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general study of distribution and interrelationships of earth's physical elements including atmosphere, climate, water, storms, landforms fluvial processes, deserts, glaciation, waves and coastal processes, distribution of terrestrial flora and fauna: course handouts & downloads

• Urban Studies: Cities - interdisciplinary introduction to urban processes, key questions
  about cities and suburbs from vantage point of different fields, variations in method, history, philosophy, style, history of urbanization, social relations and ideals of community, urban facets of migration and immigration, identity, social inequality, political power, role of space and place: Bibliography, Discussion Guide & Readings, Term Paper Guidelines

• Introduction to Economic Geography - introduction to economic geographical processes found both on the ground and in the abstract as various kinds of conceptual models and theories

• California Geography - principal natural, economic, political and cultural characteristics of the various sub-regions, special attention to principles governing location and distribution of these phenomena

• Cultural Geography - investigates human landscape and its relationship to physical environment, principles governing location and distribution of various cultural phenomena such as language, religion, agriculture, industry & urbanization
• Physical Geography - area distribution of various features of the physical environment as they relate to man's occupance of earth's surface, explain these relationships through fields of geology, meteorology, climatology, cartography, hydrology, geomorphology, and pedology

overview of interactive processes resulting in the mosaic of environments on the earth & controls on distribution of ecosystems, Environmental change explored on variety of time and spatial scales so as to enhance capability to distinguished between natural and human-induced climatic, biotic and physical changes: final exam review, Websites of Interest

examines the patterns, causes, and consequences of poverty and economic inequality in the world today, as well as the institutional responses and potential solutions that collectively fall under the rubric of development: midterm review, final review and short answer topics sheet

Systematic study of the physical environment including human-environmental interaction, environmental hazards, and natural resources: readings, labs, study guides, Online lectures about maps (Projections, Scale, Symbolization)

teaching initiative to improve teaching of geographical techniques: aerial photography & remote sensing, application areas, cartographic communication, coordinate systems, data sources, database concepts, error, accuracy & precision, geodetic datums, GIS (context, concepts & definitions, in workplace), problems & exercises, study questions

physical processes that shape the earth & tools used to study these processes

N. Africa & SW Asia, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Russia, Middle America, East Asia, N & S America, Southeast Asia, Australia/New Zealand, The Pacific Realm

• Introduction to Meteorology - dynamics of the earth's atmosphere: energy exchange mechanisms, energy balance, condensation and precipitation processes, the dynamics of pressure and wind systems, distributions of weather disturbances

• Environmental Data Analysis - Statistical principles and practice of analyzing geographical data: bivariate and multiple regression and other multivariate techniques, Emphasis on exploratory data analysis and graphical techniques
• Geography of California - landscapes of California and the physical, cultural, and biotic processes which have produced them

image galleries, readings, Links to Weather Info Sites