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GEOG 2120 - Geographic Information Systems: Survey of Applications and Techniques
Credit Hours: (4)
Fundamentals of GIS technology and how it is being applied in such diverse fields as planning, marketing, criminal justice, political science, and engineering. Students will learn how to collect, organize, analyze, and display spatial data obtained from sources such as address geocoding, GPS, and WWW sites. Each student will complete a series of lab exercises that illustrate the typical steps in a GIS project.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three lecture hours, one two-hour lab per week.
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GEOG 2121 - Introduction to Development Studies
Credit Hours: (3)
The history of development as a discourse and the different economic and political models that have shaped it. Historical models and contexts of development are addressed in order to understand the evolution of development practice. Different agents and institutional architectures of development are examined as are current issues of debate in global development such as: gender and microloans; climate change politics; and the impacts of migration.
Cross-listed as: INTL 2121 .
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GEOG 2125 - Business Applications of GIS
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to the uses of spatial data and the geographic information systems that handle them in basic business decision-making and research. Applications include geographic data presentation, consumer research, marketing, site selection and trade area analysis. Students are provided an introduction to key economic geography concepts, data availability, and experience executing GIS projects. This course is an acceptable prerequisite for GEOG 4120.
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GEOG 2140 - Geography of North Carolina
Credit Hours: (3)
A survey of the cultural, economic, urban, environmental and physical landscape of North Carolina with an emphasis on understanding the complex geographical variety that exists within a dynamic Southern state. Historic, current and future geographic patterns will be explored.
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GEOG 2150 - Geography of Polar Regions
Credit Hours: (3)
Arctic and Antarctic regions, history of exploration, the physical environment and political significance.
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GEOG 2155 - Geography of the U.S. and Canada
Credit Hours: (3)
Geographic structure of the U.S. and Canada with emphasis on physical environment and patterns of human activities.
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GEOG 2160 - The South
Credit Hours: (3)
The culture, environment, population, and economy of the southeastern U.S.; emphasis on current trends and future implications.
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GEOG 2165 - Patterns of World Urbanization
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to cities of the world including examination of urban systems within different culture areas as well as the internal structure of different cities within the context of traditional and innovative theories of development geography.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Oral Communication (O)
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GEOG 2200 - Introduction to Urban Studies
Credit Hours: (3)
A survey course exploring the diverse perspectives and experience of North American Cities. Lectures and discussions on the development, organization, function, and meaning of urban areas, as well as the multiple and complex relationships that exist between cities and the people who live and work within them. Students who pass this course meet the requirements for the “Western Tradition” area of the LBST requirements and will not have to take an additional course to satisfy that area of General Education.
Cross-listed as: Cross-listed with URBS 2200 .
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GEOG 3000 - Topics in Regional Geography
Credit Hours: (3)
Treatment of major regional issues in geography. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
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GEOG 3100 - The City and Its Region
Credit Hours: (3)
Study of the regional system of cities in terms of their size, spacing, historical evolution, functional relationships, and future prospects.
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GEOG 3105 - Geography of the Global Economy
Credit Hours: (3)
Examination of the globalization of economic activity with focus on the geographic patterns of international production, trade, and foreign direct investment, and environmental impacts of global production, as well as underlying dynamics driven by transnational corporations and nation states within a volatile technological environment.
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GEOG 3110 - Urban Political Geography
Credit Hours: (3)
Spatial organization of metropolitan America. How metropolitan residents organize space into territorial units and the human, social and political ramifications of that organization. Spatial consequences of the most common modes of political, administrative and territorial organization.
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GEOG 3115 - Urban Transportation Problems
Credit Hours: (3)
Problems associated with moving goods, people and information in urban areas. Topics include: mass transit and pollution problems.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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GEOG 3120 - Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
Credit Hours: (4)
Development, current state-of-the-art and future trends in geographic information processing with emphasis on data gathering, storage, and retrieval, analytical capabilities and display technologies. A laboratory component includes development and completion of an applied GIS research project.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 1103 and GEOG 2110 , or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three lecture hours, one two-hour lab per week.
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GEOG 3150 - Manufacturing Geography
Credit Hours: (3)
Factors relating to the nature, locations and development of manufacturing industries. Emphasis upon classification of manufacturers, principal areas of manufacturing and the role of manufacturing in regional development.
