from various viewpoints and methodologies including but not limited to historical, cultural, political, economical, and sociological.
(Formerly MCES 0101)
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EGST 0102 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
Credits: 3
Introduces students to the scholarship and research developed Women’s and Gender Studies. The course will address a variety of issues in the field in an interdisciplinary format, generally focusing on the social construction of gender and women’s lives and experiences as illuminated by the social sciences and humanities. The course will be taught with a global comparative perspective allowing students to examine women’s experiences and the politics of gender with a wide international lens.
(Formerly WSTP 0101)
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EGST 0110 - Issues in Women’s Studies
Credits: 1-3
This course will address a variety of issues or topics pertinent to Women’s Studies, as needed. Topics or issues selected will be determines by research areas or interests of the faculty member or disciplines.
(Formerly WSTP 110)
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EGST 0201 - Critical Theories in Ethnic and Gender Studies
Credits: 3
Introduces the complex and interlocking theoretical methodologies that have emerged from the development of Ethnic and Gender Studies over the past thirty years. Engages students in a dialogue about social facts, theory-building, social change and prediction, key concepts for later research methods coursework. Examines a wide variety of models for human social and political action as well as a series of modern and postmodern models with emphasis on interdisciplinary and radical theories. Students will explore methodologies developed and used in feminist theory, critical race theory and postcolonial/postmodern theory as well as more content based analysis and practice from a number of different perspectives. Case studies of social justice movements, organizing practice and experiences in Western and non-Western cultures will be a key component.
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EGST 0202 - Research Methods: Exploration, Evidence and Engagement
Credits: 3
Examines and engages the processes through which researchers make claims about the social world and specifically about relationships structured by the intersections and layering of race, class, ethnicity, and gender/sexuality. Strategies for gathering data and analyzing the human experience using social science methodologies are compared and contrasted with methods in the humanities. Examination of crucial debates surrounding objectivity/subjectivity, political uses of data, and other conflicts, provides students with instruction in ways of seeing the world and making claims about it, and the implications of such perspectives.
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EGST 0203 - Introduction to African American Studies
Credits: 3
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary field of African American Studies. Historical, literary, theoretical and political perspectives within many African American traditions will be explored. The social construction of race, the history and legacies of slavery and Jim Crow and the fight for racial justice and freedom will be central to the course. Texts will include primary sources such as slave narratives, historical and literary sources as well as more contemporary theoretical and artistic works. The course will also investigate the complex experience of multiple kinds of African peoples in the Americas over the past 500 years.
(Formerly MCES 0201)
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EGST 0204 - Introduction to Latino/a Studies
Credits: 3
A comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Latino/Latina Studies which focuses on the history, culture, immigrations, socioeconomic and political struggles of multiple Latino/a groups including but not limited to Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans and others. Texts can include historical, theoretical and literary perspectives as well as documentary research and film.
(Formerly MCES 0202)
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EGST 0205 - Introduction to Gay And Lesbian Studies
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to a variety of perspectives from which to study Gay and Lesbian issues. We explore the history, literature, culture, and political activism of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people throughout history and across cultures. The course also examines assumptions underlying various theories about gender roles. Current issues, controversies, and debates are highlighted.
(Formerly MCES 0203)
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EGST 0206 - Introduction to Islamic Studies
Credits: 3
An overview of the history, sources, beliefs and practices of Islam, which begins with biographical sketches of the life of Muhammad, the development of the Muslim community, the early caliphate and successive dynasties, notably of Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman and the beginnings of the modern Muslim era. The course examines the sources of Muslim beliefs with respect to their origins in Semitic revelations central to the Abrahamatic faiths, Judiasm, Christianity and Islam. Special attention is given to the centrality of the Qur’an and the traditions or sunnah of the prophet Muhammad. The course investigates the origin of Islamic Law and its manifestations in the four schools of Islamic thought and practice—Hanabali,Hanifi, Shafi, and Maliki also tracing the root causes of the major sectarian split in Islam between Sunni and Shi’a.
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EGST 0207 - Introduction to Native American Studies
Credits: 3
nary field of Native American Studies. The history of the 500 plus years of indigenous resistance to colonization, oppression and genocidal policies will be highlighted. The focus will include historical, political, theoretical, literary and artistic texts and perspectives. Issues such as removal and relocation, legal and land rights, religious rights, education and economics of the reservation and the urban ‘Indian’ experience. A comparative perspective that includes the experience of indigenous peoples from throughout the Americas will be employed.
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EGST 0208 - Hip Hop Cultures
Credits: 3
Hip Hop refers primarily to a mode of self-expression for urban youth culture through rap, turntabalism, graffiti and breaking. It has evolved not only within the confines of American mainstream culture, but it has also become a global movement. Tracing the musical, corporeal, visual, spoken, and literary manifestations of hip-hop in the “American cultural imaginary”, we will also investigate specific cultural practices that have given rise to its various idioms, and discuss how the media portrays and profits from the impact hip-hop. Some of the topics that we will study closely include, but are not limited to gender, cross-cultural impact of hip-hop, identity formation, sexism and homophobia.
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EGST 0209 - Images in Black and Brown
Credits: 3
America’s cultural representations of people of African and Latin American descent have most often been stereotypical and negative. This course explores both past and contemporary images of African/Black-Americans and Hispanic/Latinos in American popular culture. In this course we will attempt to deconstruct specific cultural images and explain how and why they originated and how they have evolved over time.
