College of Arts and Sciences
French and Francophone Studies
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FRE 419 - Sembene Ousmane and the African Cinema College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Double Numbered with: FRE 619
A study of Sembene Ousmane’s work as an introduction to the aesthetics and politics of Black African Cinema, and to issues of film history and theory. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FRE 421 - Francophone African Criticism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Double Numbered with: FRE 621
Major trends in Francophone African literary criticism. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FRE 427 - The Renaissance Body College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FRE 627
Examines the body as a trope in French literature and culture of the late-medieval and Renaissance periods. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FRE 431 - Montaigne and the New World of Renaissance Writing College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FRE 631
Examines the modernity of Montaigne’s Essais (1580-92) by focusing on the author’s creation of a self-portrait in writing. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FRE 439 - Art in France from Impressionism to Surrealism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HOA 365
Focus on major painters who lived and worked in Paris from 1860 to 1945. Emphasis on analyzing and writing about painting. Field trip to Paris. Conducted in French. Offered in Strasbourg only.
PREREQ: FRE 202
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FRE 441 - France Under the Occupation College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Interdisciplinary study of the Occupation period (1940-1945) through documents, films, and creative works. Offered in Strasbourg only.
PREREQ: FRE 202 AND ANY FRE 300 LEVEL
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FRE 443 - Modern French Drama College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Introduction to major French playwrights from the late nineteenth century to the present. Includes outings to productions in Strasbourg’s theaters. Offered in Strasbourg only.
PREREQ: FRE 202 AND ANY FRE 300 LEVEL
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FRE 447 - France from the Revolution to the Great War College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HST 447
Study of the rise of the French Republic, its revolutions, and its recurrent lapses into authoritarian rule, notably under Napoleon I and III. Conducted in French. Offered in Strasbourg only. [Effective spring 2009]
PREREQ: FRE 202
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FRE 449 - France from the Treaty of Versailles to European Integration College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HST 449
Analysis of major events in recent French history, including the rise of the Popular Front, the Nazi Occupation, the end of colonial rule, and the process of European integration. conducted in French. Offered in Strasbourg only. [Effective spring 2009]
PREREQ: FRE 202
Forensic Science
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FSC 206 - Intermediate Forensic Science College of Arts and Sciences
4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Provides a detailed look at some of the scientific ideas behind crime detection and how they interact with the legal system. Provides a rational basis for scientific analysis and interpretation of forensic evidence. Reinforced through relevant case studies.
PREREQ: CHE 113
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FSC 300 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
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FSC 332 - Intro to Forensic Anthropology College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 332
Introduction to the analysis of human skeletal remains to determine a biological profile of the deceased. Methods used by forensic anthropologists, including osteological, archaeological, and cross-cultural techniques are studied as applied to medicolegal investigations.
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FSC 406 - Advanced Forensic Science College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Double Numbered with: FSC 606
Selected areas of current interest in forensic science presented. The application of scientific methods and techniques to crime detection and the law.
PREREQ: CHE 106 OR CHE 109 OR CHE 113 OR BIO 121
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FSC 431 - Statistics for Forensic Science College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 631
Statistical concepts and methods relevant to forensic science. Includes probability, error limits, confidence intervals. Correlation, regression, and calibration. Focus on practical application, including DNA population probabilities, evidence evaluation, and hypothesis testing. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 435 - Medicolegal Death Investigation I College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 635
Medicolegal death investigation which deals with the history, purpose and legal underpinning of death investigations, effectively handling a death scene, and protocols for public safety and scene processing. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: FSC 451 OR FSC 651
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FSC 436 - Medicolegal Death Investigation II College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 636
Second course in the sequence dealing with information on medicolegal death investigation and deals with procedures for MDI processing and other topics for conducting scientific medicolegal investigations. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 437 - Medicolegal Death Investigation for Emergency Responders College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 637
Course focuses upon the information needed by emergency responders in dealing with suspicious or unexpected deaths. Topics will include dealing with sudden or unexpected deaths, handling the scene, death investigation laws and other topics. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 440 - Special Topics in Advanced Forensics College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Double Numbered with: FSC 640
An in-depth study of scientific disciplines engaged in the criminal justice and legal systems by providing a rational basis for interpreting the scientific analysis of forensic evidence through relevant case studies. Additional work required of graduate students.