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GEOG 3161 - Migration and Borders in a Global World
Credit Hours: (3)
Even as globalization promises a world of increasing flows, borders -and their most visible manifestation as fences - are on the rise. This course focuses on the dynamics of diversifying flows of people with the multiplication of borders within and beyond countries. It explores key policy debates such as: the relationship between migration and development; increased demand for migrant workers; the upswing in migrant detention and deportation; and the Right to Freedom of Movement.
Cross-listed as: INTL 3161 .
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GEOG 3162 - Europe in the World
Credit Hours: (3)
The shifting political, economic and cultural geographies of Europe. Addresses how current transformations in Europe influence global processes and how broader global trends translate into European societies. Topics include: the expansion and consolidation of the European Union; a ‘borderless’ Europe versus ‘Fortress Europe’; post-socialism and post-fascism in Central and Southern Europe; economic globalization; and post-colonial immigration.
Cross-listed as: INTL 3162 .
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GEOG 3190 - Biogeography
Credit Hours: (3)
The patterns of life across the Earth and the causes of those patterns, with an emphasis on ecological patterns and historical patterns of biodiversity. The origin of the Earth’s biological diversity and methods for conserving that biodiversity is also discussed. Emphasis on student written and oral communication.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2120 or ESCI 1101.
Cross-listed as: ESCI 3190.
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GEOG 3200 - Land Use Planning
Credit Hours: (3)
Land use planning, with emphasis on basic planning processes, implementation techniques and strategies, and issues confronting contemporary urban and rural planning.
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GEOG 3205 - Internal Structure of the City
Credit Hours: (3)
Integrative study of the spatial structure of cities with emphasis on land use patterns and models, transportation systems, residential concentrations, commercial activities and manufacturing zones.
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GEOG 3210 - Regional Planning
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to regional planning strategies and approaches developed by regional planning agencies. Urban-regional planning relationships with emphasis on techniques used in regional analysis.
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GEOG 3215 - Environmental Planning
Credit Hours: (3)
Interaction and relationships between natural and human-made elements of the environment with emphasis on planning concepts and methodologies used in contemporary environmental planning.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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GEOG 3220 - Renewable Energy and Regional Energy Markets
Credit Hours: (3)
Examination of production, consumption, and distribution of energy, including traditional sources, such as oil, coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy; and renewable sources, including hydroelectric, wind, solar, and biofuels, with special attention to regional energy resources endowments. Energy markets and models are also examined with reference to environmental impacts in both domestic and international contexts.
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GEOG 3250 - World Food Problems
Credit Hours: (3)
Magnitude, consequences, major causes and potential solutions to the world’s food problems.
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GEOG 3260 - Medical Geography
Credit Hours: (3)
Traditional aspects of medical geography including disease mapping, disease ecology and statistical association and more recent social scientific topics, including disease diffusion, healthcare facilities planning and spatial behavior.
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GEOG 3265 - Behavioral Geography
Credit Hours: (3)
Behavioral approach to environmental decision-making, personal space, room and building geography, consumer behavior, territoriality, perception of wilderness and natural hazards, activity space, and communication biases.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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GEOG 3500 - Geography Cooperative Education and 49ership Experience
Credit Hours: (0)
Enrollment in this course is required for the department’s geography cooperative education and 49ership/service 49ership students during each semester that they are working. Acceptance into the Experiential Learning Program by the University Career Center is required. Participating students pay a course registration fee for transcript notation (49ership and co-op). Assignments must be arranged and approved in advance. The Cooperative Education Program is only open to undergraduate students; graduate level students are encouraged to contact their academic departments to inquire about academic or industrial internship options for credit. For more information, contact the University Career Center. Graded on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis. Course may be repeated.
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GEOG 3501 - Geography Cooperative Education Seminar
Credit Hours: (1)
This course is required of geography cooperative education students in each semester following a work assignment for presentation of geography reports on the co-op learning experience.
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GEOG 3605 - Geography of Europe
Credit Hours: (3)
Explores relevant issues in contemporary Europe. Through lecture and written work, examines current trends in European political unity, economic integration, national/ethnic conflict and environmental policy from a geographical perspective.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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GEOG 4000 - Topics in Geography
Credit Hours: (3)
An intensive study of topics in geography from such areas as urban, manufacturing, planning, retailing activity, transportation, political geography, and environmental geography. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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GEOG 4040 - Transportation Topics
Credit Hours: (3)
Investigation of special topics in transportation including: transit systems, mobility and travel patterns, land use/transportation interface, air pollution, and information systems.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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GEOG 4101 - Cartographic Techniques
Credit Hours: (3)
Preparation of maps, figures and charts at a professional level of competence. Techniques to be emphasized include desktop mapping, high resolution image -setting output, and color separation techniques which include computer separations.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 2100.
