Geography
Courses listed as offered in "alternate" years--Fall or Spring--may not match the dates shown below. Please call the department (907-474-7494) to check actual course offerings for future semesters.
GEOG 101 3
Credits
World Regional Geography (s)
Introduction to physical, political, economic and cultural
geography of major world culture regions. Examines each region in relation to
others and in context of global economic, political and environmental change.
Also available via Independent Learning. (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
GEOG 203 3
Credits
World Economic Geography (s)
Study of the world's major economic activities: their
physical and cultural bases, spatial growth and distribution patterns, and
their significance in interregional and international development.
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
GEOG 205 3
Credits
Elements of Physical Geography (n)
Interdisciplinary analysis of the processes that form Earth's
physical environment, and how those processes condition the human environment.
Includes system interactions among weather, climate, landforms, soils, water
resources and vegetation, including world and regional patterns. Also available
via Independent Learning. (Offered every spring at the Northwest Campus.)
(3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
GEOG 205X 4
Credits
Elements of Physical Geography (n)
Interdisciplinary analysis of the processes that form Earth's
physical environment, and how those processes condition the human environment.
Includes system interactions among weather, climate, landforms, soils, water
resources and vegetation, including world and regional patterns. (Offered every
spring at the Northwest Campus.) (3 + 3) Offered Fall, Spring
GEOG 301 3
Credits
Geographic Field Research Techniques
Theory and application of geographic methods of conducting
field investigations. Collection, analysis, synthesis, and interpretation and
reporting of data concerning the natural and human environments. (Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor.) Offered As Demand Warrants
GEOG 302 3
Credits
Geography of Alaska (s)
Regional, physical and economic geography of Alaska. Special
consideration of the state's renewable and nonrenewable resources and of plans
for their wise use. Frequent class study of representative maps and visual
materials. Also available via Independent Learning. (3 + 0) Offered
Spring
GEOG 303 3
Credits
Geography of United States and Canada (s)
Introduction to systematic study of North America as a whole,
followed by detailed study of the physical and cultural landscape forms, patterns
and associations of each major region in turn. Consideration of the U. S. and
Canada in current world economic and political geography. (Prerequisite: GEOG
101 or 205X or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2007-08.)
(3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
GEOG 305W 3
Credits
Geography of Europe (s)
Europe's regional, physical, economic and cultural geography,
natural resources, human-environmental interactions, physical and cultural
landscapes, current political and economic transformations, historical and
contemporary world influences. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X
or permission of instructor.) (Next offered: 2007-08.) (3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Fall
GEOG 306 3
Credits
Geography of Russia (s)
The physical, cultural and historical geography of Russia and
the Ukraine, Central Asia, Siberia and parts of Eastern Europe. (Next offered:
2007-08.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
GEOG 309 4
Credits
Cartography (s)
Graphic techniques for presenting geographic data and
patterns through the construction of thematic maps. Emphasis on map design. Materials
fee: $150. (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Next offered: 2008-09.)
(1 + 9) Offered Alternate Spring
GEOG 311W 3
Credits
Geography of Asia (s)
Regional geography of Asia, exclusive of the Soviet Union.
Physical framework, natural resources, peoples, major economic activities and
characteristic landscapes of the major regions of Japan, China, Southeast Asia,
India-Pakistan and the Asiatic countries of the Middle East. (Prerequisite:
ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X or permission of instructor.) (Next offered:
2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
GEOG 338 3
Credits
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
(Cross-listed with NRM 338)
Geographic data concepts including mapping systems, data
sources, editing data, GIS analysis and computer mapping. Introduction to
global positioning systems. GIS applications in natural resources management.
(Prerequisite: Knowledge of PC's or Unix workstations desirable.)
(2 + 3) Offered Fall
GEOG 339 3
or 4 Credits
Maps and Landscape Analysis (n)
Topographic map interpretation for landscape analysis and
geographic data acquisition, including topographic features, vegetation patterns,
and political and cultural features. Emphasis on topographic maps for remote
data acquisition and environmental impact analysis. Optional laboratory for one
additional credit. (Prerequisites: GEOG 101 or GEOG 203; GEOG 205X.)
