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Appendix Title PageB Staffing plan. 2C Request for reactivation of GEOG designator. 6D Crossover table from existing GEO courses to GEOG courses. 19E List of catalog course descriptions of GEOG courses including those in the

proposed major23

F Budget for new BS in Geography and Geospatial Science. 34G* Library Review. 36H Course articulation agreements with Oregon Community Colleges offering

coursework or certification in GIScience and geospatial science.41

I Advising checklist for BS in Geography and Geospatial Science. 43J Category 2 proposal for changes in course designators for Geography option

of Earth Science BS.46

K Category 2 proposal for changes in course designators for Geography minor. 48L Category 2 proposal for changes in course designators for GIScience

certificate.50

* Also included as separate attachment to category I proposal.

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Appendix B. Table B-1. Staffing plan and numbers of courses offered at various levels per term, on-campus and off-campus.

New Course on-campus e-campus on-campus e-campusNumber Title F W S F W S Instructor Instructor

GeographyUNDERGRAD and 4/500 LEVEL

GEOG 102 Physical Geography 1 1 1 1 ? ?GEOG 103 Human Geography 1 1 Hommel1 Hommel2GEOG 105 Geography of the non-Western

World1 1 1 1 Hyrapiet12 Hyrapiet34

GEOG 106 Geography of the Western World 1 1 1 1 Hommel34 Hommel56GEOG 203 Human-Environment Geography 1 1 Hyrapiet5 Hyrapiet6GEOG 240 Climate Change, Water, and

Society1 Gosnell1

GEOG 250 Geography of Land Use Planning 1 1 Tilt1 TIlt2GEOG 251 Geography of Disaster

management1 1 Hyrapiet7 Hyrapiet8

(spr 2018)GEOG 2xx Mountain Geography 1 Nolin2GEOG 295 Intro to geographic field research 1 Hommel7GEOG 300 Sustainability for the Common Good 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cook1-6,

Hyrapiet9, Hommel8

Hyrapiet1011, Hommel9

GEO 309 1 Hyrapiet12GEOG 311 Geography of Africa Larry Becker1GEOG 312 Geography of EuropeGEOG 313 Geography of AsiaGEOG 314 Geography of Latin America --GEOG 315 Geography of the US and CanadaGEOG 323 Climatology 1 Nolin3 JacksonGEOG 324 Geography of Life: species Distrib

and Conserv1 Santelmann1

GEOG 330 Geography of Interntl Devel and Globalization

1 Larry Becker2

GEOG 331 Population, Consumption, and Environment

1 Hommel10

GEOG 340 Intro to Water Science and Policy 1 1 1 1 1 Campana 1, L de Silva1

Jarvis 1, L de Silva23

GEOG 350 Geography of Natural Hazards 1 1 Hommel11 Hommel12GEOG 4/523 Snow Hydrology 1 Nolin4GEOG 4/524 Hydrology for water resource

management1 Campana4

GEOG 4/530 Resilience-based natural resource management

1 Gosnell2

GEOG 4/531 Development and Global Resources 0.5

Larry Becker3

GEOG 4/532 Geography of Food and Agriculture 0.5

Larry Becker4

GEOG 4/540 International Water Resources Management

1 Jarvis3, Wolf1

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GEOG 4/541 Water Resources Management in the US

1 Jarvis4, Campana3

GEOG 4/550 Land Use in the American West 1 Gosnell3 ?GEOG 4/551 Planning principles and practices for

resilient communities1 1 Tilt3 Tilt4

GEOG 4/552 Sustainable Site Planning 1 Tilt5GEOG 495 Field Geography of Oregon I 1 Wolf2

GRADUATE ONLYGEOG 511 History and Philosophy of

Geography1 Larry Becker5

GEOG 512 Social-ecological systems Gosnell4GEOG 595 Field Geography of Oregon II Wolf3GEOG 596 Field research in geomorphology

and landscape ecologyJones1

Geospatial scienceUNDERGRAD and 4/500 LEVEL

GEOG 201 Foundations of Geospatial Science and GIS

1 1 1 Kennedy1, LaurieB1

Laurie B2

GEOG 360 GIScience I: Geographic Information Systems and Theory

1 1 1 1 vandenHoek1, LaurieB3

Laurie B45

GEOG 361 GIScience II: Analysis and Applications

1 1 Watson1 (LYB6, 2016-7)

LaurieB7

GEOG 4/562 GIScience III: Programming for Geospatial Analysis*

1 1 Kennedy2 Walsh1

GEOG 4/563 GIScience IV: Spatial Modeling 1 Watson2 --GEOG 4/564 Geospatial Perspectives on

Intelligence, Security, and Ethics1 1 vandenHoek2 Walsh2

GEOG 370 Geovisualization: Principles of Cartography

1 1 New hire1 ?

GEOG 371 Geovisuaiization: Web Mapping 1 1 New hire2 ?GEOG 4/572 Geovisuaiization: Geovisual

analytics1 New hire3 --

GEOG 4/580 Remote Sensing I: Principles and Applications

1 1 1 Nolin1 ?, Nelson

GEOG 4/581 Remote Sensing II: Digital Image Processing

1 vandenHoek3 --

GRADUATE ONLYGEOG 546 Advanced landscape and seascape

ecology1 Jones4

(overload)GEOG 560 GIScience I: Principles and Theory 1 1 1 Kennedy3 Walsh34GEOG 561 GIScience II: Analysis and

Applications1 1 Watson3 Walsh5

GEOG 565 Spatio-temporal variation in ecology and earth science

1 Jones2 --

GEOG 566 Advanced Spatial Statistics and GIScience

1 Jones3 --

GEOG 571 Geovisuaiization: Web Mapping 1 New hire4GEOG 573 Geovisualization: Algorithms for 1 ?

4

GIScience

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Table B-2. Required deadlines for category 2 proposals for change of designators from GEO to GEOG, titles, descriptions, based on scheduling. Blue font indicates new course at this level. Red font indicates new course.

New Course on-campus e-campusNumber Title F W S F W SOFFERED FALL 2016 - January 15, 2016 add/delete, Feb 26 schedule due, May 15 register

GEOG 102 Intro to Physical Geography 1 1 1 1GEOG 105 Geography of the non-Western World 1 1 1 1GEOG 106 Geography of the Western World 1 1 1 1 1GEOG 201 Intro to Geospatial Technologies and Spatial Reasoning 1 1 1GEOG 203 Intro to Human-Environment Geography 1 1GEOG 250 Intro to Land Use Planning 1 1GEOG 251 Geography of Disaster management 1 1GEOG 295 Intro to geographic field research 1GEOG 300 Sustainability for the Common Good 1 1 1 1 1 1GEOG 312 Geography of Europe 1GEOG 313 Geography of Asia 1GEOG 314 Geography of Latin America 1GEOG 315 Geography of the US and Canada 1GEOG 331 Population, Consumption, and Environment 1 1GEOG 340 Intro to Water Science and Policy 1 1 1 1GEOG 360 GIScience I: Intro to GIS 1 1 1 1GEOG 361 GIScience II: Analysis and Applications in GIScience 1 1 1GEOG 370 Geovisualization I: Principles of Cartography 1 1

GEOG 4/550 Land Use in the American West 1GEOG 4/551 Planning principles and practices for resilient communities 1 1GEOG 4/562 GIScience III: Programming for Geospatial Analysis* 1 1 1GEOG 4/563 GIScience IV: Spatial Modeling 1GEOG 4/564 Geospatial Intelligence: Security, Surveillance, and Ethics 1 1GEOG 4/580 Remote Sensing I: Principles and Applications 1 1 1

GEOG 511 History and Philosophy of Geography 1GEOG 512 Social-ecological systems 1GEOG 560 GIScience I: Principles and Theory 1 1 1GEOG 565 Spatio-temporal variation in ecology and earth science 1GEOG 595 Field Geography of Oregon II 1GEOG 596 Field research in geomorphology and landscape ecology 1

total

OFFERED WINTER 2017 - May 15 2016 add/delete, Jun 26 schedule due, Nov 15 register

GEOG 103 Intro to Human Geography 1 1GEOG 2xx Mountain Geography 1GEOG 330 Geography of Interntl Devel and Globalization 1

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GEOG 350 Geography of Natural Hazards 1 1GEOG 371 Geovisuaiization II: Web Mapping 1 1

GEOG 4/523 Snow Hydrology 1GEOG 4/530 Geography of Resource Use 1GEOG 4/541 Water Resources Management in the US 1GEOG 4/552 Sustainable Site Planning 1GEOG 4/581 Remote Sensing II: Digital Image Processing 1

GEOG 546 Advanced landscape and seascape ecology 1GEOG 561 GIScience II: Analysis and Applications 1 1

Total

OFFERED SPRING 2017 - Jul 31 2016 add/delete, Nov 3 schedule due, Feb 21 2017 register

GEOG 240 Climate Change, Water, and Society 1GEOG 311 Geography of Africa 1GEOG 323 Climatology 1GEOG 324 Geography of Life: species Distributions and

Conservation1

GEOG 4/524 Hydrology for water resource management 1GEOG 4/531 Development and Global Resources 0.5GEOG 4/532 Geography of Food and Agriculture 0.5GEOG 4/540 International Water Resources Management 1GEOG 4/572 Geovisuaiization III: Geovisual analytics 1

GEOG 495 Field Geography of Oregon I 1GEOG 566 Advanced Spatial Statistics and GIScience 1GEOG 571 Geovisuaiization II: Web Mapping 1GEOG 573 Geovisualization IV: Algorithms for GIScience 1

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Appendix C. Request for GEOG course designator.