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GEOG 4102 - Cartographic Design and Map Construction
Credit Hours: (3)
Design process and basic map construction techniques with particular emphasis on the graphic elements of map design, planning map design, creating visual hierarchies, the uses of color, and basic mechanical color separation.
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GEOG 4103 - Computer Programming for GIS Applications
Credit Hours: (3)
Software program development and scripting for GIS and mapping applications using high level programming languages. Emphasis on the design and implementation of geographic data structures and algorithms.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 2103 or permission of instructor.
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GEOG 4108 - Sport, Place, and Development
Credit Hours: (3)
Examination of sport and its impact on the landscape of cities and communities. Implications of sport are examined in terms of urban land use, urban social structure, markets, franchise movement and expansion, urban politics, its role in defining sense of place, and its impact on the development of communities and regions.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 1105 .
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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GEOG 4110 - GIS for Non-Majors
Credit Hours: (3)
Examines the fundamental concepts and techniques of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and its application to social and physical sciences. Students learn processing, collecting, organizing, displaying, and analyzing geographic data from address geocoding, GPS, CD-ROM, World Wide Web, and other sources. Emphasis placed on data preparation, analysis, and presentation. Labs introduce students to ArcGIS.
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GEOG 4130 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
Credit Hours: (4)
Advanced GIS study with emphasis on (1) advanced skills for database development and management; (2) spatial analysis and modeling; and (3) Macro language programming and user interface design.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 4120 or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three lecture hours and a two-hour lab session each week.
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GEOG 4131 - Environmental Modeling with GIS
Credit Hours: (4)
Theories and practices of modeling the environment with GIS. Topics include: types of spatial modeling frameworks; GIS data sources and measurement technologies for environmental modeling; development, calibration, and validation of environmental models; 3-dimensional modeling and visualization of physical processes; and spatial analysis of human-environment interactions.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 4120 or permission of instructor.
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GEOG 4132 - Spatial Modeling for Social and Economical Applications
Credit Hours: (4)
Theories and practices of spatial modeling with social and economical applications. Topics include: overview of modeling in human geography, socioeconomic data sources, and building and evaluating spatial models. Examples of models covered in class and lab exercises include: spatial accessibility, interaction, diffusion, tipping points, segregation (simulation), geodemographic/segmentation, and Markov models (stochastic).
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 4120 or permission of instructor.
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GEOG 4140 - Geographic Information Techniques for Community Planning
Credit Hours: (4)
Focuses on the connection between community planning and geographic information techniques under the general framework of planning support systems (PSS). It is designed to help students develop knowledge, skills, and experience in: (1) municipal geographic database handling; (2) land suitability and feasibility assessment; (3) landscape aesthetics assessment; (4) sketch planning; and (5) systematic approaches to planning. A real work project from the Charlotte region is conducted.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 4120, one community planning course, and/or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: A two-hour lab is required.
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GEOG 4150 - Spatial Database Development with GPS and GIS
Credit Hours: (4)
The fundamentals of database management systems and their relevance in GIS. Emphasis placed on the effective creation, maintenance, and retrieval or data from a spatially enabled database. Topics include: relational database theory and design, entity-relationship diagrams, Structured Query Language (SQL), spatial queries, geodatabase design.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 4120 or permission of instructor.
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GEOG 4155 - Retail Location
Credit Hours: (3)
Spatial attributes of retailing and related activities. Location patterns, store location research, trade area delineation and consumer spatial behavior are discussed with the goal of creating an evolutionary perspective on the industry. Methodological emphasis on data collection, manipulation, and interpretation using industry-specific software.
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GEOG 4160 - The Geography of Transportation Systems
Credit Hours: (3)
Geographical and human factors that affect the movement of goods and people from place to place. Emphasis on transportation routes and networks, commodity flow patterns, and the locational implications of freight rates.
