A basic introduction to computer-assisted cartography. Emphasis on basic computer graphics literacy and automated techniques for spatial data acquisition, storage, processing, and output. Introduction to current mainframe, workstation, and desktop mapping programs.
Tourism is the world's fastest-growing economic sector, creating and transforming places, regions and broader geographies of travel, movement, and investment. The course will examine concepts, models, and theories in the study of tourism and recreation. Selected themes include major travel flows and patterns; economic, environmental, and socio- cultural impacts; mass vs. "new" (e.g., eco-tourism, adventure tourism, extreme tourism) types of tourism; heritage tourism; marketing; place boosterism; tourism and recreation planning; and the politics of tourism.
This course explores the intertwining of environment, development & sustainability. It analyzes the political economy of environmental destruction (at macro and micro levels) to understand its origins and strategies to prevent it.
A study of this region's diverse physical and human landscapes, emphasizing the historical and contemporary interlinkages between the various states. Contemporory problems of the post-Soviet era (such as environmental degradation, economic and regional restructuring, or the international position of the region) will be studied from a geographical perspective.
A study of the human, economic, and environmental aspects of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Himalayan Nepal and Bhutan, and Sri Lanka. Topics include basic physical and cultural regionalisms, land use and population problems, and patterns of economic development involving urbanization, resources, and industrialization.
This course examines some of the major aspects of the society, culture, and economy of Japan. It discusses Japan's human and natural environments; natural hazards and disasters; cultural history and geography; economic and technological developments, their prospects and potentials; challenges to the management of environment and its resources; and Japan's role in global economy.
Major themes revolve around regional diversity and regional development. Major topics examined include physical environmental context, historical development, and economic and population geography. The study region includes the upland areas between southern New York State and central Alabama.
The study of human population distributions, densities, and growth patterns through analyses of the processes of fertility, mortality and mobility. Topical coverage includes the environmental, social, political, economic, and behavioral impacts on personal action and population change. Emphasis is placed on historic and contemporary meanings and influences of population diversity, with special attention given to issues of gender, race, and class.
A study of the giant Japanese multinational corporations in the world economy and their impact on development and environment of selected countries. Topics include: geographical organization of multinational corporate system; their locational decisions; affect of multinationals policies on the environment; and local economy.
Students will learn how to construct and maintain databases with applications to public health. They will also learn how to program in SAS, the leading statistical analysis system. SAS skills include report writing, MACRO writing, and Programming using SAS Intranet. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours per week.