Repeatable
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FSC 444 - Forensic Chemical Analysis College of Arts and Sciences
4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: CHE 444
Double Numbered with: FSC 644
Lecture content, delivered online, and laboratory on analytical methods of forensic chemistry. Underlying theory and direct experience in various chemical tests and spectroscopic methods. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: (CHE 116 AND CHE 117 ) OR (CHE 119 AND CHE 139 )
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FSC 451 - Forensic Pathology College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 651
Introduction to forensic pathology and medi-colegal investigation of death. Role and jurisdiction of the Medical Examiner, including the autopsy. Specific patterns of injury, types of deaths referred to the Medical Examiner, postmortem decompositional changes, and special topics of interest in death investigation will be discussed.
Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 452 - Forensic Mental Health College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 652
Role of consultation, research and clinical practice in areas in which psychiatry is applied to legal issues. Covers how mental health and legal systems function together; issues common to forensic psychiatric analyses. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 453 - Forensic Toxicology College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 653
Procedures utilized in forensic toxicology, including specimen types, sample preparation, instrumentation, analytical methods, and interpretation of findings. Knowledge of organic and analytical chemistry is strongly advised. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: CHE 116
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FSC 454 - Nuclear Forensics College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Double Numbered with: FSC 654
The science behind the detection, analysis, and source attribution of nuclear materials. Includes engineering, social, and governmental considerations in the wide range of circumstances encountered in this field. Offered only online. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: CHE 116
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FSC 457 - Principles of Human Toxicology College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: BIO 457
Double Numbered with: FSC 657
This course examines key aspects of human toxicology, including dose-response relationships, absorption, distribution, biotransformation, elimination, toxicokinetics, molecular mechanisms of toxicity, pesticides, metals, and toxic responses in specific organ systems. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 461 - Firearms and Impression Evidence College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 661
Forensic analysis of firearm and impression evidence and its presentation through court testimony. Manufacturing methods’ impact on identification. Serial number restoration, distance determination, full auto conversions, trace evidence, latent print analysis, laboratory quality assurance. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 462 - Forensic Entomology College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Double Numbered with: FSC 662
Application and utility of insects as evidence in criminal investigations. Biology and importance of different insect groups in decomposition process. Collection, identification, and processing of insect evidence. Temperature-time relationship in insect growth, its practical use in calculating post-mortem intervals. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 463 - Bloodstain Pattern Analysis College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 663
A lecture and laboratory introduction to the analysis of bloodstain patterns in a forensic context. History, theory, and scientific principles behind the analysis methods are supported by laboratory creation and analysis of various types of bloodstains. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 464 - Latent Print Processing College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 664
Provides practical knowledge of how to search for, develop, document, and preserve latent prints in a mock crime scene and laboratory setting. Utilizes visual, physical, and chemical methods. Additional work required of graduate students.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 3 credits maximum
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FSC 465 - Latent Prints College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 665
Biology of friction ridge skin including pattern class recognition. Digital imaging of latent prints, analysis and comparison, evidence processing including individual mock cases near the end of the semester. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 467 - Forensic Photography College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 667
Use of photography in criminal and civil investigations and trials. Changing face of photography and how use of digital cameras has altered rules of evidence and admissibility. Proper use of digital single lens reflex cameras and digital flash. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 468 - Crime Scene Investigation College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 668
History and practice of crime scene investigation, including photography, sketches, note-taking, processing and collection of evidence. Includes bloodstain pattern interpretation, collision reconstruction, case studies, mock crime scenes, moot court. Additional work required of graduate students.
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FSC 469 - Science of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: BIO 469
Double Numbered with: FSC 669
Scientific basis and means for countering WMDs, including biological systems. Protective measures, proven doctrines, practical questions, and problem solving. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: B- OR BETTER IN BOTH BIO 327 AND CHE 275
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FSC 470 - Experience Credit College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s)
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable
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FSC 472 - Advanced Light Microscopy College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: BIO 472
Double Numbered with: FSC 672
Theory and practice of modern light microscopy, including the fundamentals of image formation and applications in the biological and biomedical sciences, including reviews of microscopy methods and analog and digital image capture. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: BIO 327
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FSC 474 - Forensic DNA Analysis College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Explores the present-day state of forensic DNA analysis with a focus on the workflow, instrumentation and methods for data interpretation. Includes a computer laboratory component. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: BIO 326 OR BIO 462 OR BIO 463
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FSC 475 - Latent Prints II College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: FSC 675
PREREQ: FSC 465
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FSC 476 - Cold Cases College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Crosslisted with: BIO 476
Double Numbered with: FSC 676
Methods and practice in solving unsolved cases using fundamental science, court documents, and other sources of information. Will include work on real cases. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: B- OR BETTER IN BOTH BIO 327 AND CHE 275
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FSC 480 - International Course College of Arts and Sciences
1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
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FSC 490 - Independent Study College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s)
In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
Repeatable
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FSC 498 - Capstone Seminar in Forensic Science College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Explore specific overlaps of primary major with forensic science, make contacts with practitioners in the field, complete a capstone project, and present findings. Project will be determined through consultation between the student, instructor, and at least one practitioner.