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GEOG 4180 - Web GIS
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to the basic knowledge of, and advances in, Internet/Web GIS. Emphasis on the principles, methods, and applications of Web- or Internet-based GIS coupled with hands-on laboratory exercises for conducting GIS data operations, query, mapping, and spatial analysis/modeling via the Internet.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 3120 .
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GEOG 4209 - Small Town Planning
Credit Hours: (3)
Explores small town population dynamics, rural-urban fringe land use dynamics, and changes in small towns’ community identity and sense of place. Emphasis on the issues and techniques that typify small town planning environments. Students investigate these issues via field work and data collection at municipal scales within the Charlotte region.
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GEOG 4210 - Urban Planning Methods
Credit Hours: (3)
Scope and methods of urban planning. Emphasis on analytical techniques, projections, and data sources used in developing comprehensive planning tasks and strategies.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 3205 or permission of instructor.
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GEOG 4215 - Urban Ecology
Credit Hours: (3)
An introduction to the emerging field of urban ecology. Explores the biological, physical, and social components of the urban ecosystem at local, regional, and global scales. Emphasis on the interplay among components and the sustainability of cities during lectures, field trips, and group discussions.
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GEOG 4216 - Landscape Ecology
Credit Hours: (3)
An introduction to landscape ecology, the study of the interplay between spatial pattern and ecological process. Lectures and in-depth group discussions focus on the fundamental and applied aspects of topics such as habitat fragmentation, animal movement in human-dominated landscapes, landscape legacies, road ecology, and landscape planning.
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GEOG 4220 - Housing Policy
Credit Hours: (3)
Designed to provide students a comprehensive overview of U.S. housing policy while honing their research and analytical skills. Topics include: the evolution of housing policy, how the provision of housing impacts urban spatial patterns, and the past and present role of housing on regional economic development, land use planning, environmental planning, transportation infrastructure, community revitalization, and social capital.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 1105 and at least one of GEOG 2200 , GEOG 2165 , GEOG 3100 , GEOG 3205 , or GEOG 3215 ; or permission of instructor.
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GEOG 4240 - Geography of Knowledge and Information
Credit Hours: (3)
Examination of the factors that influence the location of economic activities in the information age. Discussions and lectures explore the geographic aspects of the transition away from manufacturing to information processing as the primary mode of production. The transition is examined in terms of technology development, urban and regional development, information flows, and the location of quaternary industry.
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GEOG 4255 - Applied Population Analysis
Credit Hours: (3)
Population data sources; measuring population change; elementary projection and estimation techniques; spatial sampling; migration; survey design; applications in the public and private sectors.
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GEOG 4260 - Transportation Policy Formulation
Credit Hours: (3)
Structure of transportation policy at federal, state, and local levels including policies concerning highway financing and investments, congestion, safety, and use and development, energy, transit, and the provision of intercity services.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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GEOG 4265 - Transportation Analysis Methods
Credit Hours: (3)
Procedures for analyzing the operation and performance of transportation systems; includes network planning models, minimum path algorithms and assignments; energy, air pollution, and activity analysis models; and research approaches, data sources, time and activity budgets, infrastructure condition and needs assessment.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department; statistics recommended.
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GEOG 4270 - Evaluation of Transportation Impacts
Credit Hours: (3)
Methods and case studies for evaluating impacts and benefits of transportation investments including site-level impact analysis; project, corridor, and area scales; multi-modal evaluation and examination of mutually exclusive alternatives.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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GEOG 4310 - Urban Social Geography
Credit Hours: (3)
Examines the reflexive relationship between society and urban space. Explores the intersection between urban geography and social theory, the evolution of city, community and personal spaces, and the relations and constructions of class, race, gender, and sexuality that shape and are shaped by the urban spaces in which we live and work.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 1105 and at least one of GEOG 2200 , GEOG 2165 , GEOG 3100 , or GEOG 3205 ; or permission of instructor.
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GEOG 4400 - Internship in Geography
Credit Hours: (3-6)
Research and/or work experience designed to be a logical extension of a student’s academic program. The student must apply to department for an internship by submitting a proposal which specifies the type of work/research experience preferred and how the internship will complement his or her academic program. The student can receive three to six hours credit depending on the nature and extent of the internship assignment.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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GEOG 4405 - Urban Field Geography
Credit Hours: (3)
Intensive field studies of cities of the Carolinas, with specific emphasis on the Charlotte metropolitan area.
