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2006-2007 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 451
GEOG 117. Introduction
to Biogeography (3)
Examination of the living planet and glo-bal
patterns of life. Topics covered include
evolution, biodiversity, extinction, conser-vation,
and impacts of global change on
our planet’s biosphere.
GEOG 121. United States
Landform Regions (3)
Prerequisite: GEOG 7 or equivalent. Natu-ral
regions of the United States based on
study of types of landforms. Analysis of
unity and diversity in such landform re-gions
as the Colorado Plateau, Sierra Ne-vada
Province, Basin and Range, et. al.
GEOG 127. Human Impact on
Nature (3)
Effects of human activities on the natural
world, from ancient times to the present,
with emphasis on local, regional, and glo-bal
environmental changes and their im-plications
for the future.
GEOG 128. Environmental Pollution (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth
Area B. A discussion of current environ-mental
pollution problems involving the
atmosphere, land, and water. The adverse
effects of transportation, surface mining,
sewage and waste disposal, noise, the use of
pesticides, energy production and con-sumption,
and related topics are examined.
G.E. Integration IB.
GEOG 135. The Protection of Nature (3)
An examination of the plight of nature; the
values of nature preserved; man’s attempt
to preserve nature. Attention focuses on
the national park movement, wilderness,
endangered species, the management of
lands for the purpose of preservation, and
related topics.
GEOG 145T. Environmental Regions
(1-3; max total 9 if no area repeated)
Systematic and regional investigation of
the physical and cultural complexes of vari-ous
environmental regions. Regions to be
discussed include the Humid Tropics, Arid
Lands, Polar Lands, Coastal Lands, Moun-tain
Environments, Island Environments.
Global and Regional Studies
(GEOG)
GEOG 130. Geography of World
Economy (3)
An examination of the organization of world
economy and human economic activities
from a geographical perspective. Discus-sion
of contemporary economic issues may
include industrial restructuring, techno-logical
innovation, foreign trade and in-vestment,
Pacific Asia dynamism, Third
World crisis, new international economic
order, regional inequality, and local area
development.
GEOG 155. Medical Geography (3)
Examination of spatial patterns of diseases
worldwide, with special emphasis on diffu-sion
patterns for infectious diseases. Analy-sis
of global health care delivery systems
including health care resources, accessibil-ity,
and uses.
GEOG 160. Urban Geography (3)
The city environment. An understanding
of the changing urban environments from
ancient through medieval to modern times;
the relationship of the urban center to its
surrounding hinterland; the interdepen-dence
of its functional parts; its problems
and future.
GEOG 161. Historical Geography
of the United States (3)
Regional settlement of the United States;
peopling of physiographic regions, creation
of economic (cultural) regions, and geo-graphic
factors related to broad trends in
American history.
GEOG 162. Political Geography (3)
Systematic treatment of the nature and
structure of states, boundary problems,
political policy for the oceans, interna-tional
power, air space.
GEOG 163. World Crises (3)
Current major political, economic, and
environmental crises occurring on either a
global or a regional level.
GEOG 164. American Ethnic
Geography (3)
Geographical analysis of selected Ameri-can
ethnic groups to include their cultural
hearths, cultural landscapes, cultural evo-lutions,
migrations, and current spatial dis-tributions.
Economic, social, and political
correlates will be explored.
GEOG 166T. Anglo-American Regions
(1-3; max total 9 if no area repeated)
Examination of the physical, economic,
and cultural geographic foundations of
major Anglo-American regions. Regions
to be discussed include Canada, the United
States, the American West, the South, the
Middle West, and the North East.
sampling, descriptive statistics, spatial statis-tics,
hypothesis testing, correlation analy-sis,
bivariate regression, and forecasting. (2
lecture, 2 lab hours)
GEOG 189W. Research and Writing
in Geography (3)
Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation and Breadth
Area D. Satisfactory completion (C or bet-ter)
of the ENGL 1 graduation require-ment,
to be taken no sooner than the term
in which 60 units are completed. Intensive
library work, manuscript preparation, and
small group interaction to impart strate-gies,
methods, and skills for proper geo-graphic
research and writing. Meets the
upper-division writing skills requirement
for graduation. (Formerly GEOG 200)
Climatology/Meteorology/
Environmental Studies (GEOG)
GEOG 111. Meteorology (3)
Prerequisite: GEOG 5 or equivalent. Study
of the earth’s atmosphere; energy exchanges
and temperature; pressure and air circula-tion;
fog, clouds, precipitation and the
hydrologic cycle; cyclonic storms and oro-graphic
processes; stability and thunder-storms;
weather modification and predic-tions
with application to agriculture,
aviation, and other activities.
GEOG 112. World Climates (3)
Prerequisite: GEOG 5 or 111. Study of
various systems of climate classification.
Climates as they exist throughout the world
and the reasons for their occurrence.
GEOG 114. Microclimatology (3)
(Same as PLANT 134.) Prerequisite:
GEOG 5 or equivalent. Micrometeoro-logical
influences on local climates includ-ing
natural ecosystems and varying agricul-tural
canopies. Local climate influences on
wildlife, domestic animals, and humans.
Manipulation of local climate including
frost protection, irrigation and wind shel-tering.
Microclimates of non-uniform ter-rain
and urban environment.
GEOG 115. Violent Weather/
Climatic Hazards (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth
Area B. Studies hurricanes, tornadoes, thun-derstorms,
lightning, destructive winds,
heat waves, drought, severe winter storms,
and floods. Looks at physical laws and
processes that account for their formation
and behavior; examines human impacts.
