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Special Analysis In Natural Resources

The application of spatial theory to natural resource management problems. Course topics include functions and uses of GIS, spatial theory and its application through GIS to resource management problems, linking aspatial and spatial databases, sources of spatial data, collecting and preparing spatial data for analysis, and spatial data confidence levels and spatial statistics. Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours per week.

Food Packaging

Detailed description of food packaging materials, composition and resistance to chemical and physical damage and their use in food systems as well as criteria for selection of packaging systems for specific food processing techniques will be presented. Methods of production, e.g.: blow mold, casting and estrusion; layering; lamination and co-extrusion; processing; and printing and sealing will be discussed.

Regional Geography Of The World

A geographical study of the world by regions with a focus on the world's physical and human landscapes. Emphasis on how regions are connected to each other. Also how each region is affected by, and affects, global issues such as economic restructuring, food production, and environmental change, will be examined. Fulfills elementary certification requirement for Education and USP disciplinary social science requirement.

Global Inequalities

This course focuses on basic spatial patterns of wealth and poverty and the global scale, comparing places and regions. Contemporary trends are identified and viewed in their historical context. Inequalities in access to basic human needs - food and water - are investigated through case studies drawn from around the world. The highly unequal world we live in raises serious questions of justice and sustainability, and these are considered in this course. Fulfills General Education requirements for Global Citizenship.

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