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EGST 0210 - U.S. Latino/a Literatures
Credits: 3
Focuses on the experiences, struggles and successes of groups such as Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Dominican Americans and Chicanos/Mexican Americans. The following themes are considered: culture; history and society; politics and politics of identity in relationship to race/ethnicity/nationality, social/economic class, gender, being bicultural versus “living on the margins,” the struggle for self-determination, notions of mestizaje (race mixing) and its impact on cultural production. Representative works will be read and analyzed within a cultural context.
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EGST 0211 - Indian Cinema: Gender and Identity
Credits: 3
Examines both Bollywood cinema and the independent cinema of India through the lens of postcolonial feminist theory and cultural studies. The emphasis will be to enhance the ability of students to see films as representation aided by a process of cultural interpretation. It will inform students of the many interrelations between the history of the postcolonial nation and its representation in the visual arts. It will go on to highlight how films today show the gradual failure of the nationalist project due to the growth of consumerism. Possible films: Monsoon Wedding, Slumdog Millionaire and Namesake as well as Bollywood films rarely seen in the United States.
Prerequisites: EGST 0101 or EGST 0102 .
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EGST 0212 - Introduction to Asian American Studies
Credits: 3
The objective of this course is to make students aware of the ways in which Asian immigrants have contributed to the building of the U.S. over the past few centuries. Students will also learn what the different groups from Asia had in common and how they differ from each other, and the ways in which they have come together for political empowerment. This course will examine the rise of Asian American Studies as a discipline within Ethnic Studies.
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EGST 0213 - Contemporary Issues in Islamic Studies
Credits: 3
Introduces and examines the nature and history of the Islamic world view existing in the global Muslim community while focusing on current issues confronting Muslims in the west in general and in the United States in particular. Special attention is paid to the origins and development of the initial 7th century Muslim movement established by the prophet Mohammed in Mecca and its primary as the template for virtually every revivalist movement in Islam. Coursework then turns to the study of contemporary examples of revivalist groups, for example Hamas, Hezbullah, the Taliban, al Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood within the framework of Islamic law (Shari’ah) through which these groups claim religious and social legitimacy.
Prerequisites: EGST 0101 .
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EGST 0216 - Deviance and Culture
Credits: 3
Studies individual deviants and “misfits” both within and outside the United States who have defied their culture’s norms and/or value systems. This course will focus specifically on deviance and stigma, with great emphasis on economic “untouchables” who are denied work, social status, and belonging due to race, gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion and ability.
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EGST 0217 - Culture and Personality
Credits: 3
An introduction to a variety of cultures from the perspective of the “culture and personality” school of cultural anthropology often referred to as the Columbia School. These anthropologists, starting with Boas, Mead, Benedict, Sapir and others developed a variety of skills involving the study of culture and language, gender, emotion/psychology and visual and behavioral cues to study the personalities that cultures encourage and/or stigmatize. This course traces these anthropological insights in a series of studies from early models of study to exploring present day “culture and personality” ethnographic research which focus on culture’s role in identity and power construction. This course addresses the complicated relationship that anthropologists have had as “natives” of the colonizing country who are in many cases attempting to advocate for the indigenous “other” they are studying.
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EGST 0220 - Religion. Gender and Society
Credits: 3
Examines the intersection of contemporary feminisms with the multicultural American religious landscape. Particular attention to issues of race, class, multiple identities, and the shaping of public discourse.
(Formerly WSTP 0221)
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EGST 0221 - Women in Modern Organizations
Credits: 3
An interdisciplinary approach to the policy questions and social tensions created by the entrance of women as full participants in modern organizational life. Attention to the social, political, ethical, and professional problems faced by women in organizations and to the stresses placed on traditional organizational cultures by demand for gender equal policies. Special emphasis on analyses and strategies aimed at successful critique, problem-solving and professional achievement within such institutions. Topics vary by semester.
(Formerly WSTP 0201)
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EGST 0225 - Institutional Racism in the U.S.
Credits: 3
This course will examine the historical basis of racial themes and attitudes in the U.S., analyze racist manifestation extant within contemporary institutions and propose some strategies for action which might lend themselves to easing and eventually eradicating the problem. Additionally, we will present selected theoretical frameworks or “analytical models” that have been developed – some of which have actually fanned the flames of racism more than subdued it – to help provide students with a kid of graphic understanding of racial phenomena. Lastly, the terminal course objective will be synthesis of class learning and your own invaluable personal perspective in the form of a final paper or project based on your research and evaluation of a particular U.S. institution.
Prerequisites: EGST 0101 or permission of instructor.
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EGST 0230 - Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies
Credits: 3
The study and analysis of specific groups, issues, or case studies related to the field of multicultural and ethnic studies.
(Formerly MCES 0205)
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EGST 0301 - Seminar in Postcolonial Studies
Credits: 3
Postcolonial Studies, in a very general sense, is the study of the interactions between European nations and the societies they colonized in the modern period. This seminar will explore the ways that a postcolonial gaze or a postcolonial experience is constructed and bifurcated by new knowledges and distributions of power. It will include multidisciplinary approaches including but not limited to – postcolonial film studies; postcolonial literary approaches and expressions, and postcolonial approaches in a variety of fields. Topics may vary by semester. Students may take this course more than once for different topics to fulfill the Transnational elective for the EGST major.
