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FDED 699 - Independent Study
Credits: 1-6
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Food and Nutrition |
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FDNT 515 - Sustainable Nutrition
Credits: 3
Explores food system sustainability issues from farm to fork, including food production, preparation, processing, packaging, and distribution. Assesses the sustainability of current dietary recommendations and the environmental impact of food choices. Evaluates food security from a national and global perspective.
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FDNT 545 - Advanced Sports Nutrition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Graduate student in FDNT or KHSS or department permission
Examines and evaluates evidence-based sports nutrition guidelines and current research related to nutrition and athletic performance. Explores special populations, environments and clinical conditions related to nutrition and athletic performance. Includes an emphasis on dietary supplements and ergogenic aids for sport.
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FDNT 558 - Advanced Human Nutrition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: FDNT 212, CHEM 255, and BIOL 151.
Dual-Listed Class
In-depth study of the nutrients and their functions within the cell. Incorporation of the principles of physiology and biochemistry in the study of nutrition. Emphasis on current research.
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FDNT 564 - Food and Nutrition Research Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Introduction to research methodology in food and nutrition. Includes theory and techniques of physical, chemical, and instrumental analysis. Applications of these methods to food and animal models with statistical analysis of data.
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FDNT 581 - Special Topics
Credits: 3 or 4
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FDNT 612 - Administration of Food Service Systems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Addresses food service as a system of interrelated parts and of controlling management resources. Analyzes different types of food service delivery systems and covers legal responsibilities of a food service administrator.
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FDNT 625 - Community Nutrition and Policy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Examines the planning, organizing, implementing, supervising, and evaluating of community nutrition programs in profit and nonprofit settings.
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FDNT 630 - Connecting Theory to Research and Practice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Critical examination of the theories and models used in nutrition education, nutrition intervention, and nutrition counseling. Practice in using theories as a framework to guide effective research and intervention designs to promote positive food and nutrition behaviors provided.
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FDNT 631 - Eating Behaviors and Food Habits
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Investigation and analysis of historical, political, religious, ethnic, environmental, and social influences which affect food consumption patterns.
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FDNT 635 - Nutrition Intervention, Counseling, and Educational Strategies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Addresses the selection or design, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to promote food, nutrition, and health information to diverse groups in a variety of settings. Focuses on the evidence-based approaches for food and nutrition intervention, counseling, and education to promote behavior change.
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FDNT 642 - Contemporary Issues in Food and Nutrition
Credits: 3
Current information in foods and nutrition is investigated, analyzed, and evaluated for practical implementation.
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FDNT 645 - Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Fats
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Nutritional considerations of protein, carbohydrate, and fat metabolism. Physiological and biochemical functions of these nutrients will be discussed.
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FDNT 647 - Vitamins in Human Nutrition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Focuses on biochemical role of vitamins in human metabolism. Examines biochemical and physiologic functions and current research implications in health and disease.
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FDNT 648 - Minerals and Water in Human Nutrition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Focuses on biochemical role of minerals and water in human metabolism. Examines biochemical and physiological functions and current research implications in health and disease.
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FDNT 651 - Professional Dietetic Practice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Examines professional topics relevant to the dietetic professional. Provides a forum for clinical case study presentations and education about professional development opportunities and challenges.
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FDNT 653 - Leadership for Nutrition Professionals
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission
Provides a theoretical analysis of leadership theory, organizational management concepts, consulting strategies, and ethics as it relates to both the novice, and advanced food and nutrition professional.
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FDNT 661 - Designing Effective Food and Nutrition Research Projects
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission.
Enhances understanding and skills in food and nutrition research and evaluation with emphasis on survey methods. Examines decisions related to research ethics, study design, sampling, recruitment, instrument development and testing, data collection, and analysis plans. Development of a defendable proposal to conduct research in food and nutrition required.
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FDNT 662 - Applying Research Methods in Food and Nutrition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission and FDNT 661 minimum grade of C.
Conduct research in food and nutrition. Participate in decisions and activities related to study design, instrument construction and pilot testing, data management and analysis, interpretation and communication of results.
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FDNT 681 - Special Topics
Credits: 1-3
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FDNT 696 - Dietetic Internship
Credits: 1-6
Prerequisite: Department permission and enrollment as intern or ISPP student.
