University of Delaware
1996-1997 Undergraduate Catalog
1996-1997 Courses
Geography
GEOG 101 Physical Geography 3
Influence of atmospheric processes and boundary conditions on the
spatial distributions of climate, soils and vegetation, as well as on
human activities at the surface of the earth.
GEOG 102 Human Geography 3
Examination of the spatial distribution of human activities worldwide.
Particular attention is given to those factors and processes that have
led to spatial inequality and locational conflict from the international
scale to the neighborhood scale.
GEOG 120 World Regional Geography 3
Introduction to the geographic regions of the world and the changing
relations between regions. Emphasis is on environmental, economic, and
political geographic relationships between industrial and developing
nations.
GEOG 152 Climate and Life 4
Introduction to those physical and biological processes that shape our
climatic environment. Important themes include the exchanges of energy
and mass between the atmosphere and both vegetation and built
environments; and the influence of climate on humans and humans on
climate.
GEOG 203 Introduction to Cultural Geography 3
Introductory study of people, landscapes and cultures through time.
Emphasis is on culture, ethics and aesthetics as contexts for human
perceptions and the creation of varied human habitats.
GEOG 206 Physical Geography: Topography-Soils 3
Basic processes responsible for the development, modification,
distribution and variety of landforms and soils.
GEOG 210 Economic Geography 3
Areal variation on the earth's surface of human activities related to
producing, exchanging and consuming wealth. World distributional
patterns of the major economic activities.
GEOG 220 Meteorology 3
Analysis of the atmosphere, weather elements, air masses, fronts and
storms. Principles of weather forecasting. Special problems of
micrometeorology.
GEOG 225 Historical Geography of the United States 3
Persistence and change of settlements, economic activities and
social/cultural behavior in development of different geographical
regions of the United States.
GEOG 226 Geography of Latin America 3
Physical, historical and cultural geography of Latin America.
GEOG 227 Historical Geography of Europe 3
Cultural and historical factors that have shaped the geographic patterns
of modern Europe.
GEOG 230 Humans and the Earth Ecosystem 3
An examination of the historical and contemporary role of humans as
major agents of biological change in the earth's ecosystem.
GEOG 235 Conservation of Natural Resources 3
Physical, social and economic problems involved in integrating resource
management and maintaining environmental quality.
GEOG 236 Conservation: Global Issues 3
Introduces the global nature of resources management and discusses the
relationships between population growth, the market economy,
agricultural production and mineral and energy exploitation, worldwide.
GEOG 240 Environment and Behavior 3
An interdisciplinary introduction to individual and group behavior in
relation to developed and natural environments. The implications of such
human environment interactions for planning.
GEOG 250 Computer Methods in Geography 4
Introduces and describes methods of practical digital computing for use
in geographic research. Main topics include elementary FORTRAN
programming and the utilization of library programs, particularly
mapping packages.
GEOG 255 Applied Climatology 3
Application of climatic information to practical problems of
agriculture, irrigation and crop scheduling, health, clothing, water
resources, architecture and industry.
GEOG 270 Map Communication and Design 3
History, design and use of maps as tools for effective communication of
geographic ideas.
GEOG 272 Map and Air Photo Interpretation 3
Analysis of maps, aerial photos and selected remote sensing techniques
to interpret physical and cultural environments. Includes measurement of
phenomena on air photos, photogrammetry and maps, and cartometrics.
GEOG 310 Social Geography 3
The environment is defined, arranged and experienced differently by
different social groups. Examines the geographical settings of
minorities - ethnic groups, women, children, elderly and the homeless -
and the ways institutions, media and political processes affect the
spatial location and place experiences of these groups.
GEOG 320 Water and Society 3
Study of the physical occurrence and distribution of water in all parts
of the hydrologic cycle: introduces the nature of human demands for
water, the possibilities of obtaining additional supplies and the
difficult legal, economic and political questions of management of water
resources.
