Graduate Courses

GRADUATE COURSES (Undergraduates by permission of instructor only)

702 [202] Contemporary Geographic Thought (3). History and philosophy of geographic discipline, with particular emphasis on developments in recent decades. Kirsch.

703 [203] Geographic Research Design (3). Introduction to the theory and practice of geographic research. The range of methods available for problem identification and solution are considered through development of specific research proposals. Staff.

704 [204] Communicating Geography (1). This informal seminar introduces new students to departmental faculty and resources outside the department. Whitmore.

705 [205] Advanced Quantitative Methods in Geography (3). Application of selected multivariate statistical techniques to the analysis of geographic phenomena and problems. Moody, Konrad.

710 [210] Advanced Physical Geography – Biogeoscience (3). Examination of the major processes controlling environmental cycling of material and energy at the landscape level and development of a quantitative understanding of the physical and ecosystem processes responsible for landscape pattern and evolution. Staff.

711 [211] Advanced Physical Geography – Hydroclimatology and Bioclimatology (3). Examination of topics focused on the atmospheric and the vegetation and land surface parts of the hydrologic cycle at the micro to global spatial scale and short-term to millennial temporal scale. Band, Doyle.

715 [215] Land Use/land Cover Dyamics and Human-environment Interaction. (3). Examination of topics that integrate social, natural, and spatial sciences within the context of human-environment interactions, with an emphasis on landuse/landcover dynamics and spatial digital technologies for linking landscape form and function. Walsh.

720 [220] Cultural and Political Ecology. (3). This course examines the foundations and current literature on cultural and political ecology. Focus is given to: the appropriation of “Nature”, degradation and deforestation, conservation, famine, post-colonial peasants, resistance, Indigeneity, and property, land distribution and governmentality. Wolford.

760 [260] Geographies of Economic Change (3). This course is designed to explore changing geographies of production and consumption in theory and practice. Wolford.

790 [290] Spatial Analysis and Computer Modeling (3). This course introduces students to spatial analysis techniques involving points, lines, areas, surfaces, and non-metric spaces and programming basic geographic models on microcomputers. Staff.

SEMINARS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (Undergraduates by permission of instructor only)

801 [301] Research Seminar in Earth System Science and Biophysical Geography (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary faculty research topics in earth system science and biophysical geography. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

802 [302] Research Seminar in Geographic Information Sciences (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary faculty research topics in geographic information sciences. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

803 [303] Research Seminar in Nature-society Studies and Human-environment Interactions (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary faculty research topics in nature-society studies and human-environment interactions. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

804 [304] Research Seminar in Social Geography (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary faculty research topics in social geography. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

805 [305] Research Seminar in International Area Studies, Development, and Globalization (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary faculty research topics in international area studies, development, and globalization. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

811 [311] Seminar/readings in Earth System Science and Biophysical Geography (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary readings in earth system science and biophysical geography. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

812 [312] Seminar/readings in Geographic Information Sciences (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary readings in geographic information sciences. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

813 [313] Seminar/readings in Nature-society Studies and Human-environment Interactions (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary readings in nature-society Studies and human-environment interactions. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

814 [314] Seminar/readings in Social Geography (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary readings in social geography. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

815 [315] Seminar/readings in International Area Studies, Development, and Globalization (3). An in-depth seminar devoted to contemporary readings in international area studies, development, and globalization. Topics and instructors vary. Staff.

SPECIAL WORK, THESES, AND DISSERTATIONS

900 [299] Special Work in Geography (2 or more). Prerequisites, two courses in the one hundred bracket, or permission of the instructor. (On demand.) Staff.

993 [393] Master’s Thesis (3 or more). Fall or spring. Members of the graduate faculty.

994 [394] Doctoral Dissertation (3 or more). Fall and spring. Members of the graduate faculty.