November 3, 2015Proposal for GEOG course designator

http://oregonstate.edu/admin/aa/apaa/course-designators

Procedural Steps:1. The academic unit contacts the office of Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation @

7-9560, or via email to the Curriculum Coordinator, with a proposal to create a new course designator, including a justification for the proposal.

2. The proposer responds to the questions set forth in Request for New or Changed Course Designator (see below) and emails responses to APAA.

3. The Curriculum Coordinator in APAA will contact the Registrar’s Office to confirm the availability of the proposed course designator.

4. The Curriculum Coordinator will submit the proposed course designator to the Curriculum Council for review and approval.

5. Following approval by the Curriculum Council, the Curriculum Coordinator will submit an expedited proposal in the Curricular Proposal System (CPS).

6. The Registrar’s Office then moves forward with implementation of the new course designator.7. Once a course designator is approved, the academic unit seeking to convert their courses to the

new designator will send the list of these courses to APAA.  APAA will change the course designators via expedited proposals, without the inclusion of syllabi.

Request for New or Changed Course Designator:Requests for new or changed course designators are reviewed by the Registrar’s Office and by the Curriculum Council of the Faculty Senate. Proposers should contact the Office of Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation to initiate a designator request.Creation or alteration of a course designator constitutes a change in the curricular structure of the university. Such a change has implications for the catalog, schedule of classes, BANNER Student Information Systems, MyDegrees, and transfer articulation. Accreditation standards require that designators be “consistent with program content in recognized fields of study.”

Designator requests should be prepared in writing and should address Purpose, Accountability, and Impact of the new designator. Additional details for addressing these considerations are given below.Purpose: The proposed course designator should have an identified purpose within the curricular structure of Oregon State University.

What academic programs, including majors, certificates, options and minors will be served by courses within the designator?

The GEOG course designator is proposed for courses in the discipline of Geography. It will serve the new Geography and Geospatial Science major, the GIScience certificate, and many courses included in many options and minors. It will partially replace the GEO designator, currently assigned to Geography courses (see list attached).

History: The GEO designator was created ~1990 to replace the former GEOG and GEOL designators at the time of the merger of the former departments of Geography and Geology at OSU (in 1990). The Department of Geosciences was dissolved in 2011, when it merged with COAS to become the new College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS). At that time, Geography and Geology moved into separate discipline groups within CEOAS, and the associated degree programs in Geography and Geology have been administered separately within CEOAS since that time.

There are three motivations for this request: (1) The lack of a GEOG designator at Oregon State University contributes to confusion and ignorance among students who do not understand the difference between the disciplines of Geography (study of the nature and relative arrangement of places, human cultures, and physical features) and Geology (study of

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the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it). Over the past few decades, virtually every aspect of society has been revolutionized by geographic information technology, which is used by individuals to navigate and make daily decisions; by farmers to manage crops; by governments to collect intelligence, manage natural resources, and respond to disasters; and by businesses to plan and locate activities. In our globalized world, understanding places and the relative arrangement of places, human cultures, and physical features is an increasingly critical element of citizenship. Given this, it is stunning to consider that very few people (including educated people) understand the distinction between Geography and Geology. Because students overwhelmingly interpret "GEO" to mean Geology, the use of the GEO designator obscures the existence of Geography at OSU.

(2) The use of the GEO designator, combined with the growth of new courses, and the restriction on re-use of course numbers, has led to a course numbering system at OSU in which courses in Geography and Geology are jumbled together and not logically numbered. The current GEO course numbering system is extremely confusing for students, advisors, and faculty. Reinstatement of the GEOG designator will assist students, staff, and faculty, by permitting a rational course numbering system.

(3) Our peer institutions overwhelmingly use the GEOG designator to designate courses in Geography.

In what ways do the general area and scope of the content constitute a coherent body of knowledge?

Geography is an ancient and modern discipline - one of the earliest academic disciplines in western culture. See e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography. Professional organizations include the Associate of American Geographers, the National Geographic Society, and others. All major universities in the United States offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in Geography, see http://www.aag.org/galleries/publications-files/20142015_Guide_to_Geography_Programs_in_the_Americas.pdf.

Is the proposed usage of the designator consistent with practice at OSU and other institutions? Give examples.

Oregon State University's Geography program ranked 12th in the National Research Council's ranking of top geography programs in the United States, see http://chronicle.com/article/NRC-Rankings-Overview-/124734/. Twenty-one of the top 30 highest-ranked degree programs in Geography use the designator GEOG. Asterisks indicate our peer institutions among the Carnegie Research institutions with the "very high" research category (See for example:

Clark University (rank 3): http://catalog.clarku.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=7&poid=641#MajorRequirements

*Indiana University (rank 5): http://bulletins.iu.edu/iub/college/2015-2016/departments/geography/courses.shtml

Kansas State University (rank 6): http://catalog.k-state.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=13&poid=3284&bc=1

*Louisiana State University (rank 8): http://catalog.lsu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=1&poid=134&returnto=42

*Ohio State University (rank 10): https://geography.osu.edu/undergrad/majors/climate/curriculum , https://geography.osu.edu/undergrad/majors/gis/curriculum

Oklahoma State University (rank 11): http://geog.okstate.edu/undergraduate-program/bs-in-geography?task=view&id=43

*Pennsylvania State University (rank 13): http://www.geog.psu.edu/academics/courses San Diego State University/UCSB (rank 15): http://geography.sdsu.edu/Programs/ugrad.html Southern Illinois University (rank 16): http://cola.siu.edu/geography/undergraduate/ *Texas A&M University (rank 18):

http://catalog.tamu.edu/undergraduate/geosciences/geography/#coursestext *University of California at Berkeley (rank 21):

http://geography.berkeley.edu/undergraduate-studies/major-and-minor-program-details/ *University of California at Los Angeles (rank 23):

http://www.geog.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/assets/academics/geog_major_15w.pdf

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*University of California- Santa Barbara (rank 24): https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/CollegesDepartments/ls-intro/geog.aspx?DeptTab=Courses

*University of Colorado-Boulder (rank 26): http://geography.colorado.edu/undergrad_program/curriculum/required_courses

*University of Connecticut (rank 27): http://geography.uconn.edu/undergrad/bs-geog/ *University of Georgia (rank 29): http://geography.uga.edu/b.s.-program-requirements/

Nine of these do not use GEOG as a designator. These are mostly Geography programs housed within large schools, and designators vary, including GE, GEO, GIS, GEA. Geography programs using "GEO" as course designator are typically housed in Colleges of Social Sciences, where they cannot be confused with Geology courses (e.g., ASU, Florida State, Michigan State), or in schools that combine Geology and Geography (e.g., Boston Univ.)*Arizona State University (School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning) (rank 1):

https://geoplan.asu.edu/academics/undergraduate-studies/about-undergraduate-geography-programs/undergraduate-courses

*Boston University (School of Earth and Environment) (rank 2): http://www.bu.edu/academics/cas/programs/earth-environment/ba-in-geography%E2%80%94human-geography-specialization /

*Florida State University (College of Social Sciences) (rank 4): http://coss.fsu.edu/geography/Students/undergraduate_program.html

*Michigan State University (College of Social Sciences) (rank 9): http://geo.msu.edu/undergraduate-information/undergraduate-degrees-2/

Syracuse University (rank 17): http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/geo/Undergraduate_Program /*SUNY Buffalo (rank 19): https://www.buffalo.edu/cas/geography/undergraduate-programs/curriculum-

and-requirements.html *University of Arizona (rank 20): http://geography.arizona.edu/sites/geography.arizona.edu/files/BS%20in

%20Geography%20sheet.pdf *University of California at Davis (rank 22): http://geography.ucdavis.edu/classes *University of Florida (rank 28): http://geog.ufl.edu/programs/undergrad/bs_requirements/

Accountability: Responsibility for the integrity and oversight of the proposed course designator should be clearly identified.