G.E. Integration IB.
Object Description
| Title | 2006-07 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2006-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
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| Title | Page 451 |
| Full Text Search | Geography Social Sciences 2006-2007 California State University, Fresno General Catalog 451 GEOG 117. Introduction to Biogeography (3) Examination of the living planet and glo-bal patterns of life. Topics covered include evolution, biodiversity, extinction, conser-vation, and impacts of global change on our planet’s biosphere. GEOG 121. United States Landform Regions (3) Prerequisite: GEOG 7 or equivalent. Natu-ral regions of the United States based on study of types of landforms. Analysis of unity and diversity in such landform re-gions as the Colorado Plateau, Sierra Ne-vada Province, Basin and Range, et. al. GEOG 127. Human Impact on Nature (3) Effects of human activities on the natural world, from ancient times to the present, with emphasis on local, regional, and glo-bal environmental changes and their im-plications for the future. GEOG 128. Environmental Pollution (3) Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area B. A discussion of current environ-mental pollution problems involving the atmosphere, land, and water. The adverse effects of transportation, surface mining, sewage and waste disposal, noise, the use of pesticides, energy production and con-sumption, and related topics are examined. G.E. Integration IB. GEOG 135. The Protection of Nature (3) An examination of the plight of nature; the values of nature preserved; man’s attempt to preserve nature. Attention focuses on the national park movement, wilderness, endangered species, the management of lands for the purpose of preservation, and related topics. GEOG 145T. Environmental Regions (1-3; max total 9 if no area repeated) Systematic and regional investigation of the physical and cultural complexes of vari-ous environmental regions. Regions to be discussed include the Humid Tropics, Arid Lands, Polar Lands, Coastal Lands, Moun-tain Environments, Island Environments. Global and Regional Studies (GEOG) GEOG 130. Geography of World Economy (3) An examination of the organization of world economy and human economic activities from a geographical perspective. Discus-sion of contemporary economic issues may include industrial restructuring, techno-logical innovation, foreign trade and in-vestment, Pacific Asia dynamism, Third World crisis, new international economic order, regional inequality, and local area development. GEOG 155. Medical Geography (3) Examination of spatial patterns of diseases worldwide, with special emphasis on diffu-sion patterns for infectious diseases. Analy-sis of global health care delivery systems including health care resources, accessibil-ity, and uses. GEOG 160. Urban Geography (3) The city environment. An understanding of the changing urban environments from ancient through medieval to modern times; the relationship of the urban center to its surrounding hinterland; the interdepen-dence of its functional parts; its problems and future. GEOG 161. Historical Geography of the United States (3) Regional settlement of the United States; peopling of physiographic regions, creation of economic (cultural) regions, and geo-graphic factors related to broad trends in American history. GEOG 162. Political Geography (3) Systematic treatment of the nature and structure of states, boundary problems, political policy for the oceans, interna-tional power, air space. GEOG 163. World Crises (3) Current major political, economic, and environmental crises occurring on either a global or a regional level. GEOG 164. American Ethnic Geography (3) Geographical analysis of selected Ameri-can ethnic groups to include their cultural hearths, cultural landscapes, cultural evo-lutions, migrations, and current spatial dis-tributions. Economic, social, and political correlates will be explored. GEOG 166T. Anglo-American Regions (1-3; max total 9 if no area repeated) Examination of the physical, economic, and cultural geographic foundations of major Anglo-American regions. Regions to be discussed include Canada, the United States, the American West, the South, the Middle West, and the North East. sampling, descriptive statistics, spatial statis-tics, hypothesis testing, correlation analy-sis, bivariate regression, and forecasting. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours) GEOG 189W. Research and Writing in Geography (3) Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area D. Satisfactory completion (C or bet-ter) of the ENGL 1 graduation require-ment, to be taken no sooner than the term in which 60 units are completed. Intensive library work, manuscript preparation, and small group interaction to impart strate-gies, methods, and skills for proper geo-graphic research and writing. Meets the upper-division writing skills requirement for graduation. (Formerly GEOG 200) Climatology/Meteorology/ Environmental Studies (GEOG) GEOG 111. Meteorology (3) Prerequisite: GEOG 5 or equivalent. Study of the earth’s atmosphere; energy exchanges and temperature; pressure and air circula-tion; fog, clouds, precipitation and the hydrologic cycle; cyclonic storms and oro-graphic processes; stability and thunder-storms; weather modification and predic-tions with application to agriculture, aviation, and other activities. GEOG 112. World Climates (3) Prerequisite: GEOG 5 or 111. Study of various systems of climate classification. Climates as they exist throughout the world and the reasons for their occurrence. GEOG 114. Microclimatology (3) (Same as PLANT 134.) Prerequisite: GEOG 5 or equivalent. Micrometeoro-logical influences on local climates includ-ing natural ecosystems and varying agricul-tural canopies. Local climate influences on wildlife, domestic animals, and humans. Manipulation of local climate including frost protection, irrigation and wind shel-tering. Microclimates of non-uniform ter-rain and urban environment. GEOG 115. Violent Weather/ Climatic Hazards (3) Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area B. Studies hurricanes, tornadoes, thun-derstorms, lightning, destructive winds, heat waves, drought, severe winter storms, and floods. Looks at physical laws and processes that account for their formation and behavior; examines human impacts. G.E. Integration IB. |