GEOG 325 Urban Geography 3
Spatial relationships of urban areas, focusing on the structure of
towns, the organization of urban space and the external relationships of
cities.
GEOG 328 Transportation Geography 3
Geographical factors in the development of transportation and influences
of transportation innovations on spatial patterns of settlement and
regional growth.
GEOG 330 Biogeography 3
Interactions among environmental, biological and cultural processes that
have led to present landscapes. Field trip required.
GEOG 340 Behavioral Geography 3
Human behavior in large-scale environments. The psychological,
physiological and cultural variables that mediate in human-environment
relationships.
GEOG 342 Bioclimatology 3
Influences of weather and climate on animals, plants and humans, and
their distributions; adaptation to normal and extreme environments; and
environmental measurement and interpretation.
PREREQ: GEOG330 and GEOG250.
GEOG 343 Climatic Geomorphology 3
Influence of climate and vegetation elements on rock weathering and soil
erosion rates. Landform assemblages and surface materials produced under
present and past climatic regimes.
PREREQ: GEOG206, GEOL105 or GEOL107.
GEOG 345 Cultural Geography 3
Broad principles of the field. Human mobility and stasis. Material and
symbolic landscapes. Individual and group values in landscape formation
and change.
GEOG 346 Urban Cultural Geography 3
City landscapes as expressions of attitudes and ideals. Oriental and
Western; classical, modern and future. Humanizing the urban landscape.
GEOG 351 Urban Climatology 3
Emphasis on the modification of climate produced by cities. Discusses
both theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of urban
climates.
PREREQ: GEOG250 and GEOG255.
GEOG 357 Paleoclimatology 3
A survey of earth's climatic history, with emphasis on the methods used
to reconstruct that history and the relevance of past climate changes as
indicators of the sensitivity of the current climate.
PREREQ: GEOG101 or GEOG152 or GEOG220.
GEOG 366 Independent Study 1-6
GEOG 370 Production Cartography 3
Design and construction of professional-quality maps using computer and
photographic darkroom techniques. Emphasis on multi-color maps for
publication.
PREREQ: GEOG270.
GEOG 372 Geographic Information Systems 3
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are a rapidly growing computer-
based technology for storage and analysis of spatial information. GIS
technology has been used in a variety of municipal, utility and natural
resource applications. Course considers the history, uses, technology
and implementation issues associated with GIS.
GEOG 380 Western Landscapes of America 3
Major themes in the exploration, settlement and evolution of western
cultural landscapes. Impact of the West upon landscape styles and
culture of America.
GEOG 390 Honors Colloquium 3
See ARSC390 for description.
GEOG 412 Physical Climatology 4
Energy and moisture exchange between the atmosphere and land surface for
characteristic natural and human-modified environments.
PREREQ: MATH241 and GEOG250.
GEOG 420 Atmospheric Physics 3
Introduction to energy and moisture flows in the atmosphere at small
scales. Includes atmospheric thermodynamics, cloud physics and
radiation.
PREREQ: GEOG220 and MATH242.
GEOG 423 Atmospheric Dynamics 3
Investigates atmospheric motion in a quantitative manner. Expands basic
conservation laws to derive the equations of atmospheric motion and to
develop the concepts of vorticity and circulation. Discusses atmospheric
wave motion and general circulation.
PREREQ: MATH242 and GEOG220.
COREQ: MATH243.
GEOG 425 Internal Structure of the City 3
Theoretical and practical approaches to an understanding of changing
land uses within urban areas.
PREREQ: GEOG325.
GEOG 428 Issues in Land Use and Environmental Planning 3
Examines theory and contemporary practice in land use and environmental
planning with emphasis on creating an integrative framework that
balances development demands for urban, suburban, and agricultural land
against the needs to conserve and enhance environmental and cultural
resources.
GEOG 430 Conservation Forest Ecosystems 3
Evaluation of human impact upon North American forests, concentrating on
physical and biotic features that should be considered to maximize
forest productivity.