Supervised practice experience for students who are enrolled in IUP’s accredited dietetic internship or Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway (ISPP) programs.
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FDNT 698 - Internship
Credits: 1-6
Supervised work experience for Food and Nutrition majors. Permission: Department chairperson.
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FDNT 771 - Lifecycle Nutrition
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission
Studies bodily functions at different stages of development under differing environmental conditions and at various levels of biological organization.
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FDNT 773 - Advanced Clinical Nutrition Therapy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Department permission and undergraduate coursework in medical nutrition therapy.
Provides in-depth investigation of diet and nutrition in the treatment of select diseases and conditions. Will address measures of nutritional status, intervention, monitoring and evaluation using nutrition standardized language and evidence based practice. Focus will be on current nutrition issues impacting clinical practice.
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FDNT 795 - Thesis
Credits: 1-4
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FDNT 799 - Independent Study in Food and Nutrition
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Completion of two courses in the department requirement. Advanced study and/or selected research problems from the field of food and nutrition. May be taken for a maximum of three credits.
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FIN 500 - Foundations of Finance
Credits: 1.5
Designed for EMBA students without prior Finance background to prepare them for MBA Financial Management course. Provides students with the concepts that constitute the base for finance theory and the foundations for the techniques used in making financial decisions.
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FIN 501 - Energy Finance
Credits: 3
Presents a strategic framework for examining energy finance strategies used primarily in the oil and gas industry. It discusses the wide range of tools available for financing energy projects such as equity, debt, tax credits and other methods used by corporations. It extends the financing framework by describing current theories and applications in developing the energy product and how it is priced and delivered to the end user.
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FIN 510 - Financial Institutions and Markets
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: FIN 630 or by permission of the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology graduate coordinator.
Dual-Listed Class
A review of the structure of financial institutions, money, and capital markets. Provides knowledge of the theory and practices of managing financial institutions, with particular emphasis on the management of financial risks. This course covers the different types of depository and non-depository financial institutions, the different types of risks to which these institutions are exposed, and the different techniques used in covering these exposures. In addition, it will cover the different types of specialized financial markets and their instruments.
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FIN 520 - Investment Analysis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ACCT 301, FIN 310, FIN 324, or permission of Eberly College of Business and Information Technology graduate coordinator.
Dual-Listed Class
Integrates the work of various courses in the finance areas and familiarizes the student with the tools and techniques of research in the different areas of investments.
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FIN 524 - International Financial Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: FIN 310 or equivalent.
Dual-Listed Class
Provides an insight into the unique issues and problems that the manager of the multinational enterprise will face, such as working capital management; capital budgeting process; financing and investing abroad; capital and money markets; foreign exchange markets; and risk management.
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FIN 525 - Financial Derivatives
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: FIN 324 for FIN 425 and FIN 630 or equivalent/permission.
Provides an understanding of how the derivatives markets work, how they are used, and how prices are determined. Includes the common types of derivatives, their characteristics and properties, and trading methods and strategies. Also, covers fundamental pricing models based on arbitrage pricing theory, binomial, and Black-Scholes models.
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FIN 581 - Special Topics in Finance
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and Eberly College of Business and Information Technology graduate coordinator.
Covers advanced or exploratory topics within the discipline. Specific content developed by the instructor. Content will vary, depending upon the interests of the instructor and students’ need and demand for the advanced or exploratory topic.
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FIN 630 - Corporate Finance and Valuation
Credits: 3
Apply financial models to assess the fundamental value of corporations and various financial securities by incorporating concepts from interest rates and bond valuation, cost of capital, capital structure decisions, cash flow estimation and risk analysis of capital budgeting projects and stock valuation.
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FIN 632 - Seminar in Finance
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: FIN 630
Covers topics in all areas of finance by using recent articles, cases, discussions, speakers, and a finance simulation game. Designed to bring together all aspects of finance.
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FIN 635 - Principles of Investments in Securities
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: FIN 630
Introduces many forms of existing investment policies. Attention is given to operation of stock markets, concepts and terminology of investing, mutual funds and their function, investment clubs, and problems involved in making investments through brokers, bankers, and stock promoters.
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FIN 681 - Special Topics in Finance
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor and the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology graduate coordinator.
Covers advanced or exploratory topics within the discipline. Specific content developed by instructor. Content will vary, depending upon the interests of instructor and students, with instructor choosing specific topics. May be repeated by specific approval.