What is the academic College of the designator?CEOAS

Who is responsible for administering courses in the designator, e.g. scheduling and catalog updates. Who are the faculty contact persons?

CEOAS Associate Dean for Academic Programs - Anita Grunder (curriculum and faculty course assignments)

CEOAS Student Services - Melinda Jensen (scheduling and catalog updates)Geography Program Director - Julia Jones (curriculum and faculty course assignments)

Who is responsible for consistency and outcome assessment for courses in the designator?Geography Program Director - Julia JonesGeography program faculty - see http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/academics/geography/

Which units get credit for the SCH generated by courses in the subject code?CEOAS/Geography

Who is responsible for communicating information about the new designator to stakeholders, including advisors, Admissions, and students?

CEOAS Student Services - advisors Kate Ullman, Stephany Johnson; Graduate student coordinators Robert Allan, Lori Hartline

Geography Program Director - Julia JonesImpacts: Who will benefit from the new designator and what changes will result from its implementation?

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Will courses in the new designator duplicate or compete with existing ones?No. The GEOG designator removes confusion. The GEOG designator will partially replace the GEO designator, currently assigned to Geography courses (see list, attached at the end of this document).

Are there expected cross-listings or curricular equivalencies?No.

How will the new designator affect transfer credits?Transfer credits will be managed as they currently are managed. Incoming students currently may apply credits earned in GEOG and GEO coursework elsewhere, and this will continue.

Will any previous existing designators expire as the new one appears?No, the GEO designator will continue to be used for Geology courses.

How will the new designator benefit students?The GEOG designator will resolve current confusion among undergraduates at Oregon State University who do not understand the differences between the disciplines of Geography and Geology, which are very distinct. Students overwhelmingly interpret "GEO" as meaning Geology.

In addition, the current sharing of the GEO designator means that Geography and Geology courses are intermixed somewhat haphazardly, and neither Geography nor Geology courses can be numbered sequentially. The creation of the GEOG designator will permit a rational, easily comprehensible numbering system for courses in Geography. Removal of the Geography courses from the GEO designator also provides Geology with the freedom to number courses sequentially as needed.

Approval by Curriculum Council: May 13, 2011Approval & Revisions: This policy is being revised by APAA and will be submitted to the Curriculum Council for review and approval.

- Signifies that the course is offered in current or future terms.- Signifies the course as a Baccalaureate Core Course.- Signifies the course as a WIC Core Course.- Signifies that fees may apply to the course.

+ - Include restriction.- - Exclude restriction.* - Prereq may be taken prior to or simultaneously with this course.

GEO 102 THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH (4)  Processes that shape the earth's surface. Weathering mass movement, ice dynamics, biogeography, climate, surface and ground water flow. Use of maps and imagery. Lec/lab.

GEO 105 GEOGRAPHY OF THE NON-WESTERN WORLD (3)  An introduction to the rich variety of environments, population and settlement dynamics, cultures, geopolitical changes, and economies in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Lec/lab/rec.

GEO 105H GEOGRAPHY OF THE NON-WESTERN WORLD (3)  An introduction to the rich variety of environments, population and settlement dynamics, cultures, geopolitical changes, and economies in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Lec/lab/rec. (PREREQS: Honors College approval required.

GEO 106 GEOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (3)  An introduction to the rich variety of environments, population and settlement dynamics, cultures, geopolitical changes, and economics in Europe and Russia, Australia and Oceania, and the Americas.

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GEO 199 SPECIAL STUDIES (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 204 CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER AND SOCIETY (3)  Introduction to social, ecological and economic impacts of climate change induced water problems in various geographic regions and cultures. Approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation in various parts of the world.

GEO 205 GEOGRAPHY OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT (3)  Introduction to the geographic concepts and processes for effective disaster management, including response, recovery, mitigation and preparedness. Risk assessment and evidence-based best practices to prepare and respond to emergencies in a variety of geographic contexts.

GEO 296 INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC FIELD RESEARCH (3)  Two-week course taught in the fall program in various locations throughout the west. Collect and analyze data associated with both human and physical geography. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 201 and GEO 202

GEO 300 SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD (3)  Geography of human relationships to earth's systems with an emphasis on individual impacts and collective efforts to achieve environmental sustainability. Lec/rec. PREREQS: Upper-division standing.

GEO 300H SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD (3)  Geography of human relationships to earth's systems with an emphasis on individual impacts and collective efforts to achieve environmental sustainability. Lec/rec. PREREQS: Upper-division standing. Honors College approval required.

GEO 301 MAP AND IMAGE INTERPRETATION (4)  Reading, analysis, and interpretation of maps/remote sensing images used by geoscientists. Use of topographic, geologic, nautical and other geoscience maps; basic air photo interpretation. Lec/lab.

GEO 304 GEOGRAPHY OF NATURAL HAZARDS (3)  Introduction to the geography of risk, natural hazards, and disasters; focusing on concepts of vulnerability, adaptation and resilience of human society in the Pacific Northwest and globally.

GEO 309 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (3)  Technical and social issues surrounding the unequal exposure to environmental hazards based on race and the environmental justice movement that has grown to address charges of such environmental racism. PREREQS: (WR 121 or WR 121H) and sophomore standing.

GEO 323 CLIMATOLOGY (4)  Systematic analysis of global and regional climates. Physical principles of climate, climate classifications, and distribution and characteristics of climate regimes. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 102 or GEO 202 and GEO 101 and GEO 202.

GEO 324 GEOGRAPHY OF LIFE: SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS AND CONSERVATION (4)  Plant, animal, and biotic community distribution and dynamics. Effect of climate, tectonics, disturbance on extinction, speciation, and succession. Field trip(s) required; transportation fee charged. Lec/lab.

GEO 325 GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA (3)  An introduction to the physical, historical, cultural, political, and development geography of Africa south of the Sahara. Offered alternate years. (NC).

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GEO 326 GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE (3)  A regional overview precedes a topical examination of Europe's diverse physical and cultural landscapes and lifestyles.

GEO 327 GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA (3)  Geographic analysis of Asia's lands and peoples. Emphasis on regional physical environments, resources and development potentials, population trends, and international importance to the United States. May not be offered each year. (NC).

GEO 328 GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA (3)  Focuses on the diverse landscapes, peoples and cultural traditions of Latin America, a vast region extending from the United States-Mexican border to the southern tip of South America. (NC).

GEO 329 GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (3)  Cultural, economic, political, and settlement geography. Emphasis on regional patterns and problems. Analysis of recent and projected changes.

GEO 330 GEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION (3) 

Introduction to the geography of global wealth and inequality with a focus on contemporary development, underdevelopment, and globalization problems in Asian, African, Caribbean, Latin American, and Pacific Island countries. PREREQS: GEO 105 or GEO 106 or instructor approval.

GEO 335 INTRODUCTION TO WATER SCIENCE AND POLICY (3)  Policy and science of the hydrologic cycle. Emphasis on interaction between water's natural time-space fluctuations and human uses. CROSSLISTED as SOIL 335.

GEO 335H INTRODUCTION TO WATER SCIENCE AND POLICY (3)  Policy and science of the hydrologic cycle. Emphasis on interaction between water's natural time-space fluctuations and human uses. PREREQS: Honors College approval required.

GEO 350 POPULATION GEOGRAPHY (3)  Patterns of spatial distribution of human populations, data sources, data display, population structure and dynamics, relationship between population, resources, and quality of life. Problems of growth and alternative futures. Offered alternate years. (SS) PREREQS: Upper-division standing.

GEO 360 CARTOGRAPHY (4)  Basic cartographic principles. Design, compilation, and construction of maps. Lec/lab.

GEO 365 INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (4)  Introduction to the principles of geographic information systems (GIS) and experience using a widely popular geographic information system for spatial data input, analysis, and display. PREREQS: (GEO 301 or GEO 360) strongly recommended.

GEO 399 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 399H SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Honors College approval required.

GEO 400 FIELD TRIPS (1-16) 

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Participation in group field trips that are not a part of any other course. Transportation fee is charged. Students may prepare guides for trips. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 401 RESEARCH (1-16)  Independent, original research subjects guided by faculty conferences and resulting in a brief written report. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 403 THESIS (1-16)  Independent, original study that culminates in a senior thesis. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 405 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)  Independent reading in specialized topics guided by and discussed in faculty conferences. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 407 SEMINAR (1-16)  Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 408 WORKSHOP (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 410 INTERNSHIP (1-15)  Pre-career professional experience under joint faculty and employer supervision. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: 12 credits of upper-division geosciences and departmental approval required.