Prerequisites: EGST 0201 .
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EGST 0302 - Seminar in Comparative Indigenous Studies
Credits: 3
Critically engages with indigenous narratives through a global discourse analysis. Students will compare the migrations in political, economic, social and historical contexts from comparative perspectives. Who are indigenous peoples and how have they been categorized, racialized and marginalized within imperialism, colonial and post-colonial contexts? We examine historical and contemporary debates about indigenous peoples in a global context, especially paying attention to indigenous human rights in the Americas. We will analyze contemporary indigenous discourse within the context of ‘Fourth World’ and ‘First Nation’ narratives. We will explore these comparative perspectives through the lens of fiction and non-fiction materials.
Prerequisites: EGST 0201 or EGST 0202 .
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EGST 0303 - Seminar in Women’s Studies
Credits: 3
Designed to integrate, conceptually and methodologically, the major issues addressed by Women’s Studies. Each student will complete and present a major research project which demonstrates an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of women’s issues.
Prerequisites: EGST 0102 and advanced work in Women’s Studies, or permission of instructor.
(Formerly WSTP 0301)
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EGST 0304 - Representations of Gender, Race and Ethnicity
Credits: 3
Explores, analyzes and investigates the ways that various forms of representation shape our experience and understanding of race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and cultures. The course will investigate the complexities of representation, of how particular groups are represented in specific works or a body of works, and the implications of those representations. Possible topics could include exploring images of black women in contemporary literature and film or exploring the role of super heroes in the development of American ideology in the 20th and 21st centuries. Topics may vary by semester and the course may be repeated if topic is different.
Prerequisites: EGST 0201 .
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EGST 0305 - Critical Race Studies
Credits: 3
le disciplinary approaches within the emerging field of critical race studies. The course will interrogate the construction of “race” as a legal, institutional and social construction and explore the impact of that construction over different historical periods for different populations. Possible exploration may include the social construction of whiteness, perspectives on institutional racism in the United States, the development and impact of critical race theory in places such as Australia particularly in reference to the Indigenous populations and Europe in relation to the immigrant populations. Topics may vary by semester. Course can be taken more than once if topic is different.
Prerequisites: EGST 0101 or EGST 0102 .
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EGST 0312 - Queer Literature and Theory
Credits: 3
Crosslisted: ENGL 0312
Introduces the field of queer theory as a framework for approaching literary texts by and about GLBT individuals that explore and challenge seemingly stable identity categories of gender and sexuality and their intersections with race, class and ability. Recognizing queer theory’s roots in social activism, GLBT social movements, history, culture and identity, participants will explore some of the major critical trends in queer theory. Particular attention will be paid to literary texts and understanding the socio-cultural frameworks within which they are produced, with consideration of issues such as global diversity, oppression, and social activism.
Prerequisites: ENGL 0102 .
(Formerly MCES/ENGL 0312)
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EGST 0353 - Unmasking the School to Prison Pipeline
Credits: 3
Focuses on the school to prison pipeline which is a nationwide system of local, state and federal education and public safety policies that pushes students out of school and into the criminal justice system. This system disproportionately affects youth of color and youth with disabilities. Inequities in areas such as school discipline, policing practices, high-stakes testing contribute to the pipeline. The goal of this course is to explore the phenomena of the school to prison pipeline. Where are the stops along this pipeline? What does its existence reveal to us about race and poverty in the United States? Exploration of educational policy, the prison industrial complex and the history of structural inequality are central to the course. Students will be able to articulate definitions and perform analysis of this system and address historical conditions which created it along with strategies for dismantling the pipeline.
Prerequisites: EGST 0101 or EGST 0102 .
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EGST 0355 - International Women’s Grassroots Movements
Credits: 3
Examines the complex dimensions of feminism in a variety of postcolonial contexts. Throughout a number of societies, women as colonized subjects have been labeled as ‘other.’ The historical contexts of colonialism create distinct interpretations of feminism in relation to mutually reinforcing forms of political, economic and racial domination. The purpose of this course is to examine the multiple ways in which women have organized to improve their lives in a variety of geopolitical settings, primarily in the contemporary period.
Prerequisites: EGST 0102 .
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EGST 0356 - Activism in Asian American Communities
Credits: 3
Examines the rise of activism in Asian American communities from the Yellow Power Movement of the 1960s to the present, with the impact of globalization and the “war on terrorism.” Students will learn about the problems these myriad Asian communities have faced and continue to face as we move into the 21st century. They will also learn what the different groups from Asia have in common and how they differ from each other, and the ways in which they have come together for political empowerment.
Prerequisites: EGST 0201 or EGST 0202 .
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EGST 0390 - Special Topics in Ethnic and Gender Studies
Credits: 3
An advanced course offers a variety of topics with a myriad of perspectives and foci. Course offerings may include explorations of particular research areas in ethnic and gender studies from content based analysis to theoretical explorations. Course may be repeated to fulfill multiple thematic areas in the EGST Major
Prerequisites: EGST 0101 or EGST 0102 .
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EGST 0396 - Capstone Seminar n Ethnic and Gender Studies
Credits: 3
Guided research in Ethnic and Gender Studies. Students prepare a research project on a relevant subject of their choice. Each student is responsible for arranging to work with a member of the EGST faculty.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing or permission of the instructor.