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FSC 499 - Honors Capstone Project College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s)
Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Repeatable
Geography
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GEO 103 - Environment and Society College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Relationship between society and the environment. Natural resource use, climate change politics, food and agriculture, energy, water, and sustainability.
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GEO 105 - World Urban Geography College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Survey of world, urban geography. Major concepts of human geography for non-specialists.
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GEO 108 - Mapping Today: Technology and Spatial Thinking College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
The roles of spatial technologies and data in society and our understanding of space. Emphasis on basic concepts, ethics, access, and privacy. Study and practice of GIS, GPS, remote sensing, cartography, and social media technologies.
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GEO 155 - The Natural Environment College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Patterns of the physical phenomena at and near the surface of the earth. Surface configuration, climate, vegetation, and soil and their areal interrelationships.
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GEO 171 - Human Geographies College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
An integrative overview to human geography. Topics include human-environmental relations, demographic change, cultural landscape; urban and agricultural land use and economic restructuring.
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GEO 200 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *
Repeatable
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GEO 203 - Society and the Politics of Nature College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Biophysical and social contexts of environmental problems and decision making. U.S. and international issues considered, linking local, regional, and global scales of analysis. Case examples include water management, energy policy, global warming, sustainable development.
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GEO 215 - Global Environmental Change College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Focusing on physical processes and patterns of environmental change, changes occurring as a result of human activities, and the social consequences of environmental change.
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GEO 219 - American Diversity and Unity (Honors) College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Ethnic and racial interactions that influenced American culture’s present form, both visible (i.e., landscape) and invisible. Contemporary sociocultural changes in the frontier/West/Alaska, southern California, and the South. For honors students.
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GEO 270 - Experience Credit College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable
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GEO 272 - World Cultures College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
The globalization of culture and the persistence of local cultures around the world. Case studies from different regions of the world examine geographical processes that shape ways of life.
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GEO 273 - Geography of the World Economy: Capitalism, Inequality, Politics College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
A geographical approach to the political economy of capitalism. Introduces key theories of capital accumulation, uneven development and social struggle. Covers the historical geography of global capitalism and contemporary case studies.
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GEO 300 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Selected Topics
Repeatable
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GEO 311 - The New North Americas College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Critical study of social, political, economic, and cultural processes across contemporary North America. Focus on geographies of globalization, transnationalism, economic restructuring, and new social movements, with particular attention to race/ethnicity, gender, power, and resistance.
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GEO 313 - The United States College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Cultural, social, and regional approaches to understanding the geography of the United States. American national identity and cultural landscape, regional consumer behavior patterns, and current regional issues.
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GEO 314 - Hazardous Geographic Environments College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Mapping and public policy for natural and technological hazards. Risk perception, geographic modeling, and vulnerability assessment. Mitigation measures, risk mapping, land-use restrictions, and emergency planning.
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GEO 316 - River Environments College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Characteristics of river environments, including hydroclimatology, floods, landforms, vegetation, human impacts, and resource management issues.
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GEO 317 - Geography of Mountain Environments College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Physical and human geography of mountain regions. Focus on tectonic, geomorphological, biogeographical, and climatic processes; resource use problems and patterns, conservation, and development; environmental hazards.
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GEO 318 - Tropical Environments College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Tropical ecosystems and their human dimensions, with an emphasis on the Neotropics. Distribution, structure, and function of natural systems; human-environment interactions; management and significance.
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GEO 319 - Cold Environments College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
An exploration of environmental processes, interactions, and environmental problems in the cold regions of the world, emphasizing the Arctic.