Prerequisite(s): Six hours of urban-related undergraduate courses or permission of instructor.
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GEOG 4600 - Geography Professional Seminar
Credit Hours: (1)
Examination of opportunities and key issues involved in the transition from the undergraduate degree program to professional life or continued formal education at the graduate level. Design and/or completion of essential documents to facilitate the transition including resume, professional portfolio, graduate program applications, exit survey, and assessment examination.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 2110 and Senior standing.
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GEOG 4800 - Individual Study in Geography
Credit Hours: (1-4)
Tutorial study or special research problems. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department must be obtained and credit hours established in advance; and, when taken for honors credit, approval of a proposal through the Honors College Application to Candidacy process the semester prior to taking the course.
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GEOL 1200 - Physical Geology
Credit Hours: (3)
A study of the basic geological principles and processes in the earth sciences; the earth as a planet; treatment of physical processes shaping the earth; earth materials and landforms.
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GEOL 1200L - Physical Geology Laboratory
Credit Hours: (1)
Experimental study and investigation of the basic geological principles and processes in earth science; minerals, rocks, earth materials, and landforms. Off-campus field trip required. Note: Although the laboratory and lecture sections of GEOL 1200 are taught as separate courses it is recommended that students take GEOL 1200L concurrently with GEOL 1200 . Students with scheduling problems or students not fulfilling the UNC Charlotte science and technology requirements may take the lecture without the laboratory. Students fulfilling the UNC Charlotte science and technology requirement must either: (a) take GEOL 1200 and GEOL 1200L concurrently or (b) take GEOL 1200L in a semester subsequent to taking GEOL 1200 .
Pre- or Corequisite(s): GEOL 1200 .
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: One lab period of three hours per week.
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GEOL 1210 - Earth History
Credit Hours: (3)
The origin and evolution of the earth’s major features: the beginnings and changes of the earth’s continents, atmosphere, oceans, and life forms, set in the vast context of geologic time.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1200 .
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three hours of lecture.
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GEOL 1210L - Earth History Lab
Credit Hours: (1)
Learn basic techniques used by geologists to interpret the history of life, changing surface environments and habitats, plate tectonic movement, mountain building events, and climate changes. Hands-on investigation of rocks, fossils, geologic maps, and more. Off campus field trip required.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1200 and GEOL 1200L .
Pre- or Corequisite(s): GEOL 1210 .
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: One lab period of three hours per week.
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GEOL 2000 - Topics in Geology
Credit Hours: (1-4)
Treatment of major topical issues in Geology. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
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GEOL 2020 - The Planets
Credit Hours: (3)
Spacecraft exploration over the past 50 years has revealed the diversity and complexity of the Earth’s neighbors in space. This course is designed to explore the varied surface landscapes of planets and moons in the solar system and to understand the processes that created them. Topics for discussion will include the origin of the solar system, comparisons among the planetary bodies, and the processes which modify their surfaces (tectonics, volcanism, impact cratering, weather and climate, glaciations, and other processes). The spacecraft and sensors used to study planetary bodies will also be discussed.
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GEOL 2100 - The Violent Earth
Credit Hours: (3)
Volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other catastrophic natural phenomena with emphasis on causes, effects and human adjustments.
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GEOL 3000 - Selected Topics in Geology
Credit Hours: (1-4)
Treatment of specific topics selected from one of the fields of geology. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1200 and GEOL 1200L ; or permission of instructor.
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GEOL 3105 - The Earth’s Mineral Resources: Sustainability and the Environmental Impacts of Recovery
Credit Hours: (3)
The origin, distribution, consumption rates and environmental impacts of mining and processing the Earth’s mineral resources. A significant portion of class lectures promote a deeper understanding of the current oil, gas and coal industries and their relationship to the world’s energy production and use. The long-term sustainability of these energy systems is also discussed.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1200 .
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GEOL 3110 - Minerals and Rocks
Credit Hours: (3)
Formation processes, composition and identification of rocks and minerals in the earth’s crust with important abundance or special use.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): GEOL 1200 and GEOL 1200L .
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GEOL 3115 - Mineralogy
Credit Hours: (4)
Identification, classification and description of minerals based on physical properties, crystallography, and chemical composition. Includes diagnostic techniques for identification of common ore and rock forming minerals.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1200 and GEOL 1200L .
