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GEOG 5385 - Globalization and Development: Political Economy

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Nature/scope of modern world system (capitalism), its impact on regional development processes. Roles of state and of international financial institutions. prereq: Sr or grad or instr consent

GEOG 5401W - Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change (ENV, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3401W/5401W
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Geographic patterns, dynamics, and interactions of atmospheric, hydrospheric, geomorphic, pedologic, and biologic systems as context for human population, development, and resource use patterns. prereq: grad student or instr consent

GEOG 5426 - Climatic Variations

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Theories of climatic fluctuations and change at decadal to centuries time scales; analysis of temporal and spatial fluctuations especially during the period of instrumental record. prereq: 1425 or 3401 or instr consent

GEOG 5511 - Principles of Cartography

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3511/Geog 5511
Typically offered:	Every Fall

GEOG 3511/5511 is a basic introduction to cartography?the art, science, and technology of maps and map making. Our primary emphasis will be on map making, with lesser emphasis on cartographic research and the history of cartography. Lectures will focus on modern cartographic design principles, how they were developed, and how they might be changing. Lab assignments help develop skills using digital tools for producing effective maps. The course has several specific learning objectives: ? use software to create maps that communicate their subjects appropriately and effectively using sound cartographic design principles ? acquire or produce a base map that is appropriate in scale, projection, and generalization ? select and aggregate data appropriately to represent on a map using a suitable symbolization strategy ? gain an understanding of how current changes in technology impact maps and map making ? understand how fundamental design decisions might differ for printed maps and web/mobile maps ? understand how contemporary GIS and cartography are interrelated, including the use of GIS becoming ubiquitous and map making becoming increasingly available to anyone ? gain an appreciation for the 3,500+ year history of maps!

GEOG 5531 - Numerical Spatial Analysis

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3531/5531
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Applied/theoretical aspects of geographical quantitative methods for spatial analysis. Emphasizes analysis of geographical data for spatial problem solving in human/physical areas.

GEOG 5541 - Principles of Geocomputing

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3541/Geog 5541
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The availability of computing infrastructures such as high-performance and cloud computing, high-speed networks, and rich data has led to a new scientific paradigm using computational science. Geocomputation is the "application of a computational science paradigm to study a wide range of problems in geographical and earth systems (the geo) contexts" (Openshaw, 2014). This course will introduce students to geocomputation as well as related areas including big spatial data, and cyberinfrastructure. Students will engage in hands-on-exercises learning principles and best-practices in geocomputing. The ability to program is an essential skill for GIScientists. Learning to program takes time and a lost of practice, and in this course students will learn how to develop programs in the Python programming language to solve geospatial problems.

GEOG 5543 - Advanced Geocomputing

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The availability of computing infrastructures such as high-performance and cloud computing, highspeed networks, and rich data has led to a new scientific paradigm using computational approaches, termed computational science. Geocomputation is the "application of a computational science paradigm to study a wide range of problems in geographical and earth systems (the geo) contexts" (Openshaw, 2014). This course will delve into advanced topics in geocomputation as well as related areas ranging from geographic information and spatial big data to cyberinfrastructure and parallel computation. Students will engage in hands-on exercises learning principles and best practices in geocomputing while using cutting-edge computational infrastructures.

GEOG 5561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3561/ Geog 5561
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Introduction to the study of geographic information systems (GIS) for geography and non-geography students. Topics include GIS application domains, data models and sources, analysis methods and output techniques. Lectures, reading, and hands-on experience with GIS software. prereq: grad

GEOG 5562 - GIS Development Practicum

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites:	GIS 5571 or #
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Algorithms/data structures for digital cartographic data, topological relationships, surface modeling, and interpolation. Map projections, geometric transformations, numerical generalization, raster/vector processing. Hands-on experience with software packages. prereq: GIS 5571 or instr consent

GEOG 5564 - Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Core concepts in urban geographic information science including sources for urban geographical and attribute data (including census data), urban data structures (focusing on the TIGER data structure), urban spatial analyses (including location-allocation models), geodemographic analysis, network analysis, and the display of urban data. prereq: 3561 or 5561

GEOG 5588 - Advanced Geovisualization

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The generation and use of geographic information has become an integral part of our daily life, science, and technology. This has led to increasing interest in the design and development of interactive maps and dynamic geographic visualizations in 2D, 3D, and Web environments. The Advanced Geovisualization course intends to equip students with the knowledge and advanced technical skills needed to design and implement effective maps and create dynamic and interactive visualizations using geospatial data sets.