PREREQ: GEO 155 AND (GEO 103 OR GEO 171 OR GEO 272 )
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GEO 321 - Latin American Development: Spatial Aspects College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: LAS 321
Spatial dimensions of development process in Latin America since the 1930s in a variety of contexts and at several scales. Variety of spatial models that may be applied.
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GEO 325 - Colonialism in Latin America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Processes of geographical change in Latin America from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. Reconstruction of geographies of Latin America at critical periods.
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GEO 326 - The Geography of Climate and Weather College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Atmospheric dynamics emphasizing spatial distributions of energy and moisture at several scales. Weather phenomena, regional climates, and human-induced perturbations and modifications of climate systems. Land-use change, climate change and urban climatologies.
PREREQ: GEO 155 OR EAR 101
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GEO 327 - Geography of Coastal Environments College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Natural environmental processes in the coastal zone. Emphasis on coastal transformation due to climate variability and change, estuarine pollution and habitat destruction, human modification; and subsequent associated societal hazards and implications.
PREREQ: GEO 155
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GEO 331 - The European Union College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Geo- political foundations, economic and political developments, European community institutions, integration and external relations.
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GEO 340 - Geography of Oil College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
The topic of oil used to explore the concerns of human geography with society, space, and the natural environment. By learning about oil we will cover themes and concepts important to environmental, political, cultural, economic and urban geography.
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GEO 347 - Art and Environment in American Culture Since 1800 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: HOA 482
Visual arts and environmental concern in the U.S. from the early national period to the present. Emphasizing diversity of artists and forms, the changing cultural constructions of nature, and tracing an ecological tradition in art.
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GEO 353 - Geographies of Environmental Justice College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
The relationship between environmental quality and social justice. Spatial aspects of unequal distribution of environmental risks and benefits. Case studies drawn from urban rural examples in both the United States and the Third World.
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GEO 354 - American Environmental History and Geography College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HST 384
Relationship between Americans and the natural environment from the colonial period to the present. Ecological imperialism, technology and nature, resource-management conflicts, urban environments, development of conservation and environmentalism.
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GEO 356 - Environmental Ideas and Policy College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Fundamental ideas relating to underlying evolution and implementation of environmental policy in the USA.
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GEO 358 - Animals and Society College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Relations between people and animals employing approaches from the social sciences and humanities. Topics include history and geography of animals in America, managing wildlife, zoos, animals in popular culture, pets and companion animals.
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GEO 360 - Sustainability Science and Policy College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 360
Examines sustainability science, communications, and public policy through the lens of climate-what is known about climate change and impacts, what motivates public understanding, and what actions through mitigation and adaptation make progress toward sustainability.
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GEO 361 - Global Economic Geography College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
World patterns of production and consumption in the context of regional resources and population problems. Impact of technological change on geographic organization of economic systems. Concepts in economic geography and their policy implications.
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GEO 362 - The European City College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Historical development of Europe through its cities. Growth and form of European cities; how they are governed and planned.
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GEO 363 - Cities of North America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Urban images and sense of place. Urbanization and urban growth. Urban functions and form. Social patterns, change, and transformations of urban landscapes. Housing, neighborhood, and land-use change.
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GEO 367 - Gender in a Globalizing World College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: ANT 367 , WGS 367
Economic and cultural processes of globalization as they affect different groups of men, women, and households; including gender and work, development and environmental change, and redefinitions of masculinity and femininity across the globe.
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GEO 372 - Political Geography College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Geographic analysis of the political process at a variety of spatial scales - international, intra-national, and urban. Origins of territorial organization and conflicts over access to and use of space.
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GEO 374 - Environment and Development in the Global South College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Critical analyses of international development in theory and practice, especially as it relates to environmental change in complex ways in the Global South. Topics include modernization, participation, community, gender, sustainability, agriculture, trade, water, climate change.
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GEO 381 - Cartographic Design College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
An introduction to map design, which includes clarifying communication goals, finding solutions, using graphics to promote an understanding of landscapes and spatial patterns, and exploring aesthetics, conceptual thinking, geometries, and ethics of cartographic representation.
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GEO 383 - Geographic Information Systems College of Arts and Sciences
3-4 credit(s) Every semester
Double Numbered with: GEO 683
Basic concepts in spatial data handling. Algorithms and data structures for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Demonstration of power, potential, and limitations of GIS. Graduate students register for three credits. Undergraduate students register for four credits with required laboratory work.