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FIN 698 - MBA Internship
Credits: 1.5 or 3
Prerequisite: Completed 15 graduate credits. Approval by department chair and graduate coordinator.
A planned, field-based, individually designed, and faculty-supervised work-experience to enhance the student’s professional competence in Business Administration and selected functional area. Maximum of 3 credits can be applied towards MBA electives.
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FIN 699 - Independent Study in Finance
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor, departmental chairperson, and Eberly College of Business and Information Technology dean.
Individual research and analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study under the guidance of a senior faculty member.
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FIN 795 - Thesis
Credits: 4-6
For students writing a thesis, FIN 795 should be scheduled for the semester in which the student plans to complete his/her work. The thesis is a committee thesis (4-6 cr.), for which the student’s advisor, two additional faculty members, the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology graduate coordinator, and/or the representative of the dean of the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology may constitute the committee.
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FIN 870 - Financial Institutions and Markets
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Student in the PhD business program
Covers structure of modern financial institutions management from a risk perspective. It will include coverage of material relating to capital markets and investment in financial assets taking into account globalization and integration of financial markets. The course will also focus on international corporate finance, including a firm’s exposure to exchange rate risk and methods and financial instruments used to manage those risks.
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FIN 895 - Doctoral Seminar in Business
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Student in the PhD business program.
Introduces PhD students to basic and applied research in a specific area of business management, marketing, finance, supply chain, human resources, information systems, accounting, international business and entrepreneurship.
Cross-Listed: MGMT 895
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FIN 995 - Doctoral Dissertation in Business
Credits: 1-12
Prerequisite: Completion of PhD in managerial coursework and comprehensive exams
A culminating scholarly activity requiring independent original research, literature review, data collection, analysis, and written and oral dissemination of findings. Dissertation defense is required.
Cross-Listed: MGMT 995
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GCOE 541 - Creative Problem-Solving and Design Thinking
Credits: 3
Examines the history, current literature, neuroscience, and various approaches of creativity and creative problem-solving before covering the principles and stages of design thinking. The course also includes an application component of both creative problem-solving and design thinking for professionals in their respective workplaces.
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GCOE 781 - Mental Health Diagnosis and Interventions for the School Professional
Credits: 3
Designed for graduate student wishing to enhance their knowledge of children and adolescents with mental health diagnoses. Students will be provided current information on the most common disorders given to school-age youth and the negative impact socioemotional issues can have on educational attainment. Prevention and intervention oriented approaches for use in the school will be described. Students enrolled in the course will begin to plan, implement, and evaluate interventions to facilitate student success.
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GEOG 511 - History of Geography
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
History of the discipline, great ideas, leading professionals, and unresolved issues are studied.
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GEOG 514 - Map and Photograph Interpretation
Credits: 3
Develops skill in extracting information and synthesizing data from maps and aerial photographs as applied to geologic, land use, planning, and terrain analysis problems.
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GEOG 515 - Introduction to Remote Sensing
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
Introduces the concepts, principles, methods, and theories applied in and through remote sensing of the earth’s physical and cultural features. Includes understanding the physical principles of the electromagnetic spectrum, the technological underpinnings of a variety of sensors, and applications of these technologies. Applies industry standard software packages in the geospatial sciences to illustrate course concepts and build software recognition and application skills.
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GEOG 516 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
Presents automated methods for creating, maintaining, and analyzing spatial data. Includes (1) specialized GIS hardware and software, (2) vector vs. raster vs. object-oriented spatial data structures, (3) creation and manipulation of geographic data files, (4) database design and management concepts, (5) spatial analysis, and (6) cartographic design.
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GEOG 518 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Crime Mapping and Social Scientific Analysis
Credits: 3
Provides students with knowledge of the theoretical basis of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications for criminologists and other social scientists. In the process of demonstrating some of the capabilities of GIS, the specifics of selected GIS and database software packages will also be covered. During the course of the semester, students will develop the skills to use GIS packages, manipulate and query geographic data to solve problems, perform simple spatial analysis, and understand how to utilize GIS in law enforcement/social science problem-solving and decision-making processes.
