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Catalog Course Descriptions

Courses listed here by topic or geography concentration area are offered by the Department of Geography. The official UW-Madison Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog Geography Course listing is the final authority on courses.

Jamie Peck's Human Geography seminar interacts with seminar in the UK through the Worldwide University NetworkStudents should read the KEY and always talk to your advisor.

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Courses by Concentration

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Group I.  Physical Geography
Group II.  People-Environment Interaction
Group III.  Human Geography
Group IV.  Area Studies and Global Systems
Group V.  Cartography and Geographic Information Systems

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Course Levels are indicated by: E=Elementary; I=Intermediate; D=Intermediate/Advanced; A=Advanced
Frequency of course offering in recent years shown here as an indication (not a future certainty):
1 = every semester; 2 = every year; 3 = every other year; 4 = irregularly
* Course is cross-listed in more than one Group. Choose the course grouping in which you want to count the course.

Group I. Physical Geography

  • 120 Global Physical Environments (E) 1
  • 121 Atmospheric Environment and Society (E) 2
  • 127 Physical Systems of the Environment (E) 1
  • 320 Geomorphology (I) 4
  • 321 Climatology (I) 2
  • 325 Analysis of the Physical Environment (I) 2
  • 326 Landforms-Topics and Regions, (Fluvial Geomorphology) (I) 2
  • 328 Arid Lands Geomorphology (I) 3
  • 329 Landforms and Landscapes of North America (I) 3
  • 331 Climatic Environments of the Past (I) 3
  • 420 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology (I) 3
  • 421 Applied Surficial Geology (I) 3
  • 431 Soils of the World (I) 3
  • 523 Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics
  • 524 Advanced Landform Geography (A) 4
  • 525 Soil Geomorphology (A) 3
  • 527 The Quaternary Period (A) 3
  • 528 Past Climates and Climatic Change (A) 4
  • 531 Global Climates (A) 3

Group II.  People-Environment Interaction

  • 139 Resources and People (E) 2 or 3
  • 230 Soil: Ecosystem and Resource (I) 2 or 3
  • 240 Plants and Man (E) 2 or 3
  • 303 The Human Role in Changing the Face of the Earth (I) 2
  • 309 People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agricultural Systems (I) 2
  • 319 Environmental Evaluation and Adaptation (Topic: International Environmental Justice) (I) 3
  • 336 Our Hazardous Environment (I) 2
  • 338 Vegetation: Stability & Change (I) 4
  • 339 Environmental Conservation (I) 1
  • 434 People, Wildlife and Landscapes (I) 2
  • 460 American Environmental History (I) 3
  • *508 Landscape and Settlement in the North American Past (A) 3
  • 519 Environment and Human Experience (A) 3
  • 534 History and Ideology of Environmentalism (A) 4
  • 535 Environmental Geography and Conservation in Developing Countries (D) 4
  • 536 American Wilderness: Perception and Preservation (A) 3
  • 537 Culture and Environment (A) 2
  • 538 The Humid Tropics: Ecology, Subsistence, and Development (A) 4

Group III. Human Geography

  • 101 Introduction to Human Geography (E) 1
  • 102 Spatial Organization of Human Activity (E) 4
  • 236 Bascom Course: The Power of Place (E)
  • 300 Population, Migration, and Diffusion (I) 4
  • 301 Geography of Social Organization (I) 4
  • 302 Economic Geography: Locational Behavior (I) 4
  • 305 Introduction to the City (I) 1
  • 311 Industrial Location: Theory and Patterns (I) 4
  • 312 Regional Development and Planning (I) 1
  • 318 Geography, Politics, and Territoriality (I) 2
  • *349 Europe (I) 2
  • *353 Russia and the Newly Independent States: Topical Analysis (I) 2
  • 444 Health and Social Welfare in Society (I) 4
  • 501 Space and Place: A Geography of Experience (S-A) 3
  • 502 Spatial Behavior (A) 4
  • 503 Researching the City (I) 3
  • 505 Urban Spatial Patterns and Theories (A) 4
  • 506 Historical Geography of European Urbanization (A) 4
  • 507 Historical Geography of Urban North America (A) 4
  • *508 Landscape and Settlement in the North American Past (A) 3
  • 510 Economic Geography (A) 2
  • *553 Russia and the CIS: Problems in Human Geography (A) 4
  • 558 The Social Geography of Asian Cities in Comparative Perspective (A) 2
  • Group IV. Area Studies and Global Systems

  • 140 World Regions: Concepts and Regions (E) 1
  • 244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines (E) 1
  • 253 Russia: An Interdisciplinary Survey (E)
  • 260 Latin America: An Introduction (E) 2
  • 277 Africa: An Introductory Survey (I) 1
  • 340 Regional Cultures and Economies in the North American Past (I) 4
  • 342 Geography of Wisconsin (I) 4
  • 344 The American West (I) 3
  • 345 Ethnicity in North America: A Regional Perspective (I) 2
  • 348 Latin America (I) 2
  • *349 Europe (I) 2
  • *353 Russia and the Newly Independent States: Topical Analysis (I) 2
  • 355 Africa, South of the Sahara (I) 2
  • 358 China and Southeast Asia (I) 2
  • 548 Problems in the Geography of Latin America (A) 4
  • 549 Historical Geography of Western Europe (A) 4
  • *553 Russia and the CIS: Problems in Human Geography (A) 4

Group V. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems

  • 170 Map Reading and Interpretation (E) 1 or 2
  • 351 Elementary Photogrammetry (I) 2
  • 370 Introduction to Cartography (I) 1
  • 371 History of Cartography (I) 3
  • 377 Introduction to GIS (I) 2
  • 570 Problems in Cartography (A) 4
  • 572 Graphic Design in Cartography (A) 2
  • 574 Cartographic Methods in Research (A) 4
  • 575 Introduction to Computer Cartography (I) 2
  • 576 Map Transformations and Coordinate Systems (A) 3
  • 578 GIS Applications (D) 2
  • 579 GIS and Spatial Analysis (D) 2

 

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