GEO 420 GEOGRAPHY OF RESOURCE USE (3)  Functional concepts of resources, institutions affecting resource use, role of resources; resource supply, bases of controversy. Field trip(s) may be required; transportation fee charged. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography.

GEO 423 LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST (3)  Development of a conceptual framework for land use study; analysis of land as a resource, land use trends, land use principles, and management issues as related to planning, focusing on the American West, the fastest growing region in the nation.

GEO 424 INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3)  An investigation of the various approaches to water resources geography at the international level. Explores the interaction between water science and policy through issues of current "hydropolitics" and water resources development. Topics include water quality, dams and development, conflict and cooperation, climate change, and water institutions. Offered separately as GEO 424 and GEO 524. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography and any course dealing with the hydrologic cycle.

GEO 425 WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES (3)  An investigation of the various approaches to water resources geography within the U.S. Explores the disciplines that address water resources management, their tools, and their limitations. Topics include

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engineering, law, economics, risk assessment, game theory, conflict resolution, and the fine arts. Offered separately as GEO 425 and GEO 525. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography and any course dealing with the hydrologic cycle.

GEO 426 DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL RESOURCES (3)  Examines resource development issues and strategies in the Global South. Issues and strategies from agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, wildlife management, mineral development, land use, and health are examined. Offered every other odd year in spring.

GEO 435 FIELD GEOGRAPHY OF OREGON (3)  Designed as a capstone experience for Earth Science and Geography majors. It will challenge students to apply assessment techniques to determine the orgins of the physical features of a landscape, then what impacts those features have on the area's human geography, and vice versa. Three weekend field trips required. PREREQS: GEO 296 or other field course strongly recommended; junior or senior standing. Restricted to Earth Science and Geography majors.

GEO 444 REMOTE SENSING (4)  Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing and image analysis. Topics include physical principles of remote sensing from the ultraviolet to the microwave, sensors and sensor technology, and environmental applications of remote sensing through image analysis. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 301 is recommended.

GEO 445 COMPUTER-ASSISTED CARTOGRAPHY (3)  Concepts and techniques underlying the production of maps by computer. Practical experience with a variety of computer mapping packages. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 360 and MTH 112

GEO 449 GEOGRAPHY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (3)  Overview of food and agriculture in relation to production and consumption regions as a basis for distinguishing different types of food and agricultural systems. Local and global examination of the geographic aspects of breeding, location in agricultural systems, and adaptation in agro-ecosystems using field study, exploration of literature, and lecture. Lec/lab. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 451 ENVIRONMENTAL SITE PLANNING (3)  The use of geographic concepts/techniques in land use and site planning; especially natural area inventory, classification and analysis. Findings-of-fact presentation and report writing. Two local field trips may be required; transportation fee charged. Offered alternate years.

GEO 452 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF RURAL AND RESOURCE PLANNING (3)  Principles, techniques, and current practices of land use planning for rural areas. Emphasis on resource issues, organization of data, policy development, and decision-making. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: GEO 423 or GEO 523

GEO 453 RESOURCE EVALUATION METHODS/EIS (3)  Methods of resource analysis for land use planning; resource rating systems; environmental impact assessment: laws, procedures, and methods. Field trip(s) may be required; transportation fee charged. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: GEO 452

GEO 465 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SCIENCE (4)  Introduces students to the theory and techniques of geospatial analysis within a GIS. Focuses on developing a foundation in geospatial reasoning skills. Building upon the introductory material presented in GEO 365, this course will guide students through the process of developing and carrying out geospatial analyses using various spatial data structures, techniques and models. It will culminate in the completion of a geospatial analysis project developed by the student. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 365 and

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GEO 365 or instructor approval.

GEO 466 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING (3)  Digital analysis of remote sensor data. Image display enhancement, classification, and rectification principles. Practical experience with an image processing system. Offered alternate years. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 444.

GEO 480 ADVANCED GIS APPLICATIONS IN THE GEOSCIENCES (4)  Explores the concepts and uses of geographic information systems (GIS) for spatial analysis. Structured as an applications-based course where students learn how to acquire, clean, integrate, manipulate, visualize and analyze geospatial data through laboratory work. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 465 and GEO 465 or GEO 565 or equivalent.

GEO 483 SNOW HYDROLOGY (3)  Fundamentals of snow hydrology. Physical principles of snow formation, snowpack accumulation, energy balance, snowcover-climate interactions, snow metamorphism, snowpack ablation, snowpack/snowmelt chemistry, remote sensing of snow, avalanches, field methods, snowmelt/runoff modeling techniques, and watershed processes. PREREQS: GEO 202 and MTH 111

GEO 490 CONTEMPORARY EARTH SCIENCE ISSUES (3)  In-depth examination of selected significant issues in the geosciences. Topics vary. Emphasis on problem solving and collaborative research. PREREQS: Senior standing in Geology, Geography, Earth Sciences, or Environmental Sciences.

GEO 499 SPECIAL TOPICS (0-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 500 FIELD TRIPS (1-16)  Participation in group field trips that are not a part of any other course. Transportation fee is charged. Students may prepare guides for trips. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 501 RESEARCH (1-16)  Independent, original research subjects guided by faculty conferences and resulting in a brief written report. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 503 THESIS (1-16)  Independent, original study that culminates in a senior thesis. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 999 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 507 SEMINAR (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 508 WORKSHOP (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEO 510 INTERNSHIP (1-15)  Pre-career professional experience under joint faculty and employer supervision. May not be used to

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meet minimum credit hour requirements for graduate degrees in geosciences. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: 12 credits of upper-division geosciences.

GEO 515 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOGRAPHY (3)  The historical development of research traditions in the discipline of geography. This includes an examination of changes in conceptual structures and current trends. PREREQS: Graduate standing in geography.

GEO 520 GEOGRAPHY OF RESOURCE USE (3)  Functional concepts of resources, institutions affecting resource use, role of resources; resource supply, bases of controversy. Field trip(s) may be required; transportation fee charged. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography.

GEO 523 LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST (3)  Development of a conceptual framework for land use study; analysis of land as a resource, land use trends, land use principles, and management issues as related to planning, focusing on the American West, the fastest growing region in the nation.

GEO 524 INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3)  An investigation of the various approaches to water resources geography at the international level. Explores the interaction between water science and policy through issues of current "hydropolitics" and water resources development. Topics include water quality, dams and development, conflict and cooperation, climate change, and water institutions. Offered separately as GEO 424 and GEO 524. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography and any course dealing with the hydrologic cycle.

GEO 525 WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES (3)  An investigation of the various approaches to water resources geography within the U.S. Explores the disciplines that address water resources management, their tools, and their limitations. Topics include engineering, law, economics, risk assessment, game theory, conflict resolution, and the fine arts. Offered separately as GEO 425 and GEO 525. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography.

GEO 526 GLOBAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT (3)  Examines resource development issues and strategies in the Global South. Issues and strategies from agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, wildlife management, mineral development, land use, and health are examined. Offered every other odd year in spring.

GEO 534 FIELD GEOGRAPHY OF OREGON (3)  Designed to introduce students to the widest possible range of topics on all aspects of Oregon geography within a limited time, then turn that experience into a viable research proposal. While physical processes are the primary topic, resource and environmental effects are stressed.

GEO 541 SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN ECOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCE (4)  Objectives and techniques of spatial and temporal analysis. Point patterns, geostatistics, spectral analysis, wavelet analysis, interpolation, and mapping. Lec/lab. PREREQS: ST 411 or ST 511.

GEO 544 REMOTE SENSING (4)  Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing and image analysis. Topics include physical principles of remote sensing from the ultraviolet to the microwave, sensors and sensor technology, and environmental applications of remote sensing through image analysis. PREREQS: GEO 301 is recommended.

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GEO 545 COMPUTER-ASSISTED CARTOGRAPHY (3)  Concepts and techniques underlying the production of maps by computer. Practical experience with a variety of computer mapping packages. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 360 and MTH 112.

GEO 546 ADVANCED LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE ECOLOGY (4)  Pattern-process interactions in large scale ecological and physical systems, including terrestrial, aquatic, and marine/ocean ecosystems. Principles of pattern-process interactions from genetic to community levels of ecological organization applied to design of conservation reserves. Hypothesis testing, field techniques, spatial models/statistics, GIS/remote sensing. Lec/lab.

GEO 548 FIELD RESEARCH IN GEOMORPHOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY (3)  Natural history interpretation of disturbance and recovery processes and management implications in forest-stream landscapes of western Oregon. Course consists of field experience and several seminars. Transportation and lodging fee charged. PREREQS: 9 graduate credits of sciences or engineering.