Pre- or Corequisite(s): CHEM 1251 and CHEM 1251L , or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three hours of lecture and one three-hour lab per week.
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GEOL 3120L - Geochemistry Laboratory
Credit Hours: (1)
Analytical methods and sample preparation techniques used by geochemists.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): GEOL 4175 or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: One three hour meeting per week.
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GEOL 3124 - Sedimentology
Credit Hours: (4)
Examination of sedimentary rock features and compositions as related to origin, dispersion, deposition, diagenesis, classification and general distribution of sedimentary materials.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1210 , GEOL 1210L , and GEOL 3115 ; or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three hours of lecture and one three-hour lab per week.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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GEOL 3130 - Structural Geology
Credit Hours: (4)
A systematic examination of the structures and processes of rock deformation.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 3115 or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three lecture hours, one three-hour lab per week.
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GEOL 3140 - Paleontology
Credit Hours: (3)
Nature of fossils, analysis of growth and variation in fossil assemblages, reconstruction of the modes of life of extinct organisms, paleobiogeography, biostratigraphy, and the fossil record of evolutionary pattern and processes.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1200 , GEOL 1200L , GEOL 1210 , and GEOL 1210L ; or permission of instructor.
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GEOL 3190 - Environmental Geology
Credit Hours: (3)
Aspects of geology with direct or indirect impact on society. Topics include: slope stability, earthquake hazards, solid waste disposal, flooding, ground water problems, soil loss, sediment pollution, watershed dynamics, water and soil pollution, and radioactive waste disposal.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1200 and GEOL 1200L .
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GEOL 3190L - Environmental Geology Laboratory
Credit Hours: (1)
Investigation of the causes, consequences, and mitigation of natural hazards and disasters.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): GEOL 3190 .
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: One three-hour lab per week.
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GEOL 4000 - Selected Topics in Geology
Credit Hours: (1-4)
In-depth treatment of specific topics selected from one of the fields of geology. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Prerequisite(s): ESCI 1101 , ESCI 1101L , GEOL 1200 , and GEOL 1200L ; or permission of instructor.
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GEOL 4100 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Credit Hours: (4)
Classification, mineralogy and chemical properties of igneous and metamorphic rocks including the tectonic processes by which they formed. Lab emphasizes hand specimen and petrographic description and interpretation of rocks in thin sections.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 3115 .
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GEOL 4105 - Geomorphology
Credit Hours: (3)
Surficial processes and landform development as controlled by climate, tectonics, rock characteristics and time with emphasis on plate tectonic, weathering, erosion, mass wasting, surface water, groundwater, glacial, wind and coastal processes and climate change in landscape development.
Prerequisite(s): ESCI 1101 and ESCI 1101L ; or GEOL 1200 and GEOL 1200L .
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GEOL 4105L - Geomorphology Laboratory
Credit Hours: (1)
Analysis of landforms and the surficial processes responsible for landform development.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): GEOL 4105 .
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: One lab period of 3 hours per week.
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GEOL 4110 - Stratigraphy
Credit Hours: (4)
Vertical and horizontal relationships of layered earth materials as a key to understanding basin history, past depositional environments, and their transformation through time.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1210 , GEOL 1210L , and GEOL 3124 ; or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three lecture hours, three lab hours per week.
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GEOL 4115 - Applied Geophysics
Credit Hours: (4)
Instrumental analysis of the earth’s physical parameters. Study of human-induced seismic and electrical signals, and natural magnetic and gravitational fields for the purposes of locating faults, ore bodies, ground water, and other earth hazards or resources.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 3115 , GEOL 3130 , and introductory physics or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three hours of lecture and one three-hour lab per week.
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GEOL 4120 - Geologic Mapping and Interpretation
Credit Hours: (4)
Field and lab oriented study using principles of mineralogy, petrology and structural geology. Involves collection and resolution of field data, techniques of presenting data, development of geologic maps, and critical reviews of existing literature.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 3130 and GEOL 4100 or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Two hours of lecture, four hours of lab/field work per week.
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GEOL 4125 - Geologic Summer Field Camp
Credit Hours: (6)
Concentrated field investigation of geologic features. Data collection in the field, geologic mapping, report and map preparation and time management. Location of field camp will be specified each time course is offered.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and permission of instructor.