(Formerly MCES 0301)
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EGST 0397 - Social Justice and Community Activism
Credits: 3
Working from a model of service learning established by Robert Coles, students in this course actively work to support the work and needs of existing community organizations, while simultaneously engaging such concepts as social identity, self/other, charity, social justice, praxis, moral obligation, and the historical examination of social justice movements relevant to their field sites. The work of radical service organizations supported by college students will be studied alongside the more reflective texts by Coles. This course requires that students participate in a minimum of one hour per week of field experience for 12 weeks in a community setting and two hours of classroom time.
Prerequisites: EGST 0396 .
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EGST 0398 - EGST Internship
Credits: 3-6
Juniors or Seniors seeking to put theory to practice may intern at sites selected in consultation with their advisor(s). Students will be required to complete a learning contract, submit weekly logs, create a professional portfolio, be evaluated mid and end of semester by a site supervisor, and write a final paper which is topic specific and assigned by the instructor. Such papers might address specific concepts relevant to the student’s course of study. For example, a student working at Planned Parenthood might examine the role of women’s health clinics historically in the United States or in a particular region. When internships are taken during the semester, students will meet monthly to share experiences, struggles, and successes. EGST student might consider selecting sites addressing urban planning, environmental health, public policy, community literacy, among others.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing.
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FINC 0102 - Personal Financial Planning
Credits: 3
A study of the concepts and strategies in personal financial planning. Major topics include planning techniques, forms of income, investment and savings, managing credit, risk management, tax planning, accumulation and transfer of wealth.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0102)
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FINC 0207 - Financial Management
Credits: 3
Introduces basic concepts of corporate financial management. The course encompasses practical, as well as theoretical, aspects of corporate finance, with an emphasis on the decision making functions of the financial manager and the process of valuation. The objective of the course is to give students specific skills to analyze and interpret financial data and to develop an understanding of the nature of investment and financing decisions in business organizations. Topics covered include; financial statement analysis, the time value of money, the valuation of financial securities such as stocks and bonds, and capital budgeting analysis.
Prerequisites: ACCT 0105 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0207)
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FINC 0305 - Introduction to Econometric Methods
Credits: 3
Crosslisted: ECON 0305
A study of the application of statistical methods and techniques to economic conditions. The primary focus of the course is the formulation, interpretation, and critical analysis of regression methodology. Topics include: hypothesis testing, multiple regression, specification errors, multi-colinearity, and autocorrelation.
Prerequisites: ECON 0101 , ECON 0102 , and MATH 0108 , or permission of instructor, Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0305)
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FINC 0306 - Managerial Economics
Credits: 3
Crosslisted: ECON 0306
An emphasis on the application of microeconomic theory in the solution of everyday business problems faced by the firm relating to production, costs, demand, expenditures, etc. A course designed for Business Management students.
Prerequisites: ECON 0101 and ECON 0102 , Junior or senior status is required.
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FINC 0312 - Investments: Security Analysis
Credits: 3
Introduction to fundamental concepts of investments with an emphasis on the evaluation of financial securities. Topics include the operation of financial markets, how securities are bought and sold, economic and industry analysis, and financial statement analysis. The objective is to familiarize students with basic concepts and discuss issues critical to making sound investment decisions. It is applicable to students seeking to develop personal investing skills, as well as those considering a career in the area of investments.
Prerequisites: FINC 0207 or permission of instructor, Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0312)
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FINC 0314 - Industrial Organization
Credits: 3
Crosslisted: ECON 0314
An examination of the structure, conduct and performance of industries in the United States. Determinants of industrial organization, including economies of scale, mergers, vertical integration, advertising, pricing strategies and technology, are examined. Analysis of antitrust policy focusing on legal precedents regarding monopoly, price-fixing, mergers, and deceptive practices.
Prerequisites: ECON 0102 , Junior or senior status is required.
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FINC 0318 - Advanced Managerial Finance
Credits: 3
This course reinforces and extends the concepts introduced in FINC 0207 - Financial Management . Topics include asset valuation, the time value of money, and a variety of issues facing corporate financial managers, such as the cost of capital, capital budgeting and risk, capital structure decisions, dividend policy, hedging and risk management, mergers and corporate governance. Casework and computer analyses are used extensively.
Prerequisites: FINC 0207 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0318)
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FINC 0319 - Investments: Portfolio Management
Credits: 3
An introduction to fundamental concepts of investments with an emphasis on managing an investment portfolio. Topics include risk and return, capital allocation decisions, investment goals and objectives, use of derivative securities in portfolio construction, and performance evaluation. The objective is to familiarize students with the theory of portfolio construction and discuss issues critical to making sound investment decisions. It is appropriate for students seeking to develop personal investing skills, as well as those considering a career in the area of investment management.
Prerequisites: FINC 0207 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0319)
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FINC 0320 - Money and Banking
Credits: 3
Crosslisted: ECON 0300
An analysis of money, the banking system, financial markets and economic activity. The course presents the nature of money and the role of commercial banking in an historical context, as well as inflation, budget deficits, the yield curve, the stock market, the gold standard, balance of payments, exchange rates, portfolio theory and the role of the Federal Reserve System in the U.S. economy.
