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Geography and Environment (GEOG) San Francisco State University Bulletin 2022-2023 GEOG 180 First-Year Experience: Sustainable City, Sustainable You GEOGRAPHY AND (Units: 3) Prerequisite: GE Area A2* with a grade of CR or C- or higher. ENVIRONMENT (GEOG) The City of San Francisco is striving to meet social and environmental challenges to sustain our communities. Students' actions contribute GEOG 101 Our Physical Environment (Units: 3) to The City's sustainability; at the same time, students struggle Environmental processes; elements of weather and climate; shapes to sustain their own social, physical, financial, and academic well- of landforms; formation, distribution of soils and natural vegetation; being. Sustainability from body scale to city scale, examining identity physiography of oceans. Synergistic relations between the physical and development, social & environmental justice, and personal & social human environments. well-being. Writing, mapping, graphic, and oral communication in ways Course Attributes: that support your personal and professional goals, culminating in a • Environmental Sustainability multimedia portfolio. Course Attributes: • B1: Physical Science • E: Lifelong Learning Develop GEOG 102 The Human Environment (Units: 3) Nature of cultural geography; interpretation of the cultural elements of GEOG 203 Geographical Measurement (Units: 3) the geographic landscape and study of our changing relationship with the Prerequisite: First-Year Math Advising Module. For students who elect to environment. take a B4 course without additional support. Course Attributes: Extraction and analysis of qualitative and quantitative information about • Global Perspectives our environment. Applications of numerical and statistical techniques • Environmental Sustainability through the use of maps, geographic information systems, remote • D1: Social Sciences sensing, surveying, and GPS. Lecture, 2 units; activity, 1 unit. (Note: In order for this course to satisfy General Education, students must GEOG 107 World Regions and Interrelations (Units: 3) earn a C- or CR or higher grade if taken fall 2014 or later.) World culture regions: economic development, paths of cultural evolution, Course Attributes: bases for political organization and resource appraisals; the persistence of cultural differentiation in the face of increasing interdependence, • B4: Math/QR cultural transfer, and common threats to humanity. Course Attributes: GEOG 205 Geographic Techniques (Units: 3) Prerequisites: Restricted to sophomore standing and above; GEOG 101 • D1: Social Sciences or equivalent; and Area B4: Lower Division Mathematics/Quantitative • Global Perspectives Reasoning. • Environmental Sustainability Geographical analysis; methodology, tools, and techniques used in geographical research, including data acquisition, classification, GEOG 111 Our Physical Environment Lab (Unit: 1) descriptive statistics; map reading; introduction to geographic Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in GEOG 101. information science and remote sensing. Lecture, 2 units; activity, 1 unit. Laboratory related to GEOG 101, Our Physical Environment. Topics [Formerly GEOG 103] include skills in mapping, graphing, field techniques and data analysis in GEOG 301 Bay Area Environments (Units: 3) introductory physical geography. Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or GEOG 160 Introduction to Environmental Science (Units: 4) better or permission of the instructor. Introduction to ecological and environmental systems, and processes Introduction to the complex nature of human and environment interaction and problems at global, state, and local levels; examination of in the SF Bay Area. Exploration of environmental issues, geologic ecosystems, natural resources and earth processes and their interactions processes, water, weather, climate and ecosystems, anthropogenic with the human environment. Lecture, 3 units; laboratory, 1 unit. changes across the region, and the future of the Bay Area. Course Attributes: (This course is offered as A U 301 and GEOG 301. Students may not • Global Perspectives repeat the course under an alternate prefix.) • Environmental Sustainability Course Attributes: • B3: Lab Science • UD-B: Physical Life Science • B2: Life Science • Environmental Sustainability GEOG 312 Geography of Landforms (Units: 4) Prerequisites: GEOG 101 and GEOG 205; or permission of the instructor. Development of earth's surface landforms through processes involving weathering, hill slopes and flowing water, wind and ice. Structural and climatic control of landforms. Geographic analysis of landform systems. Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. Extra fee required. 1 San Francisco State University Bulletin 2022-2023 Geography and Environment (GEOG) GEOG 313 Earth's Climate System (Units: 4) GEOG 421 Future Environments (Units: 3) Prerequisites: GEOG 101 and GEOG 205; or permission of the instructor. Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or better or permission of the instructor. Physical characteristics and processes of Earth's climate system; atmospheric composition, radiation, energy and water budgets and Geography of the future. Programs from an economic point of view and circulations, interaction with biological, oceanic and cryospheric systems economic development from an ecological point of view, including the and global climate change. Computer-based analysis using climate potential productivity of various regions. Future environments of North measurements and models. Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. America. Course Attributes: GEOG 314 Bioclimatology (Units: 4) Prerequisites: GEOG 101 and GEOG 205; or permission of the instructor. • Environmental Sustainability • Global Perspectives Interactions between climate and the biosphere including ecosystem- atmosphere exchanges of energy, water and carbon, agricultural • UD-D: Social Sciences and urban climatology, wind transport and energy and measurement • Social Justice techniques. Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. GEOG 422 Environmental Perception (Units: 3) GEOG 316 Biogeography (Units: 4) Prerequisite: GEOG 102 or permission of the instructor. Prerequisites: GEOG 101, GEOG 205; or permission of the instructor. Facets of human behavior associated with perceptions of the natural Distribution, ranges, and limits of plants and animals and the and spatial environment, including mapping, residential preference, biogeographical effects of human occupancy. Ecological and historical hazard perception, environmental attitudes and impacts. Lecture, 2 units; themes, the changing patterns of biota in space and time under changing laboratory, 1 unit. environmental and human conditions. Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. GEOG 423 Geographic Perspectives on Gender (Units: 3) GEOG 317 Geography of Soils (Units: 4) Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GE Areas A1, A2, and A3; or Prerequisites: CHEM 115 or CHEM 180; ERTH 110 or GEOG 101; and permission of the instructor. GEOG 205; or permission of the instructor. This course critically examines the interrelationship between geography Properties of soils and factors of formation: parent material, climate, and gender. In particular, this course compares and considers the organisms, topography, and time. Distribution of taxonomic suborders. historical and contemporary positions and experiences of men and Soils as a natural resource. Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. Extra fee women throughout the world. As part of this, attention will be given to required. understanding the differences and commonalities of men and women's GEOG 342 Surface Water Hydrology (Units: 4) experiences in different sectors of society and across geographic scales. Prerequisites: MATH 226 and ERTH 210 or ERTH 505 are recommended; (This course is offered as GEOG 423 and WGS 423. Students may not or permission of the instructor. repeat the course under an alternate prefix.) GEOG 425 Economic Geography (Units: 3) Introduction to surface water hydrology; exploration of hydrologic Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor. processes; how precipitation and snowmelt become streamflow, evapotranspiration, and groundwater; watershed hydrology, streamflow Location and geographic distribution of the world's major types of processes, and water quality. Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. (Plus-minus production and associated systems of distribution and consumption; letter grade only) interpretation of economic activities in relation to various features of the (This course is offered as ERTH 442 [Formerly GEOL 473] and GEOG 342. environment. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.) GEOG 427 Agriculture and Food Supply (Units: 4) GEOG 402 Human Response to Natural Hazards (Units: 3) Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GEOG 101; or permission of the Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. instructor. Human-environmental interactions that result in major and/or Investigation of the location and distribution of world agricultural frequent disasters to human lives and properties; overview of physical production and the environmental forces influencing agricultural mechanisms of natural hazards; coping strategies of societies; mitigation organization and food supply. Problems in U.S. and California agriculture of natural hazards in the context of sustainable development and are analyzed. Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. environmental conservation. Course Attributes: • Global Perspectives • Environmental Sustainability 2 Geography and Environment (GEOG) San Francisco State University Bulletin 2022-2023 GEOG 428 International Political Economy of Food and Hunger (Units: 4) GEOG 435 Geography of Global Transportation (Units: 4) Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Exploration of why hunger persists in a world of abundance; food aid, Global transportation policies involving rail transit, bicycles, freight farm policy, and global food trade; whether production can match movement, airport ground access, and automobile travel. Case studies in population growth without environmental harm; crop genetic engineering, the Bay Area, North America, Europe, China, and Africa. Lecture, 3 units; international policies and movements for sustainability, and food activity, 1 unit. sovereignty/security. GEOG 437 Bicycle Geographies (Units: 4) (This course is offered as I R 428 and GEOG 428. Students may not repeat Prerequisite: Restricted to upper-division standing. the course under an alternate prefix.) Use of the campus and San Francisco as a living laboratory to engage GEOG 430 Transforming Food and Agriculture Systems: Local to Global in bicycle planning; key concepts and theories of bicycle transportation; (Units: 4) examination of bicycling trends, bicycle system design, and social, Prerequisites: GEOG 101 and GEOG 102, or GEOG 427, or GEOG 428/ cultural and political dimensions to cycling locally and globally. Note: I R 428; or permission of the instructor. Bicycling required; reasonable accommodations for students with Exploration of movements for sustainable and urban agriculture, disabilities may be arranged in advance with Disability Programs and local and regional food systems, food justice and food sovereignty; Resource Center (DPRC). Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. (Plus-minus consideration of ecological, economic, and political aspects of building letter grade only) alternative food systems locally, nationally, and internationally. Field trips GEOG 445 Geopolitics and Globalization (Units: 3) and community service required. Lecture, 3 units; laboratory, 1 unit. Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or Course Attributes: better or permission of the instructor. • Global Perspectives Physical and cultural geographic factors in and between political- • Social Justice territorial units. Effects of resource distribution, political motivations, and • Environmental Sustainability ideologies on establishing territorial sovereignty. (This course is offered as GEOG 445 and I R 445. Students may not repeat GEOG 432 Urban Geography (Units: 4) the course under an alternate prefix.) Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Course Attributes: Geographic characteristics of cities in relation to evolution, morphology, • UD-D: Social Sciences and function. The internal and external relationships of diversified urban areas. Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. GEOG 454 San Francisco on Foot (Units: 4) (This course is offered as GEOG 432 and USP 432. Students may not Prerequisite: Upper division standing or consent of instructor. repeat the course under an alternate prefix.) Selected geographic themes--accessibility, spatial, interaction, differential Course Attributes: land use, and the relationships between technology, values, and • Global Perspectives environmental utility--as expressed in the neighborhoods of San Francisco. Classwork, 2 units; fieldwork, 2 units. May be repeated for a • Environmental Sustainability total of 8 units. GEOG 433 Urban Transportation (Units: 4) GEOG 455 Geography of Ethnic Communities (Units: 3) Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Emphasis on sustainable and green solutions to mitigate transportation The spatial structure and organization of ethnic communities as greenhouse gas emissions and expand equity in urban transportation; illustrated by reference to San Francisco and other American cities. understanding environmental and social impacts of urban transportation; Course Attributes: relationship between transportation and urban form; History and politics of urban transportation; Field observations of transportation in San • Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities Francisco. Lecture, 3 units; activity, 1 unit. • Social Justice (This course is offered as GEOG 433 and USP 433. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.) GEOG 500GW Physical and Human Dimensions of Climate Change - GWAR (Units: 3) GEOG 434 Geographies of Health and Health Care (Units: 3) Prerequisites: GE Area A2; GEOG 101 and GEOG 102. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of the instructor. An interdisciplinary investigation of climate change including the causes, Geographies of health; the role place plays in determining the quality of environmental and societal impacts as well as mitigation and adaptation health status, and in shaping access to and use of health care. strategies. The class bridges traditional human and physical branches (This course is offered as GEOG 434 and PH 434 [Formerly H ED 434]. of geography and examines a variety of associated writing conventions. Students may not repeat the course under an alternate prefix.) (Plus-minus ABC/NC grading only) Course Attributes: • Graduation Writing Assessment 3 San Francisco State University Bulletin 2022-2023 Geography and Environment (GEOG) GEOG 550 Geography of the United States and Canada (Units: 3) GEOG 601 Field Methods in Human Geography (Units: 3) Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Prerequisite for GEOG 701: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. Anglo-America's