Syllabi for Past Courses

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101 Introduction to Human Geography. See a syllabus for this class

102 Spatial Organization of Human Activity.

120 Global Physical Environments.

121 Atmospheric Environment and Society. (Crosslisted with Atm Ocn, Envir St.)

127 Physical Systems of the Environment. See a syllabus for this course.

139 Resources and People. (Crosslisted with Envir St.)

140 World Regions: Concepts and Problems.

170 Map Reading and Interpretation.

198 Directed Study.

199 Directed Study.

200 Level Courses | TOP |

227 Undergraduate Seminar.

230 Soil: Ecosystem and Resource. (Crosslisted with Soil Sci, Envir St.)

236 Bascom Course.

240 Plants and Man. (Crosslisted with Botany)

244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines. (Crosslisted with History, Poli Sci, Soc, Langasia)

253 Russia: An Interdisciplinary Survey. (Crosslisted with Poli Sci, History, and Slavic)

254 Eastern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Survey. (Crosslisted with History, Poli Sci, Slavic)

260 Latin America: An Introduction. (Crosslisted with Spanish, Anthro, History, Poli Sci, Rur Soc, Afroamer, Soc)

277 Africa: An Introductory Survey. (Crosslisted with Sociology, African studies, Afroamerican studies, Anthropology, History, Political Science)

300 Level Courses | TOP |

300 Population-Migration and Diffusion. See a syllabus for this class

301 Geography of Social Organization.

302 Economic Geography: Locational Behavior. See a syllabus for this class

303 The Human Role in Changing the Face of the Earth.

304 Settlement Patterns and Processes.

305 Introduction to the City. (Crosslisted with Urb R Pl)

309 People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems. (Crosslisted with Envir St)

311 Industrial Location-Theory and Patterns. (Crosslisted with Urb R Pl)

312 Regional Development and Planning. (Crosslisted with Urb R Pl)

318 Geography, Politics and Territoriality. I or II or SS; 3 cr (S-I).

319 Environmental Evaluation and Adaptation (Topic: International Environmental Justice). I or II; 3 cr (S-I).

320 Geomorphology. (Crosslisted with Geology)

321 Climatology.

325 Analysis of the Physical Environment. (Crosslisted with Envir St)

326 Landforms-Topics and Regions. (Crosslisted with Geology)

328 Arid Lands Geomorphology.

329 Landforms and Landscapes of North America.

331 Climatic Environments of the Past.
(Crosslisted with Envir St, Atm Ocn) 

336 Our Hazardous Environment. (Crosslisted with Envir St)

338 Vegetation: Stability and Change.

339 Environmental Conservation. (Crosslisted with Envir St)

340 Regional Cultures and Economies in the North American Past.

341 United States and Canada.

342 Geography of Wisconsin.

344 The American West.

345 Ethnicity in North America: A Regional Perspective.

348 Latin America.

349 Europe.

351 Elementary Photogrammetry. (Crosslisted with Civ Engr, Forestry)

353 Soviet Union-Topical Analysis.

355 Africa, South of the Sahara.

358 China and Southeast Asia.

360 Quantitative Methods in Geographical Analysis.

370 Introduction to Cartography.

371 History of Cartography. (Crosslisted with Hist Sci)

377 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. (Cross-listed: Envir Studies 377, Civil & Environmental Engineering 357)

400 Level Courses | TOP |

401 Seminar.

420 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology. (Crosslisted with Geology)

421 Applied Surficial Geology. (Crosslisted with Geology)

427 Seminar.

431 Soils of the World. (Crosslisted with Soil Sci)

434 People, Wildlife and Landscapes. (Crosslisted with Envir St, Rur Soc)

435 Soils of Wisconsin Field Study Tour. (Crosslisted with Soil Sci)

444 Health and Social Welfare in Western Society. (Crosslisted with Hist Sci, Hist Med)

460 American Environmental History. (Crosslisted with History, Envir St) See a syllabus for this class

500 Level Courses | TOP |

501 Space and Place: A Geography of Experience.

502 Spatial Behavior.

503 Researching the City: Qualitative Strategies. (Crosslisted with Urb R Pl) See a syllabus for this class

505 Urban Spatial Patterns and Theories. (Crosslisted with Urb R Pl)

506 Historical Geography of European Urbanization.

507 Historical Geography of Urban North America.

508 Landscape and Settlement in the North American Past.

510 Economic Geography.

519 Environment and Human Experience. See a syllabus for this class

523 Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics. See a syllabus for this class

524 Advanced Landform Geography. (Crosslisted with Geology)

525 Soil Geomorphology. (Crosslisted with Soil Sci)

527 The Quaternary Period. (Crosslisted with Geology)

528 Past Climates and Climatic Change. (Crosslisted with Atm Ocn, Envir St)

531 Global Climates. (Crosslisted with Atm Ocn)

534 History and Ideology of Environmentalism. (Crosslisted with Envir St, History, and Hist Sci)

535 Environmental Geography and Conservation in Developing Countries.

536 American Wilderness: Perception and Preservation.

537 Culture and Environment.

538 The Humid Tropics: Ecology, Subsistence,
and Development.

548 Problems in the Geography of Latin America.

549 Historical Geography of Western Europe.

553 Russia and the CIS: Problems in Human Geography.

558 The Social Geography of Asian Cities in Comparative Perspective.

560 Advanced Quantitative Methods. See a syllabus for this class

561 Mathematical Models in Geography.

565 Colloquium for Undergraduate Majors.

566 Geographic Thought.

570 Problems in Cartography.

572 Graphic Design in Cartography.

574 Cartographic Methods in Research.

575 Animated and Web-based Mapping.

576 Map Transformations and Coordinate Systems.

578 GIS Applications.

579 GIS and Spatial Analysis.

600 Level Courses | TOP |

601 Field Course in Geography.

602 Internship.

675 Special Topics in Geography - Land Use and Land Cover.

676 Special Topics in Geography. See a syllabus for this class

677 Special Topics in Geography.

681 Senior Honors Thesis.

682 Senior Honors Thesis.

691 Senior Thesis.

692 Senior Thesis.

698 Directed Study.

699 Directed Study.

700 Level Courses | TOP |

720 Field and Lab Techniques in Physical Geography.

765 Geographical Inquiry and Analysis: An Introduction.

766 Geographical Inquiry and Analysis: Techniques. See a syllabus for this class

799 Independent Reading.

900 Level Courses | TOP |

901 Seminar-Cities and Development.

970 Seminar in Geographic Information Science.