1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

.201 .Geography of West Virginian and Appalachia. 3 hr. PR: Geog. 8. Analysis ofchanging patterns of human use of the physical environment in West Virginia andAppalachia.202. Political Geography. II. 3 hr. Examines the interrelationship between politics andthe environment, human territoriality, the political organization of space, geopoliticalaspects of the nation-state and international problems.205. Environmentalism in the United States. II. 3 hr. Surveys natural resourceexploitation and environmental alteration in the United States from the beginning ofEuropean settlement, with consideration of changing natural resource, conservation,and environmental perceptions and policies.209. Industrial Geography . II. 3 hr. PR: Geog. 109 or consent. Introduction to theoriesand concepts of industrial geography; emphasis on the interdependence of the worldeconomy and spatial patterns of industrial restructuring; case studies from variousindustrial sectors and regions.210. Global Issues: Inequality and Interdependence. II. (Alt. Years.) 3 hr. PR: Geog. 1or 2 or 8. Themes of spatial equity and justice in an increasingly interdependent worldsystem. Contemporary issues concerning location, place, movement, and region.21 1 Regional Development. 3 hr. PR: Geog. 109 or consent. Examination of growthand decline of regions in developed countries, with emphasis on the United States.Practical implementation of regional development policies. 3 hr. lee.219. Problems in Geography. I, II. 1-9 hr. PR: Consent. Independent study or specialtopics.220. Seminar in Geography. I, II. 1-9 hr. per sem.; max. 15 hr. PR: Consent. Includesseparate seminars in urban, economic, physical, behavioral, social, Appalachian,transportation, census, planning, resource, international studies, geographic modelbuilding, rural problems, cartography, aging and environment, and energy.221 Geomorphology. II. 3 hr. PR: Geol. 1. (Optional field trip at student's expense.)An examination of the physical processes which shape the surface of the earth, withemphasis on fluvial processes and environmental geomorphology. (Also listed asGeol. 221.)225. Urban and Regional Planning. 3 hr. PR: Geog. 1 10 or Pol. S. 121 or consent.Explores concepts, techniques, and processes of physical and socioeconomicplanning and their application to urban and regional problems.230. Rural Land Use. . 3 hr. PR: Geog. 8. Analysis of the geographic distribution ofvarious land uses in rural areas.235. Place and Behavior. (Alternate Years.) 3 hr. PR: Geog. 8. Changing experienceof geographical space over the life cycle as reflected in activity patterns, territoriality,and environmental images; traces environmental design of schools, nursing homes,parks and shopping malls.251. Geographic Information Systems Technical Issues. (Alt. yrs.) 3 hr. PR: Geog.151 . Technical aspects of GIS functions, algorithms, theory of geographical datastructures and error handling. Labs require tools, data and macros to construct smallGIS. (2 hr. lee, 1hr. lab.)252. Geographic Information Systems Applications. (Alt. Yrs.) 3 hr. PR: Geog. 151and Geog. 200. Operational and management issues in planning managementanalysis, locational decision making, and design and implementation of GIS. Labproject emphasizes student's specialization. (2 hr. lee, 1hr. lab.)Geography Courses 365