GEOGRPHY 1040 4 credits Planet Earth
The features of the natural environment (lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere); their character, distribution, origin and relationship with human beings. Principles of environmental conservation are also included. A field trip is required. Not open to students who have had Geography 1140 or Geography 1240.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
GE: Natural Science
GEOGRPHY 1050 3 credits Introduction to Human Geography
An introduction to the global distribution of human characteristics. Topics will include population, cultural, agricultural, industrial, economic, political, urban, linguistic and religious geographies. The character, distribution, and origin of these geographies will be examined along with their relationship to each other and the physical environment.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
GEOGRPHY 1140 4 credits Global Landforms
This course is the study of the distribution of landforms across the globe, with consideration of the processes and historical factors that determine these patterns. Lab techniques will include map basics, regional landscapes and field techniques. Field trips are required.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
GE: Natural Science
GEOGRPHY 1230 3 credits Survey of Cultural Geography
An introduction to the culture of peoples, with a focus on the constructing of culture and the primary components of culture: ethnicity, language, religion, and popular culture. The course concentrates on cross-cultural comparisons in an attempt to broadly describe cultures from around the world.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
GEOGRPHY 1240 4 credits Weather and Climate
Elements and controls of weather and climate; origin, characteristics and distribution of climate and vegetation.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
GE: Natural Science
GEOGRPHY 1260 1 credit United States Geography
The emphasis in this one credit course is on thecultural and economic geography of the U.S.
Components: Lecture
GEOGRPHY 1330 3 credits World Regional Geography
Geographic understanding of the major regions of the world; emphasis is placed upon human-environmental relationships.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
GEOGRPHY 1370 4 credits Global Vegetation
This course is a survey of the geographical distribution of vegetation types and habitats, with consideration of the environmental and historical factors that determine these patterns. Field and Lab techniques will be introduced.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
GE: Natural Science
GEOGRPHY 2230 4 credits Geographic Information Systems: Thematic Mapping
Designing and creating geographic and attribute computer databases for the production of maps, including projections, methods of data reduction, and symbologies.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
GEOGRPHY 2250 3 credits Tropical Marine Ecosystems
This course is built around a three week summer field course based at the University of the South Pacific's Marine Studies Program, taught by experts in their field at UWP and USP. Topics for study will include tropical marine environment, communities, and conservation. There will be several required field excursions.
Components: Lecture
Cross Offerings: BIOLOGY 2250
GE: International Education, Natural Science
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: one previous course in geography, geology, biology or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3030 3 credits Economic Geography
Location, aerial variation, functional and spatial interrelationships of the production, exchange, and consumption of goods and services.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 1330 or consent of the instructor
GEOGRPHY 3120 3 credits Geography of Wisconsin
A regional approach to the cultural, economic and physical geography of Wisconsin.
Components: Lecture
GE: Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 1040 or GEOGRPHY 1140 or GEOLOGY 1040 or GEOLOGY 1140
GEOGRPHY 3130 3 credits Geography of the United States and Canada
A regional approach to the cultural, economic and physical geography of the United States and Canada.
Components: Lecture
GE: Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 1230 or GEOGRPHY 1330 or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3170 3 credits Space, Place, and Gender
An introduction to gender and geography. The role of gender in the study of geography, which is concerned with places, linkages, patterns of flow, locations, landscape, and the social/political/economic production of space.
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Cross Offerings: WOMSTD 3170
GE: Gender Studies, Social Sciences
GEOGRPHY 3230 4 credits Geographic Information Systems: Vector Fundamentals
Explores the fundamental principles of numerical data entry, digitizing, data manipulation and analysis, and the interpretation of spatially referenced data, using the family of GIS functions in a vector GIS. (Recommend completing GEOGRPHY 2230 before enrolling in this course.)
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
GEOGRPHY 3330 3 credits Environmental Conservation
The relationship of humans and the natural environment. Topics include environmental world views, the effects of eco system disruption, and use and misuse of natural resources.
Components: Lecture
GE: Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: junior standing or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3340 4 credits Biogeography
This course examines Earths biosphere, which extends from the seafloor, to about 5 miles into the atmosphere. Students will study the biosphere, the distribution of biota worldwide, both past and present, and the factors that determine these patterns. Topics discussed include evolution, extinction, dispersal, altitudinal zonation, zoogeographic provinces, regional climate, vegetation structure, ecological succession, species richness, global climate change, biomes, and island biogeography.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
GE: Natural Science
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 1040 or GEOGRPHY 1370 or BIOLOGY 1150 or BIOLOGY 1650 or BIOLOGY 1750 or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3350 3 credits Geography and Development of the Middle East Geography
The geographic region of the Middle East is comprehensively studied, both regionally and topically. Topics include those both from physical and human geography. Specifically, it examines why countries that comprise the Middle East are among the most contentious in the world today. In addition, we will examine variation in levels of development among various Middle Eastern peoples, countries and regions.