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GEOL 4130 - Optical Mineralogy
Credit Hours: (4)
Light optics theory, the behavior of plane polarized light in a solid medium. The laboratory emphasizes the use of petrographic microscope oil immersion techniques and identification of the common rock forming minerals.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 3115 .
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three hours of lecture and one three-hour lab per week.
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GEOL 4135 - Tectonics
Credit Hours: (4)
A systematic examination of the evolution and dynamics of the earth from the perspective of plate tectonics theory.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 3130 or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three lecture hours, and one three-hour lab per week.
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GEOL 4140 - Coastal Geology
Credit Hours: (3)
Examination of coastal environments, sediments, and wave-related processes in the present and geologic past. Major topics considered include barrier-island and salt-marsh development, sea-level fluctuations, and the relationship between human development and natural hazards.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1200 and GEOL 1210 ; or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three lecture hours per week and one two-day field trip.
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GEOL 4145 - Hydrogeology
Credit Hours: (4)
Fundamentals of physical and chemical groundwater hydrology. Principles of flow, transport, and chemical reactions in aquifers and the vadose zone, including groundwater-surface water interactions.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 1200 and GEOL 1200L or ESCI 1101 and ESCI 1101L ; CHEM 1251 , and CHEM 1251L ; or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab per week, with occasional field trips.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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GEOL 4165 - Aqueous Geochemistry
Credit Hours: (4)
Interaction of rocks, minerals, and gases with water under natural conditions, including an overview of the compositions of natural waters from a variety of environmental and geologic settings emphasizing a rigorous thermodynamic approach to understanding water-rock interactions.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1251 , CHEM 1251L , CHEM 1252 , CHEM 1252L , and GEOL 3115 ; or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three hours of lecture, and three hours of lab per week.
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GEOL 4400 - Internship in Geology
Credit Hours: (3-6)
Research and/or work experience designed to be a logical extension of a student’s academic program. Students must apply to the department for an internship by submitting a proposal which specifies the type of work/research experience preferred and how the internship will complement his or her academic program. Students may receive three to six hours credit depending on the nature and extent of the internship assignment.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
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GEOL 4410 - Applied Soil Science
Credit Hours: (4)
Students read and discuss current literature pertaining to the application of soils to various fields of research such as surficial processes, active tectonics, ecology, stratigraphy, archaeology, and environmental assessment. Topics covered will vary depending on the interests of the students. Students will create and execute a semester-long soils-based field or laboratory research project of their choosing.
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 3115 , GEOL 3124 , and ESCI 4210 ; or permission of instructor.
Hours of Lecture and/or Lab per week: Three hours seminar, three hours field or lab each week.
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GEOL 4800 - Individual Study in Geology
Credit Hours: (1-4)
Tutorial study or special research problems. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department and credit hours established in advance; and, when taken for honors credit, approval of a proposal through the Honors College Application to Candidacy process the semester prior to taking the course.
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GERM 1201 - Elementary German I
Credit Hours: (4)
For students with limited or no previous experience in German. First course in a two-course sequence to develop competence in culture, speaking and writing, listening and reading comprehension in German.
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GERM 1202 - Elementary German II
Credit Hours: (4)
Second course in a two-course sequence to develop competence in culture, speaking and writing, listening and reading comprehension in German.
Prerequisite(s): GERM 1201 or equivalent.
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GERM 2201 - Intermediate German I
Credit Hours: (3)
Review of grammar; reinforcement and expansion of competence in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing, in a cultural context.
Prerequisite(s): GERM 1202 or equivalent.
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GERM 2202 - Intermediate German II
Credit Hours: (3)
Review of grammar, composition, and conversation using film and/or readings on the culture and civilization of German-speaking countries. Students who wish to continue with advanced offerings in German are advised to complete GERM 2202 .
Prerequisite(s): GERM 2201 or permission of department.
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GERM 2210 - German in the Workplace
Credit Hours: (3)
Introduction to spoken and written language of the German-speaking business world. Acquisition of and practice with general commercial terminology used in German for such functional business areas as economics, management, marketing, finance, and import-export. (Alternate for GERM 2202 )
Prerequisite(s): GERM 2201 or permission of department.
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GERM 3030 - Studies in German Culture
Credit Hours: (3)
Conducted in English. No knowledge of German required. A study of the life and thought of German-speaking people both past and present. Course topic will concentrate on a geographical area, a particular cultural institution, or a particular period. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Other Requirements Satisfied: General Education - Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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