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GEOG 519 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Environmental Applications
Credits: 3
Provides students with knowledge of the theoretical basis of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications for environmental scientific analysis. In the process of demonstrating some of the capabilities of GIS, the specifics of selected GIS and database software packages will also be covered. During the course of the semester, students will develop the skills to use GIS packages, manipulate and query geographic data to solve problems, perform simple spatial analysis, and understand how to utilize GIS for environmental analysis and resource management.
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GEOG 521 - Enterprise GIS Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Principles and methods for creating, operating, maintaining, and managing data for multi-user geospatial information systems are studied. Each student will customize, document, and operate a multi-department, multi-user geographic information system of his/her design.
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GEOG 525 - Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Concepts and Techniques
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
Provides students with knowledge of the theoretical basis and practical applications of Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS). Students will gain hands-on experience using GPS receivers and GPS observables, as well as the ability to determine point and relative position fixes from pseudorange and carrier phase measurements. Students will be exposed to industry standard GPS hardware and software, as well as appropriate techniques for processing GPS data to achieve necessary levels of horizontal and vertical positional accuracy. Integration of GPS and geographic information systems (GIS) will also be discussed.
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GEOG 526 - Environmental Land Use Planning
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: (RGPL 550 recommended)
RPGL 426
Examines principles, techniques, and applications for the environmental land-use planning process. Focuses on surface water and deals with topics such as land-use, stream monitoring, stream conservation and restoration, and watershed management. Students who complete course will be exposed to environmental planning legislation and policy, best management practices, and applied techniques.
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GEOG 531 - Population Geography
Credits: 3
Spatial variations in numbers, characteristics and dynamics of human population, models, and theoretical constructs relevant to demographic structures and processes are studied.
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GEOG 532 - Urban Geography
Credits: 3
Analysis of city types, patterns, and functions as influenced by geographic conditions and other factors. City planning techniques and field study are utilized.
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GEOG 533 - Geography of Transportation and Trade
Credits: 3
Transportation systems and their use: accessibility, circulation, time and distance concepts, and trade patterns. Empirical and theoretical approaches are examined.
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GEOG 534 - Political Geography
Credits: 3
Geographic factors and conditions are analyzed as they relate to character and function of states. Political institutions in light of geographic conditions.
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GEOG 535 - Geography of Energy
Credits: 3
Covers patterns and problems of energy production and consumption in human societies. Descriptions of what, where, and how much are combined with issues such as technological change, conservation, allocations, environmental impacts, and economic development. Specific topics global history and trends of energy development, pricing systems, types of energy, locations of production areas, and the energy status of the United States.
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GEOG 536 - Social Geography
Credits: 3
Spatial dimensions of the American society are the focus of this course. The distribution of various social groups and their impact on the landscape are considered.
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GEOG 540 - Conservation: Environmental Analysis
Credits: 3
Problems of exploitation and utilization of regional resources (e.g., soils, minerals, forests, and wildlife), in relation to population growth and regional planning and development.
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GEOG 541 - Climatology
Credits: 3
Examines the elements of weather and climate on Earth. The location and causes of global climatic regions are examined in relation to moving pressure and wind systems. The course also considers the climatic history of the planet and recent human modifications of the atmospheric environment.
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GEOG 542 - Physiography
Credits: 3
Focuses on landform types and their spatial distribution. Emphasis is placed on the tectonic forces that build landforms and the weathering and erosional processes that erode and shape surface features. The relationship between human activities and landforms is also considered.
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GEOG 543 - Fresh Water Resources
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
Focuses on surface and groundwater as a resource with unique properties. Fresh water is defined physically by storage in the hydrologic cycle and the values assigned by different cultures. Problems featured relate to consumptive and withdrawal water uses, the problems of water supply and scarcity, water law and its inconsistencies, flooding and floodplain management, sources of contamination and pollution, wetlands, and case studies of selected river basins.
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GEOG 544 - Energy Development and Compliance I
Credits: 3
Reviews and characterizes energy resources found in northern Appalachia, and the logic and techniques used to identify, quantify and regulate their development and extraction. Focuses in particular on the spatial dimensions of shale gas, coal, and wind as major energy sources in northern Appalachia, and deals with topics such as exploration, environmental and cultural compliance, logistics, production analysis, and infrastructure maintenance.
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GEOG 550 - Introduction to Community Planning
Credits: 3
Introduction to the profession and activity of contemporary American urban and regional planning. Course emphasis is placed on land use control, design, growth management, and development regulation. Legal and institutional bases of planning practice are covered as well.