GEOG 5839 - Introduction to Dendrochronology

Credits:	4.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Geog 3839/Geog 5839
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Examination of past landscape histories are critical for assessing how environments change and identifying causal mechanisms. Tree-rings, the annual growth rings formed by trees growing in temperate regions, are an instrumental tool for elucidating changes over time. As biological entities, tree-rings are recorders of changes in their surroundings. The application of tree-rings to understand environmental change is called dendrochronology. Dendrochronology has played an important role in understanding past climates, disturbance regimes, and the history of Indigenous peoples (to name just a few applications). Its use has been critical to understanding pressing environmental issues such as 20th century global warming, the impacts of fire suppression on forested landscapes, the loss of the Black Forest in Europe (pollution), and the use/abandonment of archaeological sites (the Anasazi and Ojibwe). It is an exceedingly interesting analytical tool that has unique applications, but it isn?t as simple as counting the rings of trees to determine an age. In this course we will focus on the biology, theoretical principles, and operational techniques of dendrochronology and apply this knowledge toward understanding forest change. By the end of the course students will be able to conduct basic dendrochronological research and appreciate the advantages and limitations of this important tool. My aim is to expose you to the foundational science behind the field, provide you with some simple tools, and introduce you to the variety of applications to which tree-ring analysis can be applied by doing some dendrochronological research. We will apply the tools of dendrochronology toward understanding forest dynamics in a specific landscape to examine fire and tree growth patterns and the influence of climate and people on the forested environment. This course will be a mixture of lecture and hands-on data analysis. The primary approach for this course is the development of a group research project utilizing data that is either collected in the field for a specific purpose or the use of data that is already archived. prereq: [1403, [BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1009 or equiv]] or instr consent

GEOG 5900 - Topics in Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Special topics and regions. Course offered by visiting professors in their research fields.

GEOG 8001 - Problems in Geographic Thought

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Currents of geographic thought in biophysical, GIS, human, cultural, and human-environment subfields. Focuses on concepts/paradigms through which geographers have attempted to unify/codify the discipline, around which debate has flourished, and about which interdisciplinary histories can be traced.

GEOG 8002 - Research Methods in Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Seminar. Overview of research designs/methods in geography. Relationships between different research paradigms (modes of inquiry), research designs, and methods. Critical readings. Analyses of research projects.

GEOG 8005 - Proseminar: Population Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Conceptual literature and empirical studies on fertility, mortality, and migrations in different parts of the world. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8006 - Proseminar: Research Methods in Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Introduction to research design, strategies, methods of data collection, analysis, interpretation, and representation in contemporary geographic research. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8007 - Proseminar: Theories of Development and Change

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Recent research themes and questions in geography and related social sciences on Third World development; development theories, conceptually grounded case studies, and grassroots-based research. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8020 - Research Seminar: Economic Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Contemporary research. Advanced topics, which vary with interests of faculty offering course. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8101 - Proseminar: Nature and Society

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Interconnectedness of environment and people, nature and society. Conceptual literature and empirical studies in human/cultural/political ecology. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8102 - Proseminar: The State, the Economy, and Spatial Development

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Introduction to research in economic, political, and urban geography: conceptual research addressing interrelationship between political and economic processes and spatial dynamics of urban and regional development; empirical research documenting nature and extent of this interrelationship at different spatial scales. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8103 - Proseminar: Physical Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Historical development of research in physical geography, current research trends, and transfer of current research to undergraduate education. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8105 - Proseminar: Historical Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Introduction to conceptual research and empirical studies. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8106 - Seminar: Social and Cultural Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Role of space and place in constitution of social and cultural life, social relations, and social identities; class, space, and place; geography of race and racism; environmental racism; geography of gender and sexuality; nationalism, national identity, and territory. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8107 - Geographic Writing

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Analysis of organization and presentation of geographic research. Critiques of selected examples of geographic writing. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8200 - Seminar: Urban Geography

Credits:	2.0 -3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Contemporary research. Topics vary with the interests of faculty.

GEOG 8201 - Explorations in the Geography of Minnesota

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Physical environment, agriculture, forestry, mining, land survey, population, recreation, cities/towns, transportation. Sources of information about the state. Students make short oral/written reports. Might provide springboard for a Plan B paper, thesis, or dissertation. Two or three Saturday field trips. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8211 - Federal Policy Research

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

U.S. environmental policies at federal/state level. Policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. This seminar provides students with the necessary information to carry out independent research into public policy and will add unfamiliar sources to their research bibliographies. Descriptive and analytical rather than theoretical, and illustrative rather than comprehensive, it gives both social scientists and biophysical scientists additional perspective to their personal research and adds an important dimension to their analysis. It will allow them to find, describe, critically review, and communicate those aspects of federal policy of concern. Students are encouraged to choose areas of policy coinciding with their areas of research. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8212 - Africa

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Advanced topics. Topics vary with interests of faculty offering course. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8214 - South Asia

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Advanced topics. Topics vary with interests of faculty offering course.

GEOG 8220 - Agrarian Change and Rural Development

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Contours of agricultural/rural development in Third World. Theories of agrarian transformation and of rural development. Role of agriculture in economic development. Peasant economy. Nature/role of state intervention in rural sector.

GEOG 8230 - Theoretical Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Advanced topics. Topics vary with interests of faculty offering course. Contemporary theoretical/philosophical themes transcending subdisciplines of human/physical geography. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8240 - Medical Geography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Geographic inquiry concerning selected problems of health and health care. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8260 - Seminar: Physical Geography

Credits:	2.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Topics of contemporary research. Topics vary with interests of faculty offering course.