PREREQ: GEOG230.
GEOG 440 Visual Landscapes 3
Social and behavioral science approaches to the study of human
responsiveness to natural and urban visual environments. Implications
for design, impact assessment and planning.
PREREQ: GEOG240 or GEOG340.
GEOG 441 The Ecology of Crime 3
See CRJU455 for course description.
GEOG 445 Method and Theory in Geography 3
The nature of geography, its history, methodology and applications in
research and societal problems. A pre-professional course.
GEOG 448 Culture and Environment 3
Importance of attitudes toward nature in several cultural traditions.
Processes in the formation of cultural landscapes, urban and rural. The
city as a cultural-geographic environment.
GEOG 450 Proseminar in Environmental Science 3
Discussion of the history and state of environmental science as well as
its relation to current environmental problems. Survey of research
topics and methodologies in the current scientific literature. May be
cross-listed with BISC450 and/or GEOL450.
RESTRICTIONS: Open to senior Environmental Science majors only, or
requires permission of instructor.
GEOG 451 Microclimatology 3
Introduction to instrumentation and techniques involved in microclimatic
monitoring and sampling. Field observation programs carried out in
varying environmental situations.
PREREQ: GEOG412.
GEOG 452 Seminar in Climatology 3
General theoretical and practical considerations of research in
climatology.
RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
GEOG 453 Synoptic Climatology 3
Physical processes involved with development and transportation of
weather systems, including relationships between upper atmospheric flow
and surface weather phenomena, synoptic evaluation of air masses,
synoptic techniques for environmental analysis.
PREREQ: GEOG220.
GEOG 455 Water Budget in Environmental Analysis 3
The development of the climatic water budget and its use in
understanding problems in hydrology, agriculture, forestry, urban
planning and the distribution of environmental systems. Evaluation of
the influence of different human activities on the factors of the water
budget.
GEOG 460 Women in International Development 3
See SOCI460 for course description.
GEOG 464 Internship in Geography 3-6
On the job experience in governmental or private planning, consulting,
environmental or engineering agencies.
GEOG 466 Independent Study 1-6
GEOG 469 Senior Research and Thesis 1-6
GEOG 470 Computer Cartography 4
Introduction to cartographic theory and computational methods necessary
for drawing maps with the aid of a digital computer.
PREREQ: GEOG250.
GEOG 472 Advanced Geographic Information Systems 4
Commercial geographical information systems (GIS) are introduced and
used to analyze a wide variety of spatial data bases. Georeferenced data
are acquired, restructured, and manipulated in a GIS environment. GIS
methods are applied to local-scale geographical, environmental, and land
planning problems.
PREREQ: GEOG250 and GEOG270 or GEOG372 or GEOG470.
GEOG 505 Atmospheric and Oceanic Environments 3
Survey of atmospheric and oceanic environments. Includes the physical
background, from composition and solar forcing, through the
distributions of energy and moisture fluxes on the planet. Human
modifications and responses to atmospheric and oceanic environments also
are considered.
PREREQ: MATH242 and PHYS201.
RESTRICTIONS: Open to Environmental Science graduate students.
GEOG 612 Physical Climatology 4
Energy and moisture exchange between the atmosphere and land surface for
characteristc natural and human-modified environments.
PREREQ: MATH241 and GEOG250.
See URAF614 for course description.
GEOG 615 Urban and Regional Planning 3
Se URAF615 for course description.
GEOG 620 Atmospheric Physics 3
Introduction to energy and moisture flows in the atmosphere at small
scales. Includes atmospheric thermodynamics, cloud physics and
radiation.
PREREQ: MATH242 and GEOG220.
COREQ: GEOG250.
GEOG 623 Atmospheric Dynamics 3
Investigates atmospheric motion in a quantitative manner. Expands basic
conservation laws to derive the equations of atmospheric motion and to
develop the concepts of vorticity and circulation. Discusses atmospheric
wave motion and general circulation.