GEO 549 GEOGRAPHY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (3)  Overview of food and agriculture in relation to production and consumption regions as a basis for distinguishing different types of food and agricultural systems. Local and global examination of the geographic aspects of breeding, location in agricultural systems, and adaptation in agro-ecosystems using field study, exploration of literature, and lecture. Lec/lab.

GEO 551 ENVIRONMENTAL SITE PLANNING (3)  The use of geographic concepts/techniques in land use and site planning; especially natural area inventory, classification and analysis. Findings-of-fact presentation and report writing. Two local field trips may be required; transportation fee charged. Offered alternate years.

GEO 552 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF RURAL AND RESOURCE PLANNING (3)  Principles, techniques, and current practices of land use planning for rural areas. Emphasis on resource issues, organization of data, policy development, and decision-making. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: GEO 423 or GEO 523

GEO 553 RESOURCE EVALUATION METHODS/EIS (3)  Methods of resource analysis for land use planning; resource rating systems; environmental impact assessment: laws, procedures, and methods. Field trip(s) may be required; transportation fee charged. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: GEO 452

GEO 565 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SCIENCE (4)  Introduction to modern spatial data processing, development, and functions of geographic information systems (GIS); theory, concepts and applications of geographic information science (GISci). Lec/lab.

GEO 566 DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING (3)  Digital analysis of remote sensor data. Image display enhancement, classification, and rectification principles. Practical experience with an image processing system. Offered alternate years. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 544.

GEO 567 RESPONSIBLE GIS PRACTICE: ETHICS FOR FUTURE GEOSPATIAL PROS (3)  Prepares current and aspiring professionals to recognize, analyze and address ethical issues in geographic information science and technology. PREREQS: Instructor approval required.

GEO 568 INTERACTIVE CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOVISUALIZATION (4) 

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An overview of methods and applications in interactive, dynamic cartographic visualization, including the skills of designing, building, and evaluating customized user-interfaces to geographic information. Introduces students to a working knowledge of web programming to create interactive mapping applications, focusing on client-side technology. PREREQS: Basic programming experience (any language) and one GIS course; or instructor approval required.

GEO 577 ALGORITHMS FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE (4)  Introduction to algorithms and data models for the manipulation and visualization of geospatial data. Students are introduced to object-oriented programming using the Java programming language. PREREQS: GEO 545 and GEO 565 and GEO 578 and /or equivalent courses and programming experience.

GEO 578 GIS PROGRAMMING FOR GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS (4)  Introduction to the extension of geographic information systems (GIS) through programming. This course teaches students to design and write programs to automate geospatial analysis. No prior programming experience is expected. PREREQS: GEO 565 and /or equivalent experience in GIS.

GEO 580 ADVANCED GIS APPLICATIONS IN THE GEOSCIENCES (4)  Explores the concepts and uses of geographic information systems (GIS) for spatial analysis. Structured as an applications-based course where students learn how to acquire, clean, integrate, manipulate, visualize and analyze geospatial data through laboratory work. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 565 and GEO 465 or GEO 565 or equivalent.

GEO 583 SNOW HYDROLOGY (3)  Fundamentals of snow hydrology. Physical principles of snow formation, snowpack accumulation, energy balance, snowcover-climate interactions, snow metamorphism, snowpack ablation, snowpack/snowmelt chemistry, remote sensing of snow, avalanches, field methods, snowmelt/runoff modeling techniques, and watershed processes.

GEO 584 ADVANCED SPATIAL STATISTICS AND GISCIENCE (2)  Provides advanced graduate students from a variety of disciplines in earth science and ecology the opportunity to structure and conduct spatio-temporal analyses using available software tools and their own datasets for their graduate research. Lec/lab.

GEO 599 SPECIAL TOPICS (0-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 600 FIELD TRIPS (1-16)  Participation in group field trips that are not part of any other course. Transportation fee charged. Students may prepare guide for trips. Faculty sponsors must be arranged. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 601 RESEARCH (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 603 THESIS (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 999 credits.

GEO 605 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 606 PROJECTS (1-16) 

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This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 607 SEMINAR (1-16)  Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 608 WORKSHOP (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEO 699 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16)  This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

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Appendix D. Crosswalk table indicating transfer of GEO courses to GEOG courses, and creation of new GEOG courses.

New Course No. New course title

Old course no. Old course title

GEOG 102 Physical Geography GEO 102 Surface of the EarthGEOG 103 Human Geography

GEOG 105 Geography of the non-western world GEO 105Geography of the non-western world

GEOG 106 Geography of the western world GEO 106 Geography of the western world

GEOG 201Foundations of Geospatial Science and GIS GEO 301 Map and image interpretation

GEOG 204 Human-environment geography

GEOG 300 Sustainability for the common good GEO 300Sustainability for the common good

GEOG 300H Sustainability for the common good GEO 300HSustainability for the common good

GEOG 511 History and philosophy of geography GEO 515History and philosophy of geography

GEOG 512 Social-ecological systems GEO 554 Social-ecological systemsGEOG 311 Geography of Africa GEO 325 Geography of AfricaGEOG 312 Geography of Europe GEO 326 Geography of EuropeGEOG 313 Geography of Asia GEO 327 Geography of AsiaGEOG 314 Geography of Latin America GEO 328 Geography of Latin America

GEOG 315 Geography of the US and Canada GEO 329Geography of the US and Canada

GEOG 323 Climatology GEO 323 Climatology

GEOG 324Geography of Life: Species distribution and conservation GEO 324

Geography of Life: Species distribution and conservation

GEOG 423 Snow hydrology GEO 483 Snow hydrologyGEOG 523 Snow hydrology GEO 583 Snow hydrology

GEOG 330Geography of international development and globalization GEO 330

Geography of international development and globalization

GEOG 331Population, Consumption and Environment GEO 350 Population geography

GEOG 430Resilience-based natural resource management GEO 420 Geography of resource use

GEOG 431 Global Resources and Development GEO 426Global Resources and Development

GEOG 432 Geography of food and agriculture GEO 449Geography of food and agriculture

GEOG 530Resilience-based natural resource management GEO 520 Geography of resource use

GEOG 531 Global Resources and Development GEO 526Global Resources and Development

GEOG 532 Geography of food and agriculture GEO 549Geography of food and agriculture

GEOG 240 Climate change, water, and society GEO 204Climate change, water, and society

GEOG 340 Intro to water science and policy GEO 335 Intro to water science and policyGEOG 340H Intro to water science and policy GEO 335H Intro to water science and policy

GEOG 440Water resources management in the US GEO 425

Water resources management in the US

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GEOG 441International water resources management GEO 424

International water resources management

GEOG 442Hydrology for water resource management

GEOG 540Water resources management in the US GEO 525

Water resources management in the US

GEOG 541International water resources management GEO 524

International water resources management

GEOG 542Hydrology for water resource management

GEOG 546Advanced landscape and seascape ecology GEO 546

Advanced landscape and seascape ecology

GEOG 250 Land use planning

GEOG 251 Geography of disaster management GEO 205Geography of disaster management

GEOG 350 Geography of natural hazards GEO 304 Geography of natural hazardsGEOG 450 Land use in the American West GEO 423 Land use in the American West

GEOG 451Planning principles and practices for resilient communities GEO 452

Principles and practices of rural and resource planning

GEOG 452 Sustainable Site Planning GEO 451 Environmental site planning

GEOG 453Land use planning - implementation and evaluation GEO 453 Resource evaluation methods

GEOG 550 Land use in the American West GEO 523 Land use in the American West

GEOG 551Planning principles and practices for resilient communities GEO 552

Principles and practices of rural and resource planning

GEOG 552 Sustainable Site Planning GEO 551 Environmental site planning

GEOG 553Land use planning - implementation and evaluation GEO 553 Resource evaluation methods

CANCEL CANCEL GEO 465Geographic information systems and science

GEOG 360GIScience I: Intro to Geographic Information Systems GEO 365

Intro to Geographic Information Systems

GEOG 361GIScience II: Analysis and applications in GIScience GEO 480

Advanced GIS applications in the Geosciences

GEOG 462 GIScience III: Programming for Geospatial AnalysisGEOG 463 GIScience IV: Spatial modelingGEOG 464

GEOG 464Geospatial Perspectives on Intelligence, Security, and Ethics

GEOG 560GIScience I: Intro to Geographic Information Systems GEO 565

Geographic information systems and science

GEOG 561GIScience II: Analysis and applications in GIScience GEO 580

Advanced GIS applications in the Geosciences

GEOG 562GIScience III: Programming for Geospatial Analysis GEO 578

GIS Programming for Geospatial Analysis

GEOG 563 GIScience IV: Spatial modeling

GEOG 564Geospatial Perspectives on Intelligence, Security, and Ethics GEO 567

Responsible GIS: Ethics for the future geospatial professional

GEOG 565Spatio-temporal variation in ecology and earth science GEO 541

Spatio-temporal variation in ecology and earth science

GEOG 566Advanced spatial statistics and GIScience GEO 584

Advanced spatial statistics and GIScience

GEOG 370 Geovisualization I: Cartography GEO 360 Cartography

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GEOG 371 Geovisualization II: Web mapping