Prerequisites: ECON 0101 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0320)
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FINC 0326 - Insurance and Risk Management
Credits: 3
Provides the student with an in-depth understanding of all phases of insurance and risk management. The topics to be studied are basic principles, the nature and operation of insurance business, and the nature of risk and risk management. Included in these topics are property insurance; casualty insurance; life, accident, and health insurance; and group and social insurance.
Prerequisites: FINC 0207 , Junior or senior status is required.
(Formerly MGMT 0326)
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FINC 0350 - Special Topics in Finance
Credits: 3
Examines and analyzes contemporary topics in finance and investments. Course content will vary according to the area of specialization of the instructor and the interests of the students. May be repeated if course content differs.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor, Junior or senior status is required.
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GARP 0101 - World Regional Geography
Credits: 3
Within a world regional context, the course offers an examination of the patterns and underlying processes comprising both the human and natural realms of geography. Course content deals with the earth, places, people, the natural environment, human-environmental interaction, and the movement of people, goods, and ideas. Special emphasis is given to achieving a degree of literacy in world locations and developing map interpretation skills. The course also introduces various topical specializations in geography such as economic geography, political geography, population geography, physiography, and urban geography.
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GARP 0102 - Physical Geography
Credits: 4
Physical Geography is the study of the spatial variations of the physical phenomena on the surface of the Earth. It focuses on the geo-systems of the Earth, including the four major “spheres”: Atmosphere (weather, climatology); Lithosphere (landforms); Hydrosphere (water resources); and Biosphere (flora, fauna). The human-environmental interaction is emphasized. Laboratory and field experiments will explore the various spheres of the Earth and include map interpretation, remote sensing analysis, atmospheric studies, geomorphology investigation, and other human-environment interactions.
Prerequisites: No prerequisite.
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GARP 0105 - Introduction to Community Planning
Credits: 3
This course examines the history of planning, planning theory, and the specialty areas of planning including physical, social and economic planning. Students learn to identify urban and environmental planning problems, apply specific tools to solve the problems, and develop master plans. Topics covered include land preservation strategies, innovative zoning techniques for affordable housing, economic revitalization techniques, and grant-writing skills.
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GARP 0106 - Introduction to Environmental Analysis
Credits: 3
This course introduces the interface between the human and natural environmental systems. Topics include: air and water pollution; forest and wildlife preservation; risk assessments of floods and other hazards; urban climatology; and various techniques of environmental assessment.
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GARP 0110 - Science for Future Presidents
Credits: 3
A broad and rigorous examination of important scientific topics and questions that are necessary to understand in order to make informed decision in the 21st century. This course takes an interdisciplinary approach across the fields of biological, physical, and Earth/space sciences, addressing current scientific issues with an emphasis on connecting science, human impacts, and policy choices. Specific topics may include: climate change, sustainability, biotechnology, and space exploration. Readings, writings, discussions, and a position paper allow students to expand and refine their scientific literacy and understanding of societal connections.
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GARP 0204 - Housing in America
Credits: 3
An examination of the unique qualities of housing, the changing role of the government in housing, the major factors in the provision of housing, and the success and failure of housing programs. Programs to be reviewed include homeownership tax credits, public hosing, housing vouchers, and mixed-income developments, particularly as they are affected by issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, family composition, age and/or sexual orientation.
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GARP 0206 - Climate Change
Credits: 3
An examination of our climate system, including the physics of the greenhouse effect and mechanisms/forcings, both natural and human, of climate change. The second part of the course focuses on climate change observed in the past, today, and in the future, including methods of past climate reconstruction and future climate prediction. The third part of the course extends the discussion beyond the scientific basis and into questions of impacts, vulnerabilities, and possible adaptation/mitigation strategies.
Prerequisites: GARP 0102 or permission of instructor.
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GARP 0210 - Cultural Geography
Credits: 3
An examination of the world’s major geographic realms, focusing on characteristics such as language, religion, population growth, and national development which give identity to these realms and often spawn conflict between realms.
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GARP 0213 - Travel and Tourism Planning
Credits: 3
Surveys world tourist areas, the role of the human and natural environment in tourism and recreation, trip planning, and sustainable practices for tourism planners.
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GARP 0215 - Economic Geography
Credits: 3
An analysis of basic economic activities and the ways in which environmental factors affect them. Major emphasis is given to the differences between economies of abundance and economies of scarcity, with special emphasis on present world resource problems. This course may be taken as part of the requirements for Economic majors with the permission of both departments.
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GARP 0216 - The (Un)Just City
Credits: 3
A study of the urban setting through a geographical analysis of its social, economic, demographic, political and environmental problems, with a particular emphasis on social justice, community agency and diversity. The structure of the course will allow the student to conduct independent research areas where his/her main interests lie. Independent research will be prefaced with a short history of the origin, growth, development and spread of urbanism.
Prerequisites: Sophmore Standing.
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GARP 0217 - Global Issues of the Future
Credits: 3
Explores a variety of conditions, problem issues, and potential solutions confronting today’s increasingly global and interdependent society. Students are introduced to futurism methodologies such as delphi polls, trend extrapolations, future histories, and cross-impact matrices. Topical subject matter for the course includes exploding and imploding populations, global food supply problems, water supply and quality issues, air pollution sources and solutions, solid waste disposal, environmental disasters such as Bhopal, India, the problems and prospects for nuclear power, and geographical conflicts of global proportion like the Middle East.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
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GARP 0218 - Recreation Geography
Credits: 3
An introduction to the patterns of provision, use and management of recreation resources. Primary focus is on outdoor public recreation resources. Major topics include spatial analysis of physical setting, development of public needs, government policies, site management, economic and social concepts which impact on outdoor recreation planning. Special emphasis will be placed on the recreational resources of the New England region.
