GEOG course rotation schedule

Courses in bold, red font are scheduled with regular frequency. Courses in just bold, black font are anticipated to follow a regular course rotation, but exceptions to the plan are possible or rotations have not been set. All other courses are scheduled based upon student demand and/or faculty availability.

Note that information about the course schedule below is subject to change and is meant to be purely a guide for planning purposes. Please contact the department chair (Dr. Kent Barnes) for more information about a particular course.

Last Updated April 2010

Undergraduate Courses:

Course Code	Course Name	Rotation Plan	Last Taught	Future Plan
101*	Physical Geography	Every Semester	Spring 2010	Fall 2010
102*	World Regional Geography	Every Semester	Spring 2010	Fall 2010
105*	Geography of International Affairs	Every Semester	Spring 2010	Fall 2010
109*	Introduction to Human Geography	Every Semester	Spring 2010	Fall 2010
110	Honors Introduction to Human Geography		Fall 2009
112	Honors World Regional Geography		Prior to Fall 2007
221*	Interpretation of Maps	Every Semester	Spring 2010	Fall 2010
223	Physical Geography Applications		Fall 2007
230	Understanding Through Maps		Spring 2010
232*	Introduction to GIS	Every Semester	Spring 2010	Fall 2010
251	Introduction to Planning	Every 3 semesters	Fall 2009	Summer 2010
315	Geomorphology	Every 3 semesters	Fall 2009	Spring 2011
317	Energy Resources	Every 4 semesters	Prior to Fall 2007	Fall 2010
319	Soils & Vegetation		Prior to Fall 2007
321	Interpretation of Aerial Photographs	Every 3 semesters	Spring 2009	Spring 2011
323	Cartography & Graphics I	Fall semesters	Fall 2009	Fall 2011
324	Cartography & Graphics II		Prior to Fall 2007
329	Medical Geography		Wintermester 2010	Fall 2011
341	Techniques & Materials for Geography Teachers		Prior to Fall 2007
355	Historical Geography of Urbanization	Every 3 semesters	Fall 2009
357	Cultural Geography	Every 3 semesters	Fall 2009	Spring 2011
359	Economic Geography	Every 3 semesters	Spring 2010	Fall 2011
373	Climatology	Every 3 semesters	Spring 2010	Fall 2011
375	Quantitative Methods in Geography	Every Fall semester	Fall 2009	Fall 2010
377	Meteorology	Every 3 semesters	Spring 2009	Fall 2010
381	Political Geography	Fall semesters	Fall 2009	Fall 2010
383	Natural Resources & Society	Every 3 semesters	Fall 2009	Spring 2011
385	Population Geography	Every 3 semesters	Prior to Fall 2007	Fall 2011
391	Urban Systems	Every 3 semesters	Spring 2009	Fall 2010
393	Transportation & Infrastructure	Every 3 semesters	Fall 2009	2011
401	Growth of Geographic Thought	Every Spring	Spring 2010	Spring 2011
405	Comprehensive Planning		Prior to Fall 2007	2011 or 2012
407	Geography of the Aged		Prior to Fall 2007
409	Applied Climatology		Prior to Fall 2007
410	Environmental Geography	Every Fall	Fall 2009	Fall 2010
411	Natural Hazards		Prior to Fall 2007	Fall 2010
412	Introduction to GIS		Fall 2007
414	GIS Applications		Spring 2010
415	Geographical Aspects of Pollution		Prior to Fall 2007
416	Principles of Remote Sensing & Digital Image Processing		Fall 2009	Fall 2010
417	Outdoor Recreation Planning Management		Fall 2009
418	Computer Mapping		Prior to Fall 2007
420	Geography of US and Canada		Spring 2010
423	Geography of Maryland		Prior to Fall 2007
424	Historical Geography of Atlantic Canada		Prior to Fall 2007
427	The Global Economy		Fall 2008	Fall 2010
431	Geography of Africa		Fall 2009
443	Geography of East Asia		Spring 2008
445	Geography of Southeast Asia		Prior to Fall 2007
447	Geography of the Middle East		Fall 2009	Fall 2010
448	Conflict in Ireland		Prior to Fall 07
451	Geography of Europe		Spring 2009	Spring 2013
453	Geography of the Former USSR		Spring 2010
461	Geography of Latin America		Spring 2010	Fall 2011
462	The Two Down Unders		Summer 2009	Summer 2010
463	The Silk Road		Prior to Fall 2007	Fall 2011
481	Environmental Impact Analysis		Spring 2010
484	Land Use Planning		Spring 2009

Graduate Courses:

Course ID	Course Name	Frequency	Last Taught	Future Plan
502	Energy Resources			Fall 2010
503	Soils & Vegetation		Prior to Fall 2007
504	Interpretation of Aerial Photographs		Spring 2009
505	Cartography & Graphics		Fall 2009
506	Cartography & Graphics II		Prior to Fall 2007
507	Computer Mapping		Prior to Fall 2007
508	Techniques and Materials for Geography Teachers		Prior to Fall 2007
510	Historical Geography of Urbanization		Spring 2010
511	Cultural Geography		Fall 2009
512	Economic Geography		Spring 2010
515	Climatology	Every 3 semesters	Spring 2010	Fall 2011
516	Quantitative Methods in Geography	Every Fall	Fall 2009	Fall 2010
517	Meteorology	Every 3 semesters	Spring 2009	Fall 2010
518	Introduction to GIS		Prior to Fall 2007
519	Political Geography		Prior to Fall 2007
520	Population Geography		Prior to Fall 2007
522	Urban Systems		Spring 2009	Fall 2010
523	GIS Applications		Spring 2010
527	Outdoor Recreation Planning Management		Prior to Fall 2007
551	Growth of Geographic Thought		Fall 2009	Fall 2010
553	Comprehensive Planning		Prior to Fall 2007
557	Studies in Natural Hazards		Prior to Fall 2007	Fall 2010
559	Geographical Aspects of Pollution		Prior to Fall 2007
560	Geography of US & Canada		Spring 2010
561	Geography of Maryland		Prior to Fall 2007
562	Geography of Africa		Fall 2009
564	Geography of East Asia		Spring 2008
565	Geography of the Middle East		Fall 2009	Fall 2010
566	Geography of Europe		Spring 2009
567	Geography of the Former USSR		Spring 2010
568	Geography of Latin America		Spring 2010	Fall 2011
569	The Two Down Unders		Summer 2009	Summer 2010
587	Environmental Impact Analysis		Spring 2010	Fall 2011
601	Geographical Perspectives	Every Spring	Spring 2010	Spring 2011
621	Research Techniques	Every Fall	Fall 2009	Fall 2010
631	Remote Sensing		Fall 2009	Fall 2010
641	Applied Physical Geography		Prior to Fall 2007
651	Seminar / Applied Population Geography		Prior to Fall 2007	Fall 2011
653	Advanced Topics in Environmental Hazards		Spring 2009	Spring 2013
661	Studies in Economic Geography		Spring 2009
663	The Silk Road		Prior to Fall 2007
681	Seminar in Political Geography		Prior to Fall 2007
683	Seminar: Environmental Problems in Maryland		Prior to Fall 2007
691	Urban Geography Studies		Prior to Fall 2007
701	Land Use Studies		Prior to Fall 2007
771	Seminar in Regional Geography		Prior to Fall 2007