GEOG 472Geovisualization III: Geovisual analytics GEO 445 Computer-assisted cartography

GEOG 571 Geovisualization II: Web mapping GEO 568Interactive cartography and geovisualization

GEOG 572Geovisualization III: Geovisual analytics GEO 545 Computer-assisted cartography

GEOG 573Geovisualization IV: Algorithms for Geographic Information Science GEO 577

Algorithms for Geographic Information Science

GEOG 480Remote sensing I: Principles and Applications GEO 444 Remote sensing

GEOG 481Remote sensing II: Digital Image Processing GEO 466 Digital image processing

GEOG 580Remote sensing I: Principles and Applications GEO 544 Remote sensing

GEOG 581Remote sensing II: Digital Image Processing GEO 566 Digital image processing

GEOG 295Introduction to geographic field research GEO 296

Introduction to geographic field research

GEOG 495 Field geography of Oregon I GEO 435 Field geography of OregonGEOG 595 Field geography of Oregon II GEO 534 Field geography of Oregon

GEOG 596Field research in geomorphology and landscape ecology GEO 548

Field research in geomorphology and landscape ecology

GEOG 199 Special studiesGEOG 299 Special studiesGEOG 399 Special topicsGEOG 399H Special topicsGEOG 499 Special topicsGEOG 599 Special topicsGEOG 699 Special topicsGEOG 400 Field tripsGEOG 500 Field tripsGEOG 600 Field tripsGEOG 401 ResearchGEOG 501 ResearchGEOG 601 ResearchGEOG 403 ThesisGEOG 503 ThesisGEOG 603 ThesisGEOG 405 Reading and conferenceGEOG 505 Reading and conferenceGEOG 605 Reading and conferenceGEOG 407 SeminarGEOG 507 SeminarGEOG 607 SeminarGEOG 408 WorkshopGEOG 508 WorkshopGEOG 608 WorkshopGEOG 410 Internship

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GEOG 510 Internship

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Appendix E. List of GEOG courses with catalog course descriptions, including all courses in proposed new BS in Geography and Geospatial Science. Courses in red font are new. Courses in blue font are former GEO courses with a new GEOG number and change of title and in some cases change of description and/or credits. Courses in green font have a new GEOG number. Courses in black font have the new GEOG designator but retain the GEO number.

New Course No.

New course title Old course no.

GEOG 102 Physical GeographyGEOG 102. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. (4). Processes that shape the earth's surface. Weathering, mass movement, landforms, river systems, groundwater, biogeography, human effects on the landscape. Use of maps and imagery. Lec/lab. This class is a Baccalaureate Core Course in the Perspectives Category (Physical science with lab).

GEO 102

GEOG 103 Human GeographyHUMAN GEOGRAPHY (3). Introduction to how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface, including languages, religions, migration, development, and resources. This class is a Baccalaureate Core Course in the Perspectives Category (Social Processes and Institutions subcategories)

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GEOG 105 Geography of the non-western worldGEOGRAPHY OF THE NON-WESTERN WORLD (3). An introduction to the rich variety of environments, population and settlement dynamics, cultures, geopolitical changes, and economies in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 105

GEOG 106 Geography of the western worldGEOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (3). An introduction to the rich variety of environments, population and settlement dynamics, cultures, geopolitical changes, and economics in Europe and Russia, Australia and Oceania, and the Americas. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 106

GEOG 201 Foundations of Geospatial Science and GISFOUNDATIONS OF GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE AND GIS (4). Basic physical science principles underlying geospatial technologies such as GPS, mobile devices, and online mapping and navigation tools used in GIS, remote sensing, and geovisualization. Concepts and applications in government, business, and the environment. This class is a Baccalaureate Core Course in the Perspectives Category (Physical Science with lab).

GEO 301

GEOG 204 Human-environment geographyHUMAN-ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY (3). How human societies manage resources, physical limits to sustainability, role of science in the use and management of resources, and how societal resource use adversely affects other societies, in human history and across spatial scales. This class is a Baccalaureate Core Course in the Difference, Power, and Discrimination Category.

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GEOG 300 Sustainability for the common goodSUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD. (3). Geography of human relationships to earth's systems with an emphasis on individual impacts and collective efforts to achieve environmental sustainability. Lec/rec. (Bacc Core Course) PREREQS: Upper-division standing.

GEO 300

GEOG 300H Sustainability for the common good GEO 300HGEOG 511 History and philosophy of geography

HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF GEOGRAPHY (3). The historical development of research traditions in the discipline of geography. This includes an examination of changes in conceptual structures and current

GEO 515

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trends. PREREQS: Graduate standing in geography (or related field).GEOG 512 Social-ecological systems

SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS (3). Exploration of critical debates surrounding theories associated with social-ecological systems, resilience, vulnerability, adaptation, social learning, transformation, adaptive governance. PREREQS: 9 credits of graduate study. Note: This course builds on material covered in GEO 420/GE 520, Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management.

GEO 554

GEOG 311 Geography of AfricaGEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA (3). An introduction to the physical, historical, cultural, political, and development geography of Africa south of the Sahara. Offered alternate years. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 325

GEOG 312 Geography of EuropeGEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE (3).A regional overview precedes a topical examination of Europe's diverse physical and cultural landscapes and lifestyles. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 326

GEOG 313 Geography of AsiaGEOGRAPHY OF ASIA (3). Geographic analysis of Asia's lands and peoples. Emphasis on regional physical environments, resources and development potentials, population trends, and international importance to the United States. May not be offered each year. (NC) (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 327

GEOG 314 Geography of Latin AmericaGEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA (3). Focuses on the diverse landscapes, peoples and cultural traditions of Latin America, a vast region extending from the United States-Mexican border to the southern tip of South America. (NC) (Bacc Core Course

GEO 328

GEOG 315 Geography of the US and CanadaGEOGRAPHY OF THE US AND CANADA (3). Cultural, economic, political, and settlement geography. Emphasis on regional patterns and problems. Analysis of recent and projected changes. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 329

GEOG 323 ClimatologyCLIMATOLOGY. (4). Systematic analysis of global and regional climates. Physical principles of climate, climate classifications, and distribution and characteristics of climate regimes. Lec/lab. (Writing Intensive Course) PREREQS: GEOG 102 [D-] or GEO 202 [D-]

GEO 323

GEOG 324 Geography of LifeGEOGRAPHY OF LIFE: SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS AND CONSERVATION (4). Plant, animal, and biotic community distribution and dynamics. Effect of climate, tectonics, disturbance on extinction, speciation, and succession. Field trip(s) required; transportation fee charged. Lec/lab.

GEO 324

GEOG 423 Snow hydrologySNOW HYDROLOGY (4). Fundamentals of snow hydrology. Physical principles of snow formation, snowpack accumulation, energy balance, snowcover-climate interactions, snow metamorphism, snowpack ablation, snowpack/snowmelt chemistry, remote sensing of snow, avalanches, field methods, snowmelt/runoff modeling techniques, and watershed processes. PREREQS: GEO 202 and MTH 111

GEO 483

GEOG 424 HYDROLOGY FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3). A quantitative introduction to surface and subsurface hydrology with a focus on decision making for the water resource professional. PREREQS: MTH 251 or permission of instructor.

GEOG 523 Snow hydrologySNOW HYDROLOGY (4). Fundamentals of snow hydrology. Physical

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principles of snow formation, snowpack accumulation, energy balance, snowcover-climate interactions, snow metamorphism, snowpack ablation, snowpack/snowmelt chemistry, remote sensing of snow, avalanches, field methods, snowmelt/runoff modeling techniques, and watershed processes. PREREQS: GEO 202 and MTH 111

GEOG 524 HYDROLOGY FOR WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3). A quantitative introduction to surface and subsurface hydrology with a focus on decision making for the water resource professional. PREREQS: MTH 251 or permission of instructor.

GEOG 330 Geography of international development and globalizationGEOGRAPHY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION (3). Introduction to the geography of global wealth and inequality with a focus on contemporary development, underdevelopment, and globalization problems in Asian, African, Caribbean, Latin American, and Pacific Island countries. (Bacc Core Course) (Writing Intensive Course) PREREQS: GEO 105 or GEO 106 or instructor approval.

GEO 330

GEOG 331 Population, Consumption and EnvironmentPOPULATION, CONSUMPTION, AND ENVIRONMENT (3). Patterns of spatial distribution of human populations, data sources, data display, population structure and dynamics, relationship between population, resources, and quality of life. Problems of growth and alternative futures. Offered alternate years. (SS) (Bacc Core Course) PREREQS: Upper-division standing.

