NOTE: GRY 110, 120, or 125 meet the prerequisite of
"introductory geography."

GRY 110: Physical Geography
(C) Patterns of physical elements of landscape and atmosphere,
their interrelations, how they differ from place to place. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 120: Cultural Geography
(A) Comparative study of cultures in their geographic setting and
their response to modern world interdependence and problems of
food, population, development. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 125: Human Geography and Global Development
(A) A spatial study of race, class and gender relations in the context of
contrasting cultures, and the role the relations play in global
development - social, political and economic. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 129, 229, 329, 429, 529:
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 150: Modules in Geography
(O) Five-week mini-courses focusing on regions, nations, or
geographic topics dealing with contemporary problems, issues.
Three hours per week. May be repeated as topic changes. (1 cr. hr.)

GRY 215: Geography of Travel and Tourism
(C) The spatial analysis of international travel and tourism. The use
of such geographical techniques as mapping and quantitative
analysis to describe and predict the origins and destinations of the
world's tourists. The study of physical and cultural landscapes as
major tourism resources in countries around the world. (3 cr. hr.)

GRY 221: Social Geography
(B) Geographical analysis of social groups, institutions in United
States. Emphasis upon spatial qualities of cultural and social
assimilation process experienced by racial and ethnic minorities.
(3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 240: Economic Geography
(F) Spatial analysis of production, transportation, market destina-
tion of commodities. Introduction to the use of computer-assisted
location-analysis techniques. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 250: Urban Geography
(B) Factors in establishment, growth of urban places; analysis of
function, internal patterns, hinterland interrelationships; urban
land use, problems of clustered settlements. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 251: Cities of the World
(C) Geographical analysis of patterns in world urbanizations, with
an emphasis upon non-U.S. cities. Examination of the internal and
external character of the world's major cities with a focus on urban
areas as tourism resources and their role in the regional develop-
ment of tourism. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 260: Geography and Film
(O) Select problems in cultural geography as exhibited through film.
May be repeated with different subtitle: Social Geography of
England, Comparative Cultural Geographies - India and Brazil,
Race issues in Southern Africa. (Also listed as AAS 260, CIN 260.) (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 270: Geopolitics
(C) Geographical foundation of international political phenomena;
geographic factors in development and orientation of states and
power blocs. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 301: Science, Human Affairs, and the Environment
(S) Examination of origins, evolution and significance of Green-
house Theory of climate change. Investigation of other theories
advanced to account for climate shifts. Evaluation of evidence
suggesting a climatic warming of unprecedented magnitude is under
way and that anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gases is responsible.
(3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 315: Ecotourism
(S-C) A global and local analysis of the physical environment as a
tourism development resource. An examination of such natural
systems as the rainforest, ocean and desert as tourism resources and
the environmental impact of tourism on the viability of these
niches. Regional and local studies of the environment as a basis for
tourism development will be drawn from Amazonia, East Africa,
Central America, the Caribbean and North America. (Also listed as
REC 315.) (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 324: Cartography and Geographic Information
(F) Principles and methods of spatial data collection, processing,
analysis and display. Intorduction to Cartography, Geographic
Information Systems, and Global Positioning Systems. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 326: Computer Graphics
(S-C) Introduction to computer graphics. Development, use of
original, commercial programming to produce two and three-
dimensional images on the department's graphics terminal, plotter
and line printer. Emphasis upon skills used in cartography, business
and the sciences. Prerequisite: MCS 186 or CAP 200. (3 cr. hr.)

GRY 327: Computer Mapping
(F) Introduction to desktop computer mapping. Practical experi-
ence in using computer mapping techniques to create thematic
maps that graphically display data. Database organization, manipu-
lation and analysis for efficient production of publication quality
maps for communicating spatial information. Three lectures and/or
demonstrations, one two-hour laboratory. (Also listed as CAP 327.)
Prerequisites: CAP 100 or CAP 110 and CAP 111. (4 cr. hr.)

GRY 328: Geographic Information Systems
(S) Desktop computer-based Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Applications. Practical experience using GIS software to learn
geographic data management, thematic mapping, basic map and
database querying, as well as map creation and report writing.
Three lectures and/or demonstrations, one two-hour lab. (Also
listed as CAP 328.) Prerequisites: CAP 100 or CAP 110 and CAP 111. (4 cr. hr.)