GEOG 8270 - Seminar: Climatology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Sample topics: climate modeling; climatic variability; climate change and predictability; severe local storms; drought; energy balance; urban climate; statistical climatology. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8280 - Biogeography

Credits:	3.0 [max 9.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Forest dynamics, dendrochronology, tree rings and climate, environmental disturbance, paleobiogeography, field/lab methods in biogeography. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8290 - Seminar in GIS and Cartography

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Selected concepts/methods. Topics, which vary yearly, include spatial analysis methods in GIS; advanced visualization methods; data quality and error propagation in GIS; generalization methods in GIS and cartography; role of time in GIS; interactive/animated cartography; incorporation of uncertainty. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8291 - Seminar in GIS, Technology, and Society

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Relationships between practice of GIS and political, economic, legal, institutional structures of society. Effects of GIS on society. Nontraditional spaces in GIS. GIS and local decision making. Privacy issues. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8292 - Seminar in GIS: Spatial Analysis and Modeling

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

Overview of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis/modeling of human/environmental systems. Spatial statistics, modeling spatiotemporal processes, simulation techniques, visualization, complex systems/complexity. Guidance in thesis/dissertation research. prereq: 3511 [or equiv statistics course], [3561 or 5561 or equiv intro GIS course] or instr consent

GEOG 8293 - CyberGIS

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Just as physical infrastructure provides services such as electricity, plumbing, and road networks to communities across the world, cyberinfrastructure has emerged to provide computational services and capabilities to scientific communities. Cyberinfrastructure integrates high-performance computing, digital sensors, virtual organizations, and software tools and services to facilitate computationally-intensive and collaborative scientific research. CyberGIS, broadly defined as cyberinfrastructure-based geographic information systems, integrates cyberinfrastructure, geographic information systems (GIS), and spatial analysis to enable collaborative geographic problem solving. This course will delve into advanced topics within the context of cyberGIS and related technologies. Particular emphasis will be placed on raster data processing including a broad introduction to raster data, cartographic modeling, and raster data manipulation. We will situate raster data processing in the broader context of geographic information science and cyberGIS focusing on the how synthesizing computational thinking and spatial thinking influence methodological approaches. Students will be expected to draw on their own experiences and backgrounds to enhance discussions, labs, and research projects. Students will gain hands-on experience developing methods to analyze and manipulate raster data.

GEOG 8294 - Spatiotemporal Modeling and Simulation

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Spring

Many geographic, societal, and environmental phenomena as well as biological and ecological systems involve dynamic processes that are changing in space and time. Examples include hurricanes, animal migrations, spread of diseases, human mobility and population dynamics. Movement is a key to understanding the underlying mechanisms of these dynamic processes. Today, the availability of an unprecedented amount of movement observations at ne spatial and temporal granularities has resulted in substantial advances in GISciences approaches for the analysis, modeling, and simulation of movement and its patterns. Spatiotemporal models and simulation techniques are often used to analyze and better understand the patterns of spatiotemporal processes, and to assess their behavioral responses in varying environmental conditions. This seminar introduces students to the concepts of spatiotemporal processes and patterns. We review existing methods for modeling and simulation of spatiotemporal phenomena, especially movement. Students will develop computational skills to model a phenomena of their choice and create simulations.

GEOG 8301 - Advanced Qualitative Methods

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Techniques available to scholars who use qualitative methods. Participant observation. Formal/informal interviews: life/oral histories, focus interviews. Documentary and material culture analysis. Practical experience, theoretical/ethical questions.

GEOG 8302 - Research Development

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Students in geography and related social sciences are guided in key steps to effective research proposal writing. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8336 - Development Theory and the State

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Why certain interventionist states in third world countries have been able to guide their economies to overcome legacy of underdevelopment while most have failed to induce development. Internal/external conditions that facilitated such departure from underdevelopment. Comparative national/provincial case studies: Taiwan, South Korea, Botswana, Brazil, India. Applying theoretical approaches to policy issues.

GEOG 8350 - Seminar: World Population

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Contemporary research in world population development and problems. Topics vary with interests of faculty offering course. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8405 - Seminar: Graduate Student Professional Development

Credits:	1.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Strategies for success in graduate program. Preparation for a career as a geographer. Completing/defending the dissertation. Publishing, job search, tenure process, oral presentations, non-academic career paths. prereq: Geography grad student

GEOG 8420 - Teaching Practicum

Credits:	1.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	S-N or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Teaching methodologies, learning objectives, course content, classroom techniques, student/course evaluation. Specific application to instruction in Geography. prereq: [Geog or MGIS] grad student or instr consent

GEOG 8800 - Seminar: Development of Geographic Thought

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Topics vary with interests of faculty offering course. prereq: instr consent

GEOG 8970 - Directed Readings

Credits:	1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

tbd prereq: dept consent

GEOG 8980 - Topics: Geography

Credits:	1.0 -3.0 [max 30.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Seminar offered by visiting or regular faculty. Topics vary with interests of faculty. prereq: instr consent

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