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GEO 386 - Quantitative Geographic Analysis College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Double Numbered with: GEO 686
Descriptive and inferential statistics for use geo-referenced data, spatial autocorrelation, and geostatistics. Geographic examples. Weekly labs. Individualized advanced work and term project.
PREREQ: MAT 121 OR MAT 183 OR MAT 221 OR STT 101
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GEO 388 - Geographic Information and Society College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Double Numbered with: GEO 688
Effects of geographic information technologies on governments, communities, and individuals. Mapping as an information industry, a political process, a surveillance technology, and a communication medium. Copyright, access, hazard management, national defense, public participation, and privacy.
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GEO 396 - European Integration College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 396
Focuses on the origins, nature, and likely future course of the European Union. More generally, examines five long-range challenges facing contemporary Europe: Demographic decline; globalization; Civic Integration; Great Power Rivalry; and Sustainable Development.
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GEO 400 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
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GEO 405 - Conservation and Management Protected Areas: South Africa-OTS College of Arts and Sciences
4 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 405
Taught in South Africa through the Organization for Tropical Studies program. Analyze management of wildlife and natural resources within ecological, political, social, historical, and economic context of South Africa.
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GEO 415 - Food: A Critical Geography College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Critical examination of the social, political and environmental aspects of contemporary agri-food systems. Topics include industrial and alternative agriculture, fisheries, food policy, hunger, health issues and food justice. Involves field-based and mapping assignments.
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GEO 422 - Water: Environment, Society and Politics College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: GEO 622
Critical geographical analyses of inter-connected and cross-scalar role of water in environment, society, politics and economy globally. Investigates various water-society relationships, water governance, policies, crises, struggles, controversies, conflicts, and water justice, in theory and practice. Additional work required of graduate students.
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GEO 425 - South Africa College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
The geography, history, and societal complexity of South Africa. Its current place in the world, its parallels and lessons for the USA.
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GEO 426 - Environmental Change in the Anthropocene College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Double Numbered with: GEO 626
Investigation of the roots of the Anthropocene as a concept and a geologic epoch; examination of human drivers of and interactions with global environmental change. Additional work required of graduate students.
PREREQ: GEO 103 OR GEO 155 OR GEO 215
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GEO 428 - Auld Reekie: Scotland and the Road to London College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Field studies seminar examining popular and elite cultural forms that organize life in Britain. Emphasizes interaction with local culture environments to explore contemporary identities and how and why identity and attitude are formed. Offered in London only.
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GEO 430 - Energy, History and Society College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Explores the role of energy resources in shaping historical, social, and political change.
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GEO 434 - Pursuing Sustainability Policy College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 434
An introduction to sustainability policy-examining the complex systems approach to sustainable development, comparing conventional approaches and analytical tools for environmental policy, and drawing from case studies and theoretical materials.
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GEO 435 - The Global Middle East College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Survey of political, cultural, and nature-society geographies of the Middle East; focus on the region’s global connections through geopolitics, culture, urban life, and environmental themes.
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GEO 440 - Race and Space College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Critical geographic study of race and racism as formative aspects of sociocultural, economic and political processes. Focus on race/racism’s operations across scales, with particular attention to gender, class, culture, colonialism, citizenship, power, and resistance.
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GEO 450 - Geographies of Migration and Mobility College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
This course examines human migration and its sociocultural and political impacts on sending and receiving communities. Focused on the mobility of people, ideas, and commodities, it investigates migration’s role in producing and transforming human geographies.
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GEO 455 - Biogeography College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Double Numbered with: GEO 655
Exploration of the environmental factors that influence the distribution of organisms. Emphasis is on plant distributions and dynamics, and consideration includes both natural and human factors. Additional work required of graduate students.
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GEO 463 - Geography of Homelessness College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Examines the roots and consequences of homelessness in contemporary cities. Focus on United States and globalization of American-style homelessness. Explores role of space and spatial relationships in shaping homeless people’s lives and homeless policy.
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GEO 470 - Experience Credit College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
Participation in a discipline- or subject-related experience. Students must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable
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GEO 478 - Spatial Storytelling College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Double Numbered with: GEO 678
Techniques and impacts of spatial storytelling from a geohumanities perspective. Ways of conceptualizing space, time, and realities. Study and practice with maps, texts, images, video, and other visualization techniques. Additional work required of graduate students.
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