GEO 350

GEOG 430 Resilience-based natural resource managementRESILIENCE-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3). Relationships between people and the environment and social causes and consequences of environmental change throughout the world. Interdependence of social and ecological systems and implications for environmental decision making and natural resource management.

GEO 420

GEOG 431 Development and global resourcesDEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL RESOURCES (3). Examines resource development issues and strategies in the Global South. Issues and strategies from agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, wildlife management, mineral development, land use, and health are examined. Offered every other odd year in spring.

GEO 426

GEOG 432 Geography of food and agricultureGEOGRAPHY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (3). Overview of food and agriculture in relation to production and consumption regions as a basis for distinguishing different types of food and agricultural systems. Local and global examination of the geographic aspects of breeding, location in agricultural systems, and adaptation in agro-ecosystems using field study, exploration of literature, and lecture. Lec/lab. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 449

GEOG 530 Resilience-based natural resource managementRESILIENCE-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3). Relationships between people and the environment and social causes and consequences of environmental change throughout the world. Interdependence of social and ecological systems and implications for environmental decision making and natural resource management.

GEO 520

GEOG 531 Development and global resourcesDEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL RESOURCES (3). Examines resource development issues and strategies in the Global South. Issues and strategies from agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, wildlife management, mineral development, land use, and health are examined. Offered every other odd year in spring.

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GEOG 532 Geography of food and agricultureGEOGRAPHY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (3). Overview of food and agriculture in relation to production and consumption regions as a basis for distinguishing different types of food and agricultural systems. Local and global examination of the geographic aspects of breeding, location in agricultural systems, and adaptation in agro-ecosystems using field study, exploration of literature, and lecture. Lec/lab. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 549

GEOG 240 Climate change, water, and societyCLIMATE CHANGE, WATER, AND SOCIETY (3). Introduction to social, ecological and economic impacts of climate change induced water problems in various geographic regions and cultures. Approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation in various parts of the world. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 204

GEOG 340 Intro to water science and policyINTRODUCTION TO WATER SCIENCE AND POLICY (3). Policy and science of the hydrologic cycle. Emphasis on interaction between water's natural time-space fluctuations and human uses. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 335, SOIL 335

GEOG 340H Intro to water science and policyINTRODUCTION TO WATER SCIENCE AND POLICY (3). Policy and science of the hydrologic cycle. Emphasis on interaction between water's natural time-space fluctuations and human uses. (Bacc Core Course) PREREQS: Honors College approval required.

GEO 335H

GEOG 440 Water resources management in the USWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE US (3). An investigation of the various approaches to water resources geography within the U.S. Explores the disciplines that address water resources management, their tools, and their limitations. Topics include engineering, law, economics, risk assessment, game theory, conflict resolution, and the fine arts. Offered separately as GEO 440 and GEO 540. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography and any course dealing with the hydrologic cycle.

GEO 425

GEOG 441 International water resources managementINTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3). An investigation of the various approaches to water resources geography at the international level. Explores the interaction between water science and policy through issues of current "hydropolitics" and water resources development. Topics include water quality, dams and development, conflict and cooperation, climate change, and water institutions. Offered separately as GEO 441 and GEO 541. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography and any course dealing with the hydrologic cycle.

GEO 424

GEOG 540 Water resources management in the USWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE US (3). An investigation of the various approaches to water resources geography within the U.S. Explores the disciplines that address water resources management, their tools, and their limitations. Topics include engineering, law, economics, risk assessment, game theory, conflict resolution, and the fine arts. Offered separately as GEO 440 and GEO 540. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography and any course dealing with the hydrologic cycle.

GEO 525

GEOG 541 International water resources managementINTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3). An investigation of the various approaches to water resources geography at the international level. Explores the interaction between water science and policy through issues of current "hydropolitics" and water resources

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development. Topics include water quality, dams and development, conflict and cooperation, climate change, and water institutions. Offered separately as GEO 441 and GEO 541. PREREQS: 9 credits of upper-division geography and any course dealing with the hydrologic cycle.

GEOG 546 Advanced landscape and seascape ecologyADVANCED LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE ECOLOGY (4). Pattern-process interactions in large scale ecological and physical systems, including terrestrial, aquatic, and marine/ocean ecosystems. Principles of pattern-process interactions from genetic to community levels of ecological organization applied to design of conservation reserves. Hypothesis testing, field techniques, spatial models/statistics, GIS/remote sensing. Lec/lab.

GEO 546

GEOG 250 land use planningLAND USE PLANNING (3). Overview of the history and current practices of land use and community planning. Use basic geospatial tools to assess land use patterns and planning processes. This class is a Baccalaureate Core Course in the Perspectives Category (Social Processes and Institutions subcategories).

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GEOG 251 Geography of disaster managementGEOGRAPHY OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT (3). Introduction to the geographic concepts and processes for effective disaster management, including response, recovery, mitigation and preparedness. Risk assessment and evidence-based best practices to prepare and respond to emergencies in a variety of geographic contexts. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 205

GEOG 350 Geography of natural hazardsGEOGRAPHY OF NATURAL HAZARDS: RISK, VULNERABILITY, AND RESILIENCE (3). Introduction to the geography of risk, natural hazards, and disasters, focusing on concepts of vulnerability, adaptation and resilience of human society in the Pacific Northwest and globally. (Bacc Core Course)

GEO 304

GEOG 450 Land use in the American WestLAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST (3). Development of a conceptual framework for land use study; analysis of land as a resource, land use trends, land use principles, and management issues as related to planning, focusing on the American West, the fastest growing region in the nation

GEO 423

GEOG 451 Planning principles and practices for resilient communitiesPLANNING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES (4). Applies GIS skills and techniques to determine and analyze future land uses. Determine suitable land uses that incorporate community goals, site constraints and minimize use conflicts. Regulatory and market-based implementation strategies for land uses will also be discussed. (Lec/Lab). PREREQ: GEOG 360 or GEOG 560.

GEO 452

GEOG 452 Sustainable Site PlanningSUSTAINABLE SITE PLANNING (3). Use of geographic concepts and techniques in site planning to create sustainable management reports for local sites. Complete site inventories of environmental features and human uses to create a conceptual site design and management plan that utilizes sustainable practices such as green infrastructure and renewable materials. Local field trip required.

GEO 451

GEOG 453 Land use planningLAND USE PLANNING - IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION (3). Methods of resource analysis for land use planning; resource rating systems; environmental impact assessment: laws, procedures, and methods. Field trip(s) may be required; transportation fee charged.

GEO 453

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Offered alternate years. PREREQS: GEOG 452GEOG 550 Land use in the American West

LAND USE IN THE AMERICAN WEST (3). Development of a conceptual framework for land use study; analysis of land as a resource, land use trends, land use principles, and management issues as related to planning, focusing on the American West, the fastest growing region in the nation.

GEO 523

GEOG 551 Planning principles and practices for resilient communitiesPRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES (4). Applies GIS skills and techniques to determine and analyze future land uses. Determine suitable land uses that incorporate community goals, site constraints and minimize use conflicts. Regulatory and market-based implementation strategies for land uses will also be discussed. (Lec/Lab). PREREQ: GEOG 360 or GEOG 560.

GEO 552

GEOG 552 Sustainable Site PlanningSUSTAINABLE SITE PLANNING (3). Use of geographic concepts and techniques in site planning to create sustainable management reports for local sites. Inventory of environmental characteristics and human uses, conceptual design for future uses of the site, principles of green infrastructure and sustainable building practices. Local field trip required.

GEO 551

GEOG 553 Land use planningLAND USE PLANNING - IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION (3). Methods of resource analysis for land use planning; resource rating systems; environmental impact assessment: laws, procedures, and methods. Field trip(s) may be required; transportation fee charged. Offered alternate years. PREREQS: GEOG 452

GEO 553

CANCEL CANCEL GEO 465GEOG 360 GIScience I: GIS and Theory

GISCIENCE I: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEORY. (4) Fundamentals of spatial data, geographic information systems (GIS), and introductory spatial analysis, programming, and modeling.

GEO 365

GEOG 361 GIScience II: Analysis and applications in GIScienceGISCIENCE II: ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS IN GISCIENCE. (4) Applications-based course. Development and conduct of geospatial analyses using various spatial data structures, techniques and models. Students acquire, clean, integrate, manipulate, visualize and analyze geospatial data through laboratory work. PREREQS: GEOG 360.