Components: Discussion, Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 1330 or consent of the instructor
GEOGRPHY 3430 3 credits Geography of Africa
The geographic region of Africa is comprehensively studied, both regionally and topically. Topics include those from both physical and human geography.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: a 1000-level course in geography or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3520 3 credits Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
An introduction to the theory and interpretation of remote sensing imagery, with emphasis on photographic, thermal, and microwave remote sensing systems. Stereo pair photos from aircraft will be used to illustrate geographic and environmental applications of remote sensing, such as their use in mapping and measuring features on the earth's surface.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: a 1000-level course in geology or geography or consent of the instructor
GEOGRPHY 3530 2 - 3 credits Topics in Regional Geography
Selected world regions are studied in a traditional regional or topical format.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
GEOGRPHY 3550 4 credits Process Geomorphology
This in an advanced course about the processes that shape the Earth surface. Topics of study will include the evolution and distribution of Earth's surface features (landforms) and the processes that have shaped them. Lab work will include field, laboratory and map analysis of landforms and sediments.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 1040, GEOGRPHY 1140, GEOLOGY 1140 or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3630 3 credits Geography of Latin America
The geographic region of Latin America is comprehensively studied, both regionally and topically. Topics include those from both physical and human geography.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: a 1000-level course in geography or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3720 3 credits Geographic Information Systems: Digital Image Analysis
Theory and techniques for digital image processing (DIP) of digital earth resources satellite imagery and incorporation into geographic information systems. The course will emphasize visual interpretation and the use of statistical operations on the computer for automatic interpretation and enhancement.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 2230 or GEOGRPHY 3230 or 3 credits of a computer-related course
GEOGRPHY 3730 3 credits Geography of Europe
The geographic region of Europe, including Russia, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, is comprehensively studied, both regionally and topically. Topics include those from both physical and human geography.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: a 1000-level course in geography or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3750 1 - 4 credits Field Geography of the Western United States
This course is built around an extended field experience in selected regions of the western United Sates. Topics for study will include physical, human, and environmental geography.
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: a previous course in geography or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3850 3 credits Geography of the National Parks
This course examines the National Park System (NPS) of the United States from a geographic perspective. The course will use the NPS as a lens through which to examine issues of geographic importance, including those from physical, human, and environmental geography. There will be a required field trip.
Components: Discussion, Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: a previous course in geography and consent of instructor; consent of instructor for those without a previous geography course wil be given only infrequently and only for students with exceptional aptitude and geographic promise
GEOGRPHY 3930 3 credits Geography of Asia
A regional and topical comprehensive study of the geographic regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Topics include those from both physical and human geography.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: a 1000-level course in geography or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 3960 6 credits Geography of Japan
A detailed study of Japan, featuring its physical, cultural, human, demographic, and political geography. The heart of the course will be a six week field study in Japan.
Components: Field Studies
GE: International Education
GEOGRPHY 4030 3 credits Geography Seminar
Development of geographic thought, library research techniques, organization and presentation of research data.
Components: Seminar
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: at least junior standing and geography major or minor
GEOGRPHY 4120 2 - 3 credits Topical Seminar
A specific geographic topic within a seminar format.
Components: Laboratory, Seminar
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: junior standing
GEOGRPHY 4150 3 credits Climate Change
This course will cover the current and past climate changes that impact the Earth. An emphasis will be placed on how current climate changes are impacting people.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: any physical geography course or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 4230 3 credits Political Geography
The interrelationships of earth and state, the geographical explanation of international relations, an examination of the geopolitics of several countries.
Components: Lecture
GE: International Education, Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: 3 credits of geography
GEOGRPHY 4330 3 credits Geographic Information Systems: Raster Fundamentals
Explores the fundamental principles of numerical data entry, digitizing, data manipulation and analysis, and the interpretation of spatially referenced data, using the family GIS functions in a raster GIS.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 2230 or GEOGRPHY 3230
GEOGRPHY 4350 3 credits Gender Relations in Cross-Cultural Perspective
This course examines how people's gender roles are defined across cultures. Specifically we examine implications of these definitions with respect to various issues such as division of labor within households, gender differentiated health issues, domestic violence, gender and politics. We address these issues at a variety of geographic scales ranging from household to the national and global. Critical thinking, analysis, research and writing skills will also be developed.
Components: Discussion, Lecture
GE: Gender Studies, Social Sciences
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 3170 or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 4530 3 credits Historical Geography of the United States
Recreation of past geographies; changes through time in the physical and cultural environment.
Components: Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: 3 credits in geography or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 4660 1 - 8 credits Cooperative Field Experience
Enhancement of the educational experience through placement of a student with a cooperating agency, business, industry or institution. The nature of the assignment, type of experience, number of credits and evaluation procedure to be stipulated in a statement of agreement learning contract) between the student and the department.
Components: Field Studies
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: consent of department chair
GEOGRPHY 4760 1 - 8 credits Geography Field Sudy
Field trip of one to eight weeks duration to study regional or systematic geography firsthand in North America or overseas.
Components: Field Studies
GE: Social Sciences
GEOGRPHY 4840 4 credits Soil Geomorphology
Soil development emphasizing the relationship to the landscape throughout the Quaternay. Field trips are required.
Components: Laboratory, Lecture
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: GEOGRPHY 1040 or GEOGRPHY 1140 or GEOLOGY 1140 or consent of instructor
GEOGRPHY 4920 1 - 3 credits Independent Study in Geography
Independent work on a particular topic or problem supervised by a staff member.
Components: Independent Study
Prereqs/Coreqs: P: consent of department chair