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MEES Course Listing : Geography
GEOG 446 Applied Climatology (3 credits)
Prerequisites: GEOG 345 or permission of department.Course Description: Components of earth's radiation balance and energy budgets: radiation, soil heat flux and the evaporation process. Measurement and estimation techniques. Practical applications of microclimatological theory and techniques. GEOG 471 Advanced Computer Cartography (3 credits)
Prerequisites: GEOG 371.Course Description: Advanced topics and skills of computer map mapping using more sophisticated software package. Map projection evaluation and selection, coordinate system conversion, techniques of quantitative thematic mapping, map design and generalization, hypermedia and animated cartography. Emphasis on designing and making cartographically sound sophisticated thematic maps. GEOG 472 Remote Sensing (3 credits)
Prerequisites: GEOG 372 or introductory remote sensing course in another department.Course Description: Use of numerical, digital data and pictoral images from aircraft and space vehicles. Image display and enhancement. Applications in resources management and environmental studies. GEOG 473 Geographic Info. Systems & Spac. Anal. (3 credits)
Prerequisites: GEOG 373.Course Description: Analytical uses of geographic information systems; data models for building geographic data bases; types of geographic data and spatial problems; practical experience using advanced software for thematic domains such as terrain analysis, land suitability modeling, demographic analysis, and transportation studies. GEOG 498 Topical Investigations (1-3 credits)
Course Description: Independant study.
GEOG 605 Quantitative Spacial Analysis (3 credits)
Prerequisites: GEOG 305 or permission of department.Course Description: Multivariate statistical method applications to spatial problems. Linear and non-linear correlation and regression, factor analysis, cluster analysis. Spatial statistics including: trend surfaces, sequences, point distributions. Applications orientation. GEOG 605 (UMBC) Applied Landscape Ecology (4 credits)
Prerequisites: GEOG 305 and GEOG 386 or permission of department.Course Description: Applies the tools of landscape ecology, including GIS, remote sensing, aerial photography and landscape classification, to explore the spatial patterning of ecological processes across landscapes at different scales. GEOG 615 Geomorphology (3 credits)
Prerequisites: GEOG 440 or permission of department.Course Description: Survey and analysis of physical process in landscape evolution. Coastal processes, river mechanics and alpine glaciation. |