(3 + 0) or (3 + 3) Offered Spring
GEOG 341 4
Credits
GIS Analysis
(Cross-listed with NRM 341)
GIS analysis of natural resources including spatial query,
attribute query, vector, grid, image, topographic and network analysis techniques.
(3 + 3) Offered Spring
GEOG 401 3
Credits
Weather and Climate (n)
Weather systems and climate classification. Emphasis on
weather system processes, measuring weather variables and physical processes of
the atmosphere. (Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or 205X; or permission of instructor.
Next offered: 2007-08.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
GEOG 402 3
Credits
Resources and Environment (s)
Interdisciplinary analysis of the Earth as a natural resource
base, and the management issues of resource extraction, allocation, development,
conservation and preservation. (Prerequisites: GEOG 101, 205X. Next offered:
2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Fall
GEOG 404W 3
Credits
Urban Geography (s)
A world survey of urbanization with particular emphasis on
the accelerating urban revolution. Conditions favoring the rise of cities, locational
and site factors, regional and interregional resource availability, and human
factors. Changing functions and patterns of urban areas. National and
international problems inherent in trends toward a predominantly urbanized
economy and culture. Implications of urbanization in Alaska. (Prerequisite: ENGL
111X; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X or permission of instructor; and GEOG 101.)
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
GEOG 405 3
Credits
Political Geography (s)
Geographical analysis of the evolution, structure, internal
coherence and sources of strength of individual nation states, with emphasis on
nations of the Pacific realm and Arctic periphery. Consideration of regional
blocs, spheres of influence and potential for international cooperation.
(Prerequisite: GEOG 101.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
GEOG 408 3
Credits
Quantitative Research Techniques
Analysis of geographic data. Includes sampling techniques,
lab techniques and applied statistical analysis (computational and computer
based). Nonparametric and parametric statistical tests using geographic and
environmental data sets, and interpretation of statistical results.
(Prerequisites: Junior standing and college-level mathematics, or permission of
instructor. Next offered: 2007-08.) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
GEOG 427 3
Credits
Geography of Cold Lands (s)
(Stacked with GEOG 627 and NORS 627)
Comparative physical, human and economic geography of cold
regions in the North, especially Canada, Siberia, Greenland and Scandinavia.
Special attention given to spatial patterns of settlement and natural resource
development. (Prerequisite: GEOG 101 or 203 or 205X or permission of
instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Spring
GEOG 463 3
Credits
Wilderness Concepts
(Stacked with GEOG 663 and NRM 663 and cross-listed with
NRM 463)
History and evolution of wilderness thought, the contemporary
meaning of wilderness, and survey of economic and noneconomic wilderness values
for individuals and society. (3 + 0) Offered Fall
GEOG 464 3
Credits
Wilderness Management
(Cross-listed with NRM 464)
Wilderness ecology and land management practices on lands
designated as wilderness. Plus, visitor management regimes are analyzed. Both
national and international views of wilderness are presented. (Prerequisite: A
basic course in ecology, resource management or permission of instructor.) (3 + 0)
Offered Spring
GEOG 482W, O 3
Credits
Geography Seminar (s)
Discussion of geographic thought including past, present and
future directions of the discipline. Contributions of geography to science,
philosophy and ethics integrated through detailed review of contemporary
literature and research. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X; COMM
131X or 141X; senior Geography major; and permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Spring
GEOG 627 3
Credits
Geography of Cold Lands
(Stacked with GEOG 427 and cross-listed with NORS 627)
Comparative physical, human and economic geography of cold
regions in the North, especially Canada, Siberia, Greenland and Scandinavia.
Special attention given to spatial patterns of settlement and natural resource
development. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Spring
GEOG 663 3
Credits
Wilderness Concepts
(Stacked with GEOG 463 and NRM 463 and cross-listed with
NRM 663)
History and evolution of wilderness thought, the contemporary
meaning of wilderness, and survey of economic and noneconomic wilderness values
for individuals and society. (3 + 0) Offered Fall