GRY 330: Advanced GIS Techniques
(S-C) Planning, execution and delivery of a GIS-based project,
which demonstrates mastery of tools of GIS in a substantive
application tailored to field of interest. (Also listed as CAP 330.)
Prerequisites: GRY/CAP 327 or GRY/CAP 328. (4 cr. hr.)

GRY 370: Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for
Elementary Education Majors
(F-C) This course provides a science, technology, and society
(STS) research experience for elementary education majors.
Through class, group, and individual projects, students develop
and pursue a research question, investigate resources, and reach
a set of comprehensive conclusions on one of the following
global resource topics: air, water, minerals, agriculture, energy,
forestry, fisheries, and wildlife. (3 cr. hr.)

GRY 400: Geographical Analysis
(F) Application of quantitative techniques to solution of
geographical problems. Included are the study of point pattern
analysis, geographical sampling, areal association and ecological
analysis. Three lectures, one two-hour laboratory. (4 cr. hr.)*

GRY 415: Tourism Planning and Development
(F-C) The spatial analysis of tourism as a component of
economic development. A regional comparison of the market-
ing of tourism resources in the Developed and Less Developed
Countries of the world. Examination of the resources necessary
for the development of tourism and an analysis of the eco-
nomic and environmental impact on a location as a result of
marketing those resources. (Also listed as REC 415.)
(3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 425: Geography in the Classroom
(S-C) Application of geography's principles, themes and
learning outcomes to the classroom setting. Study and
application of national and New York State learning standard
in geography to the K-12 classroom. Illustration of successful
teaching models and evaluation instruments in geography and
global studies. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 440: Seminar in Geography
(S) Approaches, techniques of geographic analysis.
Prerequisite: Consent of department. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 470: Resource Geography
(C) Analysis of relationship of resources (human and natural)
to man, human evaluations of geographic space and environ-
mental quality, management of environmental quality in
context of a contemporary world. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 480: United States
(C) Topical, regional analysis focusing on interrelationships of
cultural, economic and physical patterns and problems. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 481: Geography of New York State
(O) Human, natural resources. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 482: Central America and the Caribbean
(O) Regional description and analysis of the human and
physical landscape of the countries of Central America and the
Caribbean. Geographical analysis of the region's politics,
culture and economy with a particular focus on the role of
tourism in the development of its economy. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 484: Geography of Europe
(C) Regional study: major problems of physical, cultural
landscape of Europe. Industry, commerce, agriculture.
(3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 485: Africa, South of the Sahara
(C) Cultural, political factors and relationship to past and
present population patterns. (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 486: Monsoon Asia
(S-C) Topical, regional analysis of cultural, physical environ-
ments (Japan to India). (3 cr. hr.)*

GRY 495: Independent Study in Geography
(O) Independent research in selected geographic problems.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. (3 or 4 cr. hr.)

GRY 499: Internship in Applied Geography
Internship with a local government agency or business.
Supervised application of statistical, cartographic and locational
skills. Prerequisites: GRY 400, 440; consent of department. S,
U grades are assigned. (3 cr. hr.)

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 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.)

Related Education Courses

AED 400: Student Teaching
(F) Full-time supervised social studies teaching in public schools
for ten weeks. (6 cr. hr.)

SSS 300: Introduction to Secondary Social Studies
(A) This course introduces students to unit and lesson planning,
focuses on the history of American education as it relates to
social studies, familiarizes students with the social studies
learning standards, and makes comparisons between middle
school and high school teaching. Includes 100-hour field
experience. (3 cr. hr.)

SSS 301: Pre-Practice Teaching Seminar
(F) Integrated study of A.) Introduction to Secondary Educa-
tion; B.) Introduction to Methods of Teaching Social Studies;
C.) Introduction to Contemporary Secondary School Issues;
D.) Preparation for specific practice teaching assignment. S, U
grades assigned. (11 cr. hr.)

SSS 303: Post-Practice Teaching Seminar
(F) Problem approach drawing upon experience of students
during practice teaching. Designed to focus on contemporary
educational issues, beginning the job search and application
process, teaching and learning at the middle school level and
exploring the history and philosophy of teaching. S, U grades
assigned. (1 cr. hr.)

Information Source: SUNY Cortland 2003-2004 Undergraduate Catalog