Prerequisites: Sophomore status.
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GARP 0219 - Land Use and Resource Planning
Credits: 3
An analysis of land use within the urban area and a historical perspective on land use in America from colonial times to the present. Part two is devoted to an in-field inventory of present day patterns of land use in a local urban area. The concluding segment of the course will involve analysis of the land use inventories to determine areas of conflicting land uses and to offer solutions to resolve these conflicts.
Prerequisites: GARP 0102 .
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GARP 0222 - Site Planning Studio
Credits: 3
An introduction to the geography of site and locational analysis. Students are presented with case studies involving the best locations for various types of facilities, including business, residential, and institutional uses. Students complete projects involving urban form and site design.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
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GARP 0225 - Legal Issues in Zoning and Planning
Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the land use/law field by introducing the student to the highlights of the history of zoning, and the impacts of courts case law on land use development decisions. The student will learn how to interpret and prepare land use court case review. Specific topics of the course include: how constitutional law governs land use decision making; the impacts of police power, eminent domain, and aesthetic controls on planning practice; and the effects of exclusionary practices on zoning districts.
Prerequisites: GARP 0105 and GARP 0106 .
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GARP 0230 - Meteorology
Credits: 3
A nonmathematical introduction to weather science. Students are introduced to the basic elements of weather: earth?sun relations, temperature, winds and atmospheric pressure, humidity and precipitation, air masses, fronts, cyclogenesis, weather forecasting and storms. Students are also acquainted with the use of weather instruments.
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GARP 0235 - Geomorphology
Credits: 3
An analysis of various processes of landform development, with emphasis on the delimitation of landform regions.
Prerequisites: GARP 0102 .
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GARP 0236 - Environmental Analysis II
Credits: 3
Crosslisted:
Provides an advanced treatment of the problems created by the interfacing of natural and human systems in the environment. Special emphasis will be placed on problems unique to the New England context, including air and water pollution, waste management and the development of New England coastal areas.
Prerequisites: GARP 0106 .
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GARP 0238 - Environmental Impact Analysis
Credits: 3
Crosslisted:
This course covers the geographic, social and economic impact of land use projects on the natural environment. Students are taught how to determine the baseline inventory of environmental components and how to predict the impact of development on the environment. Topics include the legislative history, review criteria and analysis of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). Students gain practical experience with EIS’s through case study approaches and preparation of evaluation assessments.
Prerequisites: GARP 0106 .
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GARP 0243 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
Credits: 3
An introduction to the application of remote sensing techniques for the inventory and analysis of earth resources. Included are the treatments of exotic sensors, electromagnetic energy physics and data processing for digital classification techniques.
Prerequisites: GARP 0102 .
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GARP 0244 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Credits: 3
provides the fundamental background of a GIS. Students will be introduced to the basic computer skills, map interpretation, and structure of digital graphic databases necessary to develop a GIS. Open to all majors this course trains students to think “Geographically” for a variety of disciplines and to apply these skills in the analysis of real life problems. The course will blend lecture with applied computer labs to learn how to analyze the world.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites.
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GARP 0245 - Sustainable Energy
Credits: 3
Crosslisted: ENVS 0245
Provides a thorough exploration and examination of sustainable energy in the 21st century and covers technologies (e.g. fossil fuels, wind power, solar energy, geothermal energy, nuclear power, etc.), applications (e.g. transportation, green buildings, etc.), and strategies (e.g. energy conservation, energy efficiency, lifestyle choices, et.). A special emphasis is placed on the connections between energy consumption, population growth, climate change, and global sustainability. This course includes quantitative calculations, case studies, and site visits.
Prerequisites: GARP 0102 or GARP 0106 /ENVS 0106 or permission of instructor.
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GARP 0246 - Quantitative Methodsfor Social and Physical Science
Credits: 3
Introduces students to a variety of statistical methods used in research across the social and physical science realms with emphasis primarily upon applications rather than theory. The class is taught in the computer laboratory, with class time divided between lectures and computer-based exercises. Topics include data measurement levels, measures of central tendency and dispersion, frequency distributions, cross-tabulations, hypothesis testing, chi-square analyses, t-tests, regression, and bivariate and multiple correlation.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
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GARP 0250 - Political Ecology
Credits: 3
Political ecology combines an appreciation for the biological and physical aspects of environmental issues with the rigorous analysis of environmental politics. We begin with the assumption that environmental issues are always social and political issues as well, riddled with unequal power relationships and the complexities of race, gender and ethnicity. From that starting point political ecologists engage in the study of related social and environmental injustices and the social movements that have emerged in response to them. Topics that will be studies in detail in this course include: the political ecology of conservation and indigenous peoples; the political ecology of food, agriculture and rural development; the political ecology of urbanization and suburbanization.
Prerequisites: GARP 0101 and GARP 0106 ; or permission of instructor.