PREREQ: MATH242 and GEOG220.
COREQ: MATH243.
GEOG 625 The Internal Structure of the City 3
Theoretical and practical approaches to an understanding of the changing
land uses within urban areas.
PREREQ: GEOG325.
GEOG 628 Issues in Land Use and Environmental Planning 3
Examines theory and contemporary practice in land use and environmental
planning with emphasis on creating an integrative framework that
balances development demands for urban, suburban, and agricultural land
against the needs to conserve and enhance environmental and cultural
resources. May be cross-listed with URAF628.
GEOG 630 Conservation Forest Ecosystems 3
Evaluation of the human impact upon North American forests,
concentrating upon the physical and biotic features that should be
considered to maximize forest productivity.
PREREQ: GEOG230.
GEOG 635 The Evolution of the American Urban Landscape 3
See URAF635 for course description.
GEOG 636 Research Topics in Historic Preservation 3
See URAF636 for course description.
GEOG 640 Visual Landscapes 3
Social and behavioral science approaches to the study of human
responsiveness to natural and urban visual environments. Implications
for design, impact assessment and planning.
PREREQ: GEOG240 or GEOG340.
GEOG 645 Method and Theory in Geography 3
The nature of geography, its history, methodology and applications in
research and societal problems. A preprofessional course.
GEOG 647 History of Environmental Ideas 3
Key environmental ideas are examined as expressions of culture, from
Classical Antiquity to the present. Particular emphasis is placed on
expressed culture- nature relationships ( e.g., Grand Design,
environmental and/or cultural determinism, nature-culture dichotomies,
humanism versus ecologism).
RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students in Environmental Science.
GEOG 648 Culture and Environment 3
Importance of attitudes toward nature in several cultural traditions.
Processes in the formation of cultural landscapes, urban and rural. The
city as a cultural-geographic environment.
GEOG 649 Environment and Society 3
Considers the relationships between environmental and social processes
from theoretical, philosophical, and methodological perspectives of
geography. Explores the ethical and contextual implications implied in
framing environmental questions and posing solutions. Examines
approaches to the geographical analysis of environmental problems.
RESTRICTIONS: Open to graduate students in Environmental Science.
GEOG 651 Microclimatology 3
Introduction to instrumentation and techniques involved in microclimatic
monitoring and sampling. Field observation carried out in varying
environmental situations.
PREREQ: GEOG412 or GEOG612.
GEOG 652 Seminar in Climatology 3
General theoretical and practical considerations of research in
climatology.
RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
GEOG 653 Synoptic Climatology 3
The physical processes involved with the development and transportation
of weather systems. Selected topics include relationships between upper
atmospheric flow and surface weather phenomena, synoptic evaluation of
air masses and synoptic techniques for environmental analysis.
PREREQ: GEOG220.
GEOG 655 Water Budget in Environmental Analysis 3
The development of the climatic water budget and its use in
understanding problems in hydrology, agriculture, forestry, urban
planning and the distribution of environmental systems. Evaluation of
the influence of different human activities on the factors of the water
budget.
GEOG 657 Climate Dynamics 3
Investigation of the physical processes controlling global climate,
starting with the earth-sun relationship and adding additional processes
to increase complexity and realism. Extensive use of models to explore
the importance of each process.
PREREQ: GEOG250 and MATH302.
GEOG 670 Computer Cartography 4
Introduction to cartographic theory and computational methods necessary
for drawing maps with the aid of a digital computer.
PREREQ: GEOG250.
GEOG 672 Seminar in Geographic Information Systems 3
Principles underlying geographic information systems (GIS) are examined,
and sample geographic problems are analyzed. Design and programming of
modules for data acquisition and storage, map projection, map overlay,
spatial data analyses, and graphic output are considered. Geographic
themes and data vary each time the seminar is offered.
PREREQ: GEOG470, GEOG670 or GEOG472.
GEOG 681 Remote Sensing of Environment 3
See MAST681 for course description.