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GEOG 552 - Planning Methods
Credits: 3
Research, analytical design, and plan-making techniques in urban and regional planning. Examines basic items necessary to prepare urban and regional comprehensive plans.
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GEOG 553 - Planning Design I
Credits: 3
Introduces the basics of design problem solving, visual communications and site planning in the context of human settlement and urban geography. Emphasizes graphic communication, program development and the translation of design programs into physical form. Introduces a broad range of
contemporary community planning and development issues best resolved through creative design. Applies planning and design skills in the context of history, culture, site, environment, diversity, social equity, legal conventions, regulatory policies, accessibility, technology, materiality and sustainability.
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GEOG 554 - Planning Design II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 550 GEOG 553
Presents concepts of city, subdivision, and transportation design in relation to topography, natural resources, and other physical elements. This course focuses specifically on the development of site planning; site analysis and site design as well as the translation of design program elements into physical form.
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GEOG 558 - Land Use Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 550 or GEOG 564 .
Introduces students to principles of land use law. The course focus is on federal constitutional principles and key Supreme Court cases, especially as they relate to actions of local units of government and municipal planning practice. Deals with the present state of land use law and with current trends and issues.
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GEOG 562 - Planning Policy, Implementation, and Administration
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 558
Focuses on the planning and implementation of policies to manage the location, timing, type, and intensity of land development. Explores the multi-step process from community plan to project completion. Exposes students to the public environment in which community plans are developed and implemented and walks them through the real world problems of identifying projects, building agency and interagency consensus, finding funding, putting together a project plan, project management, personnel and budget to project completion.
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GEOG 564 - Land Use Policy
Credits: 3
Dual-Listed Class
Introduces students to and provides an overview of land use issues at the regional, state, and federal levels. Emphasizes evolution of contemporary policy strategies, constitutional issues, and regional controversies involved in the regulation of metropolitan growth, central city decline, and management of public lands.
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GEOG 568 - Planning Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 550
Examines process of city planning during ancient, medieval, Renaissance, and modern periods. A review of early planning in America, as well as present city planning, is included.
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GEOG 581 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Topical courses offered on an experimental basis. Check department schedule for these offerings.
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GEOG 584 - Field Studies in Geography and Social Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Immerses the student in a regional environment. Helps the student to critically see and to interpret a cultural landscape. The experience is predominantly off campus. Using a combination of structured field exercises, culturally specific readings, primary and secondary data, and standard geographic field techniques, the course strives to develop for the student a deeper affective and cognitive understanding of a cultural region. May be repeated under a different study area title.
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GEOG 588 - Geospatial Intelligence Capstone
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 515 GEOG 516 and PLSC 565
Involves synthesizing concepts, skills and techniques learned in prerequisite courses in the Geospatial Intelligence certificate curriculum to develop an applied geointelligence project. Major tasks include spatial data acquisition, processing, analysis and reporting to geospatial intelligence tradecraft standards, as well as a culminating presentation of the project.
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GEOG 610 - Research in Geography and Regional Planning
Credits: 3
Elements and techniques of scientific research, as applied to geographic and planning problems, are studied. A research proposal is developed.
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GEOG 612 - Quantitative Techniques in Geography and Regional Planning
Credits: 3
Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques applied to spatial distribution and spatial association of physical and cultural phenomena and testing of spatial theoretical constructs.
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GEOG 614 - Thought and Philosophy in Geography and Regional Planning
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 610
Examines the status of current and past thought and philosophy in geography and regional planning, using the literature in planning, geography, and the philosophy of science. Topics examined are regional development, local planning, environmentalism and physical geography, and cultural geography.
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GEOG 617 - Field Techniques in Geography and Planning
Credits: 3
Field tools and techniques are evaluated and used in the study of a specific area. Interpretation of spatial patterns of phenomena is emphasized.
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GEOG 618 - GIS Applications Development
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 516
Takes students with GIS analysis skills to the next level: developing of software to automate methods and processes learned in prerequisite courses. Students will learn to write object oriented software tools for spatial data transaction processing and analysis.
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GEOG 623 - Regional Development
Credits: 3
Theory and policy implications of the spatial aspects of development in various regions of underdevelopment.
