| Course Descriptions - 500/600
Level Courses
GRY
520: Maps in the Classroom
(B) Classroom-laboratory approach to map
use for students and
teachers. Formal study of map elements. Map reading, interpre-
tation. Classroom map exercises, their design, use. (3 cr.
hr.)
GRY
529, 629: Special Topics in Geography
Selected Topics: May be taken more than
once as subtitle changes.
Prerequisites: Designated by department as appropriate
for content and academic level of credit. (1-4 cr. hr.)
GRY
580: Historical Geography of North America
(B) This course takes an interdisciplinary
approach in examining 500
years of geographical history on the North American continent.
Using secondary and primary source materials, it looks at
the
evolving human and cultural geography of North America from
the
first few insecure European "points of attachment,"
to permanent
colonies, expanding empires, transcontinental nations, and
finally a
macroculture of global impact in the 21st century. It examines
the
changing economic and technological conditions, the clash
of
cultures (European, Native American and African), and the
historical
and geographical processes of environmental and landscape
change
that accompanied these transformations. (3 cr. hr.)
GRY
595: Independent Study in Geography
(O) Independent research in selected geographic
problems.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. (3 or 4 cr. hr.)
GRY
640: Seminar in Geographic Techniques
(O) Intensive work in geographic techniques.
Prerequisites: Nine hours of geography. May be repeated
for credit
with departmental approval. (3 cr. hr.) |
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