Edward Karabenick, Ph.D.

GEOG 310: Africa and the Middle East

This class was later split into GEOG 308I (Africa South of the Sahara) and

GEOG 309I: The Middle East and North Africa.

As a designated writing-intensive course, this course had as prerequisites ENGL 100 and upper-division status.

Human and physical settings of the Middle East and North Africa and the cultural, economic, settlement, and political relationships that characterize them stressing those factors which underlie the region's instability and global importance.

GEOG 316. Europe.

The human and physical patterns of Europe. Current cultural conditions and environmental problems.

GEOG 466. Urban Geography: Principles.

Examination of cities: their location, shape, structure and function. Selected world population clusters, theoretical and practical application of urban planning and the evolution of cities are studied. A lecture and problems class eligible for use by graduate students.

GEOG 486. Field Methods in Landscape Analysis.

Prerequisite: GEOG 380 (Map Reading and Interpretation) or consent of instructor. Introduction to field techniques, including formulation of field plans, recording direct observation, field mapping, sampling techniques, interviewing, and organizing and evaluating data for presentation. Lecture-discussion 2 hours, supervised field work 2 hours. Course eligible for use by graduate students.

GEOG 666. Seminar in Urban Geography.

Geographic concepts and techniques of research applied to specific urban areas. May be repeated once with consent of departmental advisor.

Descriptions mostly from 1992-93 catalogue
Last revised 03/02/21