• GEOG 5161: Capstone in GIS

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 6161 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. The culmination of GIS classroom learning is the application to industry problems. This course provides students with the opportunity to apply their GIS skills and knowledge to real-world GIS projects in the community. Students, working in small teams, will be provided a locally sponsored GIS project which they will take through the GIS project life cycle from conception to completion. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in (GEOG 3170 OR GEOG 5170) AND GEOG 3180 AND GEOG 4150
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• GEOG 5170: Geospatial Fld Mthds

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 5170 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. This field based course is a hand on introduction to geospatial field methods. Coarse content will focus on Global Positioning Systems (GPS)/Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and unmanned aerial systems (UAS; commonly referred to as drones), but will also broadly cover the various tools and resources geospatial scientists employ to gather, process/analyze, and visualize/present geospatial field data. Prior to the field session class room lectures will cover the basics needed to successfully understand field collection and analysis, including projections and coordinate systems, remote sensing, georeferencing, digital surface/elevation models, and basic spatial analysis using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In the field students will learn safe field practices, field note taking and metadata collection, how to write up field reports, will get guided hands on experience with field instrumentation including surveying equipment, GPS, and UAS, and will independently collect data for their course projects.
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• GEOG 5201: Arid Lands

  4.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 6201 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. Deserts cover 30% or more of the global land surface and face population growth, droughts, and the impacts of hydroclimatic change. This course presents conceptual foundations and case studies related to ongoing research about the nature, origin, and geomorphic evolution of arid landforms, as well as selected environmental issues. Class readings, lectures, exercises, and field trip focus on the physical, biological, geomorphic, temporal, and human components of drylands. Prerequisites: "C" or better in GEOG 3200.
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• GEOG 5210: Global Clim Chg

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Earth's climate is changing more rapidly than at any point in human history, making climate change one of the most significant threats to current and future generations. We currently have the solutions needed to address climate change, but it is imperative that we put these solutions into action before a tipping point is reached. This class will look at the 4.5 billion years of the Earth's history to learn about past climate changes and the scientific tools we use to reconstruct them. Students will learn about what causes climate change across different time scales, how humans are contributing to current and future climate change, and the personal and collective actions they can take to address climate change.
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  General Education Course

  This course is a general education course.

• GEOG 5215: Climate Change Impacts

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  One of the most widely discussed issues today is the future change in the Earth's climate, with predicted increases in global temperature and resulting effects on climate regimes world-wide. These changes will impact both natural and human systems through sea level rise, the displacement of populations, health issues and changing availability of resources. In this class we will review the expected future shifts in climate and study the expected impacts of these changes on physical, biological and social systems, as well as the regional and social inequities in these impacts. With this knowledge, we will look at some of the methods that have been proposed to adapt to or mitigate these changes, including management and geoengineering of the Earth System. We will concentrate critically on the knowns and unknowns of future change and our ability to deal with it.
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• GEOG 5280: Quaternary Environments

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 6280 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. The Quaternary designates the Earth's most recent geomorphic episodes, and Quaternary-aged deposits contain a rich record of environmental changes that have occurred over the past ~1.9 million years. These deposits are preserved in caves, bogs, lakes, alluvium, glaciers, oceans sediments, and archaeological features, so Quaternary scientists must employ multidisciplinary methods to find, recover, date, and analyze materials to reveal information about past climates and biogeography. Students in this class will visit field sites where Quaternary deposits are preserved, learn field methods, and study theories for developing chronologies, analyzing data, and interpreting results. These data are used to provide insight on climate and environmental changes that have affected humans and other organisms in the past, and can shed light on changes that are inevitable going forward into the future. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in GEOG 1000 OR IB Geography-higher level score of 5+.
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• GEOG 5293: Adv Snow and Ice

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  This course focuses on the physical principles underlying the behavior of glaciers and ice sheets. The course stresses a physical understanding of underlying processes.
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• GEOG 5340: Geography of Disasters

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 5340 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. Hazards risk reduction approached from governmental standpoint, including cost reduction through mitigation. Development of awareness and expertise in public safety aspects of hazards-reduction planning and implementation. Relationship between levels of government involving laws, agreements, and developing organizations and programs, as influenced by changing philosophies in legal and financial liability.
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• GEOG 5385: Federal Land Mgmt

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 5385 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. The course explores the concept of federal public lands system, including its evolution, types and extents of public lands, and agency stewardship and develop an understanding of the ethical, socio-political, and scientific forces that continue to shape our management of public lands. Discussion of the principles of multiple-use, integerated resource management, and tools that agency professionals use to manage public lands and resources. Discuss and understand current key issues in the federal land management arena.
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• GEOG 5405: Culture, Power, & Diss

  3.00 Credits

  University of Utah

  
  While culture can be difficult to define, it is everything to us. It may be facilitated by the environment, learned from family and friends, or adopted from external sources. It is inherently geographic, shaped by space and place. The impacts that culture has on our behavior are many. Why do we do what we do? Why are cultural and social rules so powerful? Is culture a good thing? We will discuss the many ways in which culture designates power and how it can create social dissonance. This class explores the many aspects of culture and cultural traits and hopes to promote cultural awareness and an overall better understanding of humans and their interactions.
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