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GARP 0251 - Water Resources Planning and Management
Credits: 4
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This course focuses on societies’ management of water resources. Students will develop an understanding of the diverse water issues affecting people on local, regional, and global scales. The lab portion will include topics such as field sampling of water flow and water quality. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: BIOL 0102 or GARP 0106 , and MATH 0108 ; or permission of instructor.
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GARP 0252 - Cities of the Global South
Credits: 3
Discussion of the growth and structure of selected developing cities in the global south as illustrations of process of urbanization. Specific regions will be studied around five basic themes: 1) evolution of urban systems and settlements; 2) internal structure and models of cities; 3) major distinctive or representative centers; 4) concepts of the global south as a framework for understanding its place and representation within, and linkages to the world system; 5) major contemporary and historical social, racial, gendered and classed systems, problems and solutions.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
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GARP 0305 - Regional Geography of New England
Credits: 3
A study of the various physical features of New England: forms, climate, soil and vegetation, with an emphasis on natural resources and manufacturing.
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GARP 0311 - Regional Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean
Credits: 3
This course is a broad regional survey of the geographic realms commonly referred to as Latin America and the Caribbean. Together these realms are home to the largest Native American and African descended populations in the Americas; several of the western hemisphere’s largest cities; and a diverse physical geography that includes the world’s most extensive rainforest and river systems, its longest chain of mountains and one of its most extensive barrier reefs systems. Using a variety of films, readings and music the course explores the complex geographies of this diversity and takes stock of contemporary and historical developments, with special attention to ongoing struggles for social and environmental justice. The course draws on concepts and insights from physical geography and landscape ecology; cultural, social and economic geography; postcolonial studies; political ecology and environmental history; world-systems and dependency theory.
Prerequisites: GARP 0101 or permission of instructor
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GARP 0314 - Transportation Geography
Credits: 3
Deals with the evolution, significance, and underlying geographic principles of transportation, the theoretical bases of interaction, and the techniques of network analysis. The format of the course will allow the student to conduct independent research in the areas of interest. A significant portion of the course will introduce the student to computer-assisted techniques for transportation system analysis, although no student experience with computer operation is assumed.
Prerequisites: GARP 0101 .
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GARP 0316 - American Suburbanization
Credits: 3
Examines post WWII expansion of American suburbs. The course traces the rise of suburbs as a dominant feature on the American metropolitan landscape and analyzes the political, economic, social, and cultural ramifications of suburban development on American city life.
Prerequisites: GARP 0105 .
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GARP 0317 - Special Topics in Geography and Planning
Credits: 3
An in-depth study of a limited or specialized area within Geography and Regional Planning. Course content will vary according to the area of specialization of the instructor and the interests of the students. May be repeated if course content differs.
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GARP 0320 - Intermediate Meteorology
Credits: 3
Intermediate meteorology focuses on more advanced topics in meteorology with major focus on synoptic and mesocale meteorology. Emphasis on weather forecasting techniques including surface and upper air charts, use of numerical (computer) forecasting models (e. g. Limited Fine Mesh, etc.), analysis of radar and satellite imagery and severe weather analysis.
Prerequisites: GARP 0230 , junior/senior standing, and background in algebra.
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GARP 0325 - Food Systems Planning
Credits: 3
This course explores the complexities of food systems planning at the local community and regional scales. Many aspects of the global good system have become characterized by processes that are socially and ecologically harmful. these include mono-cropping and displacement of small-holding farmers. Additionally, local geographies of access to healthy food have been shown to reflect socioeconomic and racial disparities. In an effort to address these undesirable consequences, and to promote community and ecological health and resilience, planners and food systems activists work to achieve food systems that are equitable, accessible, fresh, local, and sustainable. This course is a project-based experience that involves students in the search for a more socially and ecologically just food system in Western Massachusetts.
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GARP 0330 - Climatology
Credits: 3
A study of the processes and patterns of the world’s climates. After a review of basic meteorology, the Koppen and Thorthwaite classification systems are discussed. The final portion of the course investigates applied climatology which includes: human biometeorology (climate and humans), agriculture climatology, climates past and future, and the effect of climate on transportation, architecture, business, and the construction industry.
Prerequisites: GARP 0230 .
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GARP 0331 - Severe and Unusual Weather
Credits: 3
Introduces students to the meteorological conditions associated with the formation of severe weather conditions, and examines the impact of hostile weather on human activities. Lectures focus on the Jet Stream and its role in the genesis of cyclones, blizzards, severe thunderstorms, lightning, hail, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, cold and heat waves and bizarre weather phenomena such as dust devils, Chinooks, Haboobs, Santa Anas, and mountain-adoes.
Prerequisites: GARP 0102 or GARP 0230 .
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GARP 0340 - Data Collection and Analysis
Credits: 3
Introduces methods for the collection of data in social research and the analysis of numerical data using simple statistical computer software. In addition to a discussion of survey design, the course covers the advantages and limitations of in-person interviews, telephone surveys, and mail-out surveys. Students use computer software to produce simple, descriptive statistical analyses from survey data, including measures of central tendency and dispersion, frequency counts, and cross-tabulations. Much of the course involves the design, implementation, analyses, and write-up associated with a large class project.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
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GARP 0343 - Advanced Remote Sensing
Credits: 3
An advanced approach which provides students with an introduction to the application of remote sensing techniques for the inventory analysis of earth resources. Included are treatments of exotic sensors, electromagnetic energy physics and data processing for digital classification techniques.
