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  • GEOG 204: Meteorology

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Meteorology is the study which deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere. This includes not only the physics, chemistry, and dynamics of the atmosphere, but is extended to include many of the direct effects of the atmosphere upon the Earth's surface, the oceans, and life in general. Students will be given the opportunity to work with the basic instruments used in measuring atmospheric characteristics, learn how those characteristics are coded on weather maps, be presented with strategies to analyze the weather data, and learn the basics of forecasting the weather.
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  • GEOG 210: Environmental Conservation

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course examines a wide variety of current environmental issues related to air, land and water resources. Emphasis is placed upon problems and practical solutions. Lectures are integrated with an extensive collection of audiovisual materials and World Wide Web sites.
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  • GEOG 212: The Geography of Natural Hazards

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    The geography of natural hazards examines human landscapes, in areas prone to damaging environmental conditions, i.e., floods, droughts, earth-quakes, severe agricultural frosts, etc. Upon the identification of geographic areas where notable disasters have occurred, a study is made of (1) the individual and societal human responses and decisions, and (2) the resultant land use patterns which have evolved. The student will then examine and evaluate current plans and options designed to reduce future loss of life and property in hazard-prone regions.
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  • GEOG 220: Economic Geography

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    The course will introduce the basic concepts and processes underlying the spatial distribution of economic activities. Natural resource distributions, population patterns and growth, and general development disparities will be examined. The evolution of different types of economic activities over time and space will be considered within the context of technological change, particularly in transportation and communications. Contrasts and comparisons will be made between urban and rural economic activities, and both inter-urban and intra-urban patterns in different regions of the world will be examined. Industrial location will be considered, ranging from the small firm to the multinational organization. International trade and factor movement and world trading patterns will be examined, as well as problems resulting from the globalization of economic activity.
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  • GEOG 223: Introduction to Transportation Geography

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Transportation and its role in the development of the economic and geographic landscape are analyzed at the national, regional and urban level. This will be accomplished by considering the questions of how, where and why movements occur through geographic space.
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  • GEOG 225: Spaces of Globalization

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course examines the complex array of economic, cultural, and political forces known as globalization. Topics will include the historical roots of globalization, as well as the positive and negative impacts of this diverse phenomenon on cultural, political, environmental, and economic geographies. Emphasis will be not only on the geographic effects that globalization has at the global level, but also the implications that it has for the geography of local places.
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  • GEOG 230: Map Reading and Interpretation

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course examines how maps locate, represent, summarize and communicate geographic information. Students develop an appreciation for using maps to learn about physical and cultural landscapes. Emphasis is on the interrelationships of map design, symbolization, and visual communication; functions of map projections; use of coordinate systems of maps; techniques for measuring and calculating scale, distance, direction, slope, elevation, area, volume, and object height from maps; and analysis of spatial trends and landscape change using maps. Students also use the magnetic compass with maps to solve problems of direction and scale. Map critiquing and writing assignments challenge them to evaluate potential misuse and misinterpretation of maps. Laboratory exercises involve analysis of topographic, road, weather, air photo, historical, land use, and zoning maps. This course provides a basis for advanced techniques courses in geography. It is also helpful to education majors concentrating in geography and majors in fields dealing with either physical or human-built environments.
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  • GEOG 25: Geofiction and Roleplaying

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course has students learn about geographic and cartographic elements in fictional worlds, create a fantasy world of their own design, and roleplay in these worlds with other students. Through the cartographic study of maps presented in film, television, literature, video games, graphic novels, and tabletop roleplaying media, students will develop an appreciation for geography through the crafting a unique fictional world that adheres to geographic principles and create a fictional character to explore and interact in group settings with others in the roleplaying environment. This class is for non-Geography majors.
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  • GEOG 274: Introduction to GIS

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    Geographic information systems (GIS) are a major tool for the analysis of spatial data. This course introduces the student to the theoretical, conceptual and practical aspects of the collection, storage, analysis and display of spatial data. The applications of GIS by geographers, educators, scientists, planners, and businessmen to real-world problems will be emphasized.
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  • GEOG 304: Weather Analysis

    3.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course introduces the practice of observing and diagnosing synoptic- and meso-scale weather systems and the theories behind the development and movement of these systems. The course culminates on an application of these diagnostic techniques on the various components of the mid-latitude cyclone; including but not limited to, cyclone lifecycles, fronts, and jet streams.
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