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GEOG 624 - Technical Issues in GIS
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 516 or GEOG 519
Uses project-based approach to develop and maintain a geographic information system (GIS). Designs and implements functional systems through cooperative learning. Covers methods for designing GIS to user specification, data collection, data input, project management, and system documentation. In addition to mastering the concepts and topics, students will be expected to perform project management functions by overseeing the needs assessment, functional requirements analysis, spatial data design and development, scholars forum posters, final maps and documents, and final presentations, to demonstrate both understanding the context of the project and the ability to delegate and manage a team to undertake necessary GIS planning and development procedures.
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GEOG 625 - Environmental Planning
Credits: 3
Provides students with information about natural resources, their characteristics, and various techniques that can be implemented for their preservation, conservation, and management. In particular, emphasis will be placed on human-environment interaction and how aspects of the environment can and should be accounted for in planning processes at various spatial scales and levels of analysis. Course material will be presented through lectures, as well as guest speakers, field trips, and student presentations.
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GEOG 630 - Cultural Geography
Credits: 3
Literature and methods of cultural geography. Topics include population, settlements, human ecology, culture areas, and related features.
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GEOG 633 - Settlement Geography
Credits: 3
Settlement patterns and processes; origins, diffusion, classification, pioneer, settlement planning, and agricultural colonization.
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GEOG 650 - Regional Geography
Credits: 3
Various regions of the world may be dealt with, such as Latin America, Africa, or South Asia, when there is sufficient student demand. Physical, environmental, cultural, and population patterns are considered.
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GEOG 655 - Advanced Remote Sensing
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 415 or GEOG 515
Expands beyond basic principles of remote sensing to understand and apply complex methods of data collection, normalization, and analysis. Covers radiometric normalization, spectral transformations, change detection, object-oriented classification, spatial analysis and filtering, accuracy assessment, and emphasizes application of learned techniques. A research intensive experience formulating remote sensing project design, execution, as well as analysis and assessment of project outcomes (experiments).
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GEOG 665 - Plan Implementation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 550
Considers zoning, improvement programs, housing codes, building codes, methodology and application of administrative procedures, federal and local urban renewal programs, site selection, and program administration.
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GEOG 670 - Professional Problems in Geographic Education
Credits: 3
Classroom problems and discussion centered about new viewpoints in geography. Individual reports, group discussion, and research included.
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GEOG 675 - Spatial Analysis Techniques
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GEOG 516 .
A techniques and project-based course where students learn advanced spatial analysis skills utilizing Geographic Information Systems. Students will learn the concepts underlying spatial analysis techniques and obtain hands-on experience operationalizing methods through use of GIS hardware and software.
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GEOG 680 - Seminar
Credits: 3-6
Seminars on various topics will be offered occasionally. Topics such as new trends in planning, cartographic theory, or spatial aspects of service industries are the focus of research projects.
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GEOG 681 - Special Topics
Credits: 3
Topical courses offered on an experimental basis. Check department schedule for these offerings.
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GEOG 698 - Internship
Credits: 3-12
Prerequisite: Twelve academic credits and a 3.00 cumulative GPA.
Professional learning experience with emphasis on practical applications of academic background.
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GEOG 699 - Independent Study
Credits: 1-6
Independent research and study under faculty direction. Interested students should apply to director of graduate studies.
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GEOG 795 - Thesis
Credits: 1-6
Prerequisite: Permission of graduate coordinator and department chairperson.
Involves a supervised research project approved by a committee composed of the student’s thesis advisor and two additional faculty members.
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GEOS 699 - Independent Study
Credits: 1-3
Independent research under faculty direction.
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GSR 516 - Statistical Methods I
Credits: 3
Measurement and statistical techniques as used in administration and educational research. Basic descriptive statistics, including measures of central tendency, variability, and correlation are developed. Reliability and validity of test scores with emphasis on use of statistical techniques are studied, along with their interpretation.
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GSR 517 - Statistical Methods II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: GSR 516 or equivalent.
Using computer programs, a wide array of statistical procedures for research workers are explored. Basic concepts of statistical inference and prediction are reviewed, including regression analysis and prediction, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance and covariance, and partial and multiple correlation. Emphasis is placed on use of computers and interpretation of computer printouts along with understanding techniques employed. No computer knowledge is necessary.
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GSR 581 - Special Topics l
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: May not be scheduled without prior written approval of the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research.
Group study of course material not offered in other graduate courses.
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