physiography, climates, vegetation, soils, and natural Prerequisites for GEOG 601: Upper-division standing; GEOG 205; GPA of resources and their effect on the development of industry, commerce, and 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor. population distribution. Application of field methods in human geography. Research GEOG 552 Geography of California (Units: 3) methodologies and design including interviewing, surveying, Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or ethnographic methods, and archival research. Lecture, 2 units; activity, 1 better or permission of the instructor. unit. (GEOG 701/GEOG 601 is a paired course offering. Students who complete Location and description of California's natural resources; the influence the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.) of land surface, climate, natural vegetation, soils, and minerals upon economic development, routes of commerce, and population distribution. GEOG 602 Field Methods in Environmental Science & Physical Geography Current water problems. (Units: 4) Course Attributes: Prerequisite for GEOG 702: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. • Social Justice Prerequisites for GEOG 602: Upper-division standing; GEOG 205; GPA of • Environmental Sustainability 3.0 or higher; or permission of the instructor. • Am. Ethnic & Racial Minorities Field methods and monitoring techniques in environmental science • UD-D: Social Sciences and physical geography. Research methods, instrumentation and GEOG 575 Emerging China (Units: 3) experimental design in geomorphic surveying, plant sampling and Prerequisites: Restricted to upper-division standing; GE Areas A1*, measurement, atmospheric instruments, and monitoring systems. Hands- A2*, A3*, B4*, and E all with grades of C- or better; or permission of the on experiences provided through weekly field labs and field report writing. instructor. Lecture, 2 units; laboratory, 2 units. (GEOG 702/GEOG 602 is a paired course offering. Students who complete Examination of China's geographical conditions for development the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.) focusing on climate change, landforms, and natural resources. Focus on GEOG 603 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Units: 3) the patterns of human-environmental interactions that engender cultural Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or ENVS 224, or equivalent. institutions, economic development, and political changes. Discussion of the environmental sustainability of development strategies and feasible Applications of computers in geographic problem-solving. Investigates alternatives. Build a geographical framework for critically assessing the the nature of geographic information sources--maps, earth images, and impact of China's economic emergence on the environment and natural spatial databases--and the application of spatial analysis, mapping, resources within and beyond its borders. charting, and image display tools. Lecture, 2 units; laboratory, 1 unit. Course Attributes: GEOG 604 Environmental Data Science (Units: 3) • Global Perspectives Prerequisite for GEOG 704: Graduate standing or consent of the instructor. • Social Justice Prerequisites for GEOG 604: Upper-division standing; GEOG 205 and • Environmental Sustainability GEOG 603; GPA of 3.0 or better; or consent of the instructor. • UD-D: Social Sciences Environmental data science is the array of methods for turning raw data GEOG 600 Environmental Problems and Solutions (Units: 3) into understanding as applied to environmental research. An exploratory Prerequisites: GE Areas A1*, A2*, A3*, and B4* all with grades of C- or data analysis approach is employed where visualization of data in time better or permission of the instructor. and space can lead to insight and hypothesis development. Major topics include time-series analysis, geospatial methods employing open-source An ecological approach to nature and the landscape. Human populations, tools in the R language, and employing innovations in graphics and maps. natural resources, and environmental quality in California with particular Lecture, 2 units; laboratory, 1 unit. reference to the San Francisco Bay Area. (GEOG 704/GEOG 604 is a paired course offering. Students who complete (This course is offered as GEOG 600 and ENVS 600. Students may not the course at one level may not repeat the course at the other level.) repeat the course under an alternate prefix.) Course Attributes: GEOG 606 Cartography (Units: 3) Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or equivalent. • Environmental Sustainability Theory and practice in modern thematic cartography. Compilation and • UD-D: Social Sciences classification of geospatial datasets, the role of scale and projections in • Global Perspectives thematic maps, and theory and practice in cartographic symbolization, visualization, and communication. Ethics in geospatial visualization and issues in implementing cartographic visualizations in web and GIS environments. Lecture, 2 units; laboratory, 1 unit. Lab fee required. 4
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