1103 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. An introduction to the humanized Earth: specifically, to the geography of population, to the global pattern of cultures and such affiliated elements as language, religion, technology, and political organization, and to the physical expression of those cultures in rural and urban settings.

1113 THE LANGUAGE OF MAPS. How to read, analyze and interpret graphic information symbolized on a wide variety of maps. Topics include: scale, location, distance and direction, navigation, interpreting human and physical landscapes, map propaganda, maps in the media and comparisons of maps in western and non-western societies.

1114 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. A systematic introduction to the physical Earth, including Earth materials, landform processes and resultant landforms, earth- sun relations, weather, climate, the water-cycle, natural vegetation, and soil types. Emphasis is placed on the interrelationships among these phenomena.

1213 ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY. A survey of the contemporary global economy and of the analytical approaches developed by geographers studying it. Economic systems are examined at the household, urban, regional, national and inter-national levels, and special attention is paid to changes in resource use, regional specialization, trade, industrial and retail location, and modernization.

1304 THE ATMOSPHERE AND GLOBAL CHANGE. An introduction to the earth/atmosphere system, its natural variability, and how it may be affected by anthroposenic activities. Inter-relationships between the atmosphere, biosphere, and the hydrosphere will be examined. 

2113 INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY. Cities and regions; cities and suburbs; housing for the rich and poor; industry and commerce; transportation; public policies and urban politics; planning responses to urban problems.

2213 GLOBALIZATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Explores the complex assemblage of economic, political, and cultural processes popularly known as "globalization" and examines their implications for resource use and the environment. A central objective is to facilitate critical thinking on global environmental issues and enable students to challenge the increasingly polarized rhetoric concerning economic growth and the environment.

2603 WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY. A broad survey of the world's major culture regions that emphasizes basic physical, cultural, economic, and political patterns, as well as the processes that have created these patterns. Special attention is paid to the geographical factors underlying such major problems as inequitable economic development, ethnic conflict, and environmental degradation, as well as to the changing role of the United States in a time of growing global interdependence and political and economic realignments.