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Show Arts, Letters and Science — Geology and Geography Arts, Letters and Science — Geology and Geography GEOGRAPHY Courses of Instruction PS101. Physical Geography—Relationship and motions of the earth and the effects of these and other factors such as climate, soil, land features, vegetation, and animals on man's activities. A W S (5) SS110. World Regional Geography—Consideration of major world regions as bound together by environment, culture, economics or politics. A W S (5) PS113. Introduction to Meteorology—A study of the atmosphere emphasizing weather, weather elements, and weather forecasting. Four lectures per week. W (4) SS152. Geography of North America—The Geography of North America is designed to acquaint the student with the space and time relationships between man and his environment in North America. Emphasis is given to man's economic activities and utilization of resources, i.e., agriculture, mining, manufacturing, transportation as well as population distribution and regional similarities and differences in cultural and natural landscape. A WS (5) 305. Geography of Climates—A study of climatic controls, climate classification, and the distribution of climate types over the world. Four lectures per week. Prerequisite: Geography 101 orll3. S(4) 321. Urban Geography—Study of cities as elements in the landscape, their distribution, location, and structure as related to their physical setting, economic function, and cultural inheritance. W (3) 330. Political Geography—A study of systematic and regional aspects of world political patterns. An analysis is made of international affairs as they are affected by national resources, geographic position, and power structure in a regional setting. A (5) 336. Economic Geography—Resources, production, commerce, economic problems of major regions of the earth; emphasis also on the U.S. and Russian positions and on the underdeveloped countries. (Same as Economics 360.) S (5) 340. Cartography—Development of skills in compilation and construction of ,maps, charts, graphs, etc., as geographic tools. One lecture and two laboratory periods per week. Prerequisite: Geography 101 or consent of the instructor. W (3) 350. Geography of Utah—A study of the physical environment and activities of man in Utah. Two days of field trips required. Prerequisite: Geography 101. S (3) Geography 354 through Geography 378 provides a general survey of the physical and human environment and a more intensive analysis of a particular continent or region. Prerequisite: Geography 101 or 110 or Junior standing. 354. Geography of Latin America—(Offered 1972-73 and alternate years.) S (5) 359. Geography of Europe—W (5) 362. Geography of the Soviet Union-(Offered 1973-74 and alternate years.) S (3) 364. Geography of Asia—S (5) 374. Geography of Africa-(Offered 1972-73 and alternate years.) A (5) 378. Geography of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands-(Offered 1973-74 and alternate years.) W (3) 381. History of Geographic Thought—A study of the development of the science of geography giving attention to its changes in emphasis and philosophy. Prerequisite: Junior standing. A (3) 405. Field Methods-Gathering, mapping, and the utilization of geographic data. One lecture and two laboratory periods per week. Prerequisite: Geography 101, plus 10 additional hours of Geography. S (3) 480. Special Problems-A W S (2-3, maximum of 5.) 495. Regional Field Studies-A directed tour of specific geographic regions utilizing field observations, lectures, and individual student research. Prerequisite: A general course in Geography or consent of the instructor. Su (1-5) 499. Seminar-S (1) 128 129 |