Prerequisites: GARP 0102 and GARP 0243 .
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GARP 0344 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
Credits: 3
Advanced GIS is an advanced course which provides students with the techniques for the spatial analysis of humans in the Earth’s environment. Included assignments will explore digital data collection and encoding, spatial analysis, visual interpretation, and graphic output.
Prerequisites: GARP 0244 or equivalent.
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GARP 0345 - Geography Skills and Themes for Teachers
Credits: 3
This course updates basic geographic skills of teachers. The geographic themes of location, place, human-environmental interactions, movement, and regions are introduced, discussed and demonstrated. Emphasis is placed upon techniques for teaching concepts of spatial analysis.
Prerequisites: GARP 0101 or permission of instructor.
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GARP 0350 - Internship in Regional and Environmental Planning
Credits: 3-12
Students must apply for an internship to the Coordinator of Regional Planning one semester in advance of the one during which he/she will be scheduled to do the internship. Students who meet the criteria for internship status are matched with available options. Special interests and requirements of the skills of the internship position are taken into consideration in the assignment.
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GARP 0352 - Planning Green Sustainable Cities
Credits: 3
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This upper-level seminar focuses on green sustainable cities’ planning concepts and initiatives by comparing American and European cities. It explores environmentally friendly dimensions of urban form, design, transportation, sprawl, urban ecology and restoration, energy and material use, green architecture, environmental justice, and social equity. Readings, writings, discussions, planning exercises, case studies, and field trips allow students to understand sustainable urban patterns and dimensions. Each student will have an individual research project, which involves data collection and analysis, identification of urban and environmental problems, and recommendations.
Prerequisites: Junior/Senior standing or permission of instructor.
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GARP 0360 - Field Methods
Credits: 3
Explores the basic methods used to make physical and socio-cultural observations or measurements in a spatial setting. Off-campus field work is required. Specific skills developed include map reading, aerial photographic interpretation, field sketch mapping, compass traverses, sampling, questionnaire design, interviewing, analysis, and reporting.
Prerequisites: GARP 0102 and junior/senior standing.
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GARP 0391 - Seminar in Regional and Environmental Planning
Credits: 3
Focus of the seminar is on the formulation and development of a plan which addresses a particular land use or growth management problem. Readings and discussion involve aspects of the master planning process. Projects involve environmental pollution impact studies. Independent research is conducted by collecting and analyzing data and recommending alternatives and solutions to the planning problem.
Prerequisites: GARP 0105 , GARP 0106 , and GARP 0340 or GARP 0246 ; or permission of instructor.
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GARP 0399 - Independent Study
Credits: 3-6
A course by special arrangement in a specific theoretical or applied area in Geography or Regional Planning. A student may be assigned a series of readings and discussions, or and applied project in an area of environmental quality control, land preservation, or design techniques.
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GEOL 0101 - Physical Geology with Laboratory
Credits: 4
A broad introductory survey of geology that focuses on the role of plate tectonic theory in providing a fundamental understanding of the Earth as a global system. The course also provides students with an introduction to scientific methodology and to the multifaceted interactions between science, technology and society. Topics to be covered include the minerals and rocks that make up the Earth’s crust, the processes of weathering and erosion that shape the Earth’s surface, the internal structure of the Earth, geological hazards, and energy and mineral resources. The laboratory portion of the course provides a “hands-on” introduction to the practical aspects of physical geology, including the identification of minerals and rocks, the interpretation of topographic and geologic maps, and the development of landforms. The course includes several field trips that involve additional time commitments (on weekends or beyond the normal ending time for the laboratory). Students may receive credit for either GEOL 0101 or GEOL 0102 , but not for both. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week.
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GEOL 0102 - Physical Geology
Credits: 3
A broad introductory survey of geology that focuses on the role of plate tectonic theory in providing a fundamental understanding of the Earth as a global system. The course also provides students with an introduction to scientific methodology and to the multifaceted interactions between science, technology and society. Topics to be covered include the minerals and rocks that make up the Earth’s crust, the processes of weathering and erosion that shape the Earth’s surface, the internal structure of the Earth, geological hazards, and energy and mineral resources. Students may receive credit for either GEOL 0101 or GEOL 0102, but not for both.
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GEOL 0106 - Historical Geology
Credits: 3
A survey of Earth history (with an emphasis on North America) and on the scientific principles on which that history has been based. The course also provides students with an introduction to scientific methodology and the multifaceted interactions between science, technology, and society. Topics to be covered include the interpretation of sedimentary rock sequences in terms of depositional environments, the history of life on earth as inferred from the fossil record, and a synthesis of Earth history in terms of plate tectonics.
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GEOL 0108 - General Oceanography
Credits: 3
A broad introductory survey of oceanography with a focus on modern geological and chemical oceanography. The course provides a comprehensive exposure to the scientific methods in an interdisciplinary format, including topics from biology, chemistry, geology, and physics. The course will also expose students to the current state of scientific knowledge in the field of oceanography, management of natural resources, and technological and societal implications. Topics include earth history, plate tectonics, geophysics, geochemistry, marine sediments, the hydrosphere, physical properties of salt water, seawater chemistry, ocean-atmosphere interactions, coastal processes, marine biology, human impact, and management of natural ocean resources. The course may include weekend (one day) optional field trip to nearby coast regions.
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