GEO 480

GEOG 462 GIScience III: Programming for Geospatial AnalysisGISCIENCE III: PROGRAMMING FOR GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS. (4) Introduction to the extension of geographic information systems (GIS) through programming. This course teaches students to design and write programs to automate geospatial analysis. No prior programming experience is expected. PREREQS: GEOG 361 or 561.

GEOG 463 GIScience IV: Spatial modelingGISCIENCE IV: SPATIAL MODELING (4). Introduction to spatial simulation models representing attraction, segregation, individual entities, and processes of spread, applied to contemporary problems in human and physical geography. PREREQS: GEOG 463 or 562.

GEOG 464 Perspectives on Geospatial Intelligence, Security, and EthicsGEOSPATIAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY, AND ETHICS. (3) Applications and implications of geospatial science (GIS, remote sensing, and spatial analysis) in intelligence, human, environmental, and ethical domains. Concepts and practices of ethics in geospatial science, including data access, management, visualization,

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and decision-making. PREREQ: Senior standing, GEOG 360/GEOG 560.

GEOG 560 GIScience I: Intro to Geographic Information SystemsINTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE (4). Introduction to modern spatial data processing, development, and functions of geographic information systems (GIS); theory, concepts and applications of geographic information science (GIScience). Lec/lab.

GEO 565

GEOG 561 GIScience II: Analysis and applications in GIScienceGISCIENCE II: ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS IN GISCIENCE. (4) Applications-based course. Development and conduct of geospatial analyses using various spatial data structures, techniques and models. Students acquire, clean, integrate, manipulate, visualize and analyze geospatial data through laboratory work. PREREQS: GEOG 560.

GEO 580

GEOG 562 GIScience III: Programming for Geospatial AnalysisGISCIENCE III: PROGRAMMING FOR GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS. (4) Introduction to the extension of geographic information systems (GIS) through programming. This course teaches students to design and write programs to automate geospatial analysis. No prior programming experience is expected. PREREQS: GEOG 561.

GEO 578

GEOG 563 GIScience IV: Spatial modelingGISCIENCE IV: SPATIAL MODELING (4). Introduction to spatial simulation models representing attraction, segregation, individual entities, and processes of spread, applied to contemporary problems in human and physical geography. PREREQS: GEOG 462 or 562.

GEOG 564 Perspectives on Geospatial Intelligence, Security, and EthicsGEOSPATIAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY, AND ETHICS. (3) Applications and implications of geospatial science (GIS, remote sensing, and spatial analysis) in intelligence, human, environmental, and ethical domains. Concepts and practices of ethics in geospatial science, including data access, management, visualization, and decision-making. PREREQ: Senior standing, GEOG 360/GEOG 560.

GEO 567

GEOG 565 Spatio-temporal variation in ecology and earth scienceSPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATION IN ECOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCE (4). Objectives and techniques of spatial and temporal analysis. Point patterns, geostatistics, spectral analysis, wavelet analysis, interpolation, and mapping. Lec/lab. PREREQS: ST 411 or ST 511

GEO 541

GEOG 566 Advanced spatial statistics and GIScienceADVANCED SPATIAL STATISTICS AND GISCIENCE (4). Provides advanced graduate students from a variety of disciplines in earth science and ecology the opportunity to structure and conduct spatio-temporal analyses using available software tools and their own datasets for their graduate research. Lec/lab.

GEO 584

GEOG 370 Geovisualization: CartographyGEOVISUALIZATION: CARTOGRAPHY. (4) Basic cartographic principles. Design, compilation, and construction of maps. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEOG 201.

GEO 360

GEOG 371 Geovisualization: Web mappingGEOVISUALIZATION II: WEB MAPPING. (4) Current developments in Internet mapping and advanced cartographic skills applied to web-based maps. Techniques of Internet mapping and principles of web-based cartography, including multimedia, animation, 3D visualization, and user interface design. PREREQS: GEOG 201.

GEOG 472 Geovisualization: Geovisual analyticsGEOVISUALIZATION III: GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS (3). Concepts and

GEO 445

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techniques underlying the production of maps by computer. Practical experience with a variety of computer mapping packages. . Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 360 and MTH 112.

GEOG 571 Geovisualization: Web mappingGEOVISUALIZATION II: WEB MAPPING. (4) Overview of methods and applications in interactive, dynamic cartographic visualization. Design and construction of customized user interfaces to geographic information. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEOG 370.

GEO 568

GEOG 572 Geovisualization: Geovisual analyticsGEOVISUALIZATION III: GEOVISUAL ANALYTICS (3). Concepts and techniques underlying the production of maps by computer. Practical experience with a variety of computer mapping packages. . Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 360 and MTH 112.

GEO 545

GEOG 573 Geovisualization: Algorithms for Geographic Information ScienceGEOVISUALIZATION III: ALGORITHMS FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE (4). Introduction to algorithms and data models for the manipulation and visualization of geospatial data. Students are introduced to object-oriented programming using the Java programming language. PREREQS: GEO 545 [D-] and GEO 565 [D-] and GEO 578 [D-] and /or equivalent courses and programming experience.

GEO 577

GEOG 480 Remote sensing I: Principles and ApplicationsREMOTE SENSING I: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS. (4). Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing and image analysis. Topics include physical principles of remote sensing from the ultraviolet to the microwave, sensors and sensor technology, and environmental applications of remote sensing through image analysis. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEOG 201.

GEO 444

GEOG 481 Remote sensing II: Digital Image ProcessingDIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING (4). Digital analysis of remote sensor data. Image display enhancement, classification, and rectification principles. Practical experience with an image processing system. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 444 [D-]

GEO 466

GEOG 580 Remote sensing I: Principles and ApplicationsREMOTE SENSING I: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS. (4). Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing and image analysis. Topics include physical principles of remote sensing from the ultraviolet to the microwave, sensors and sensor technology, and environmental applications of remote sensing through image analysis. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEOG 201.

GEO 544

GEOG 581 Remote sensing II: Digital Image ProcessingDIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING (4). Digital analysis of remote sensor data. Image display enhancement, classification, and rectification principles. Practical experience with an image processing system. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEO 444 [D-]

GEO 566

GEOG 295 Introduction to geographic field researchINTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC FIELD RESEARCH (3). Two-week course taught in the fall program in various locations throughout the west. Collect and analyze data associated with both human and physical geography. Lec/lab. PREREQS: GEOG 201 and GEOG 202.

GEO 296

GEOG 495 Field geography of Oregon IFIELD GEOGRAPHY OF OREGON (3). Designed as a capstone experience. Challenges students to assess the origins of the physical features of a landscape, and evaluate the impacts of features on the area's human geography, and vice versa. Three weekend field trips required. PREREQS: GEOG 295, GEO 295, or other field course

GEO 435

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strongly recommended; junior or senior standing. Restricted to Earth Science and Geography majors.

GEOG 595 Field geography of Oregon IIFIELD GEOGRAPHY OF OREGON (3). Designed to introduce students to the widest possible range of topics on all aspects of Oregon geography within a limited time, then turn that experience into a viable research proposal. While physical processes are the primary topic, resource and environmental effects are stressed.

GEO 534

GEOG 596 Field research in geomorphology and landscape ecologyCatalog course description. FIELD RESEARCH IN GEOMORPHOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY (3). Natural history interpretation of disturbance and recovery processes and management implications in forest-stream landscapes of western Oregon. Course consists of field experience and several seminars. Transportation and lodging fee charged. PREREQS: 9 graduate credits of sciences or engineering.

GEO 548

GEOG 199 Special studiesGEOG 299 Special studiesGEOG 399 Special topicsGEOG 399H Special topicsGEOG 499 Special topicsGEOG 599 Special topicsGEOG 699 Special topicsGEOG 400 Field trips

FIELD TRIPS (1-16). Participation in group field trips that are not a part of any other course. Transportation fee is charged. Students may prepare guides for trips. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 48 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 500 Field tripsFIELD TRIPS (1-16). Participation in group field trips that are not a part of any other course. Transportation fee is charged. Students may prepare guides for trips. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 48 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 600 Field tripsFIELD TRIPS (1-16). Participation in group field trips that are not a part of any other course. Transportation fee is charged. Students may prepare guides for trips. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 48 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 401 ResearchRESEARCH (1-16). Independent, original research subjects guided by faculty conferences and resulting in a brief written report. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 24 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 501 ResearchRESEARCH (1-16). Independent, original research subjects guided by faculty conferences and resulting in a brief written report. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 24 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 601 ResearchRESEARCH (1-16). This course is repeatable for a maximum of 36 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

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GEOG 403 ThesisTHESIS (1-16). Independent, original study that culminates in a senior thesis. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 24 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 503 ThesisTHESIS (1-16). Independent, original study that culminates in a thesis. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 999 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 603 ThesisTHESIS (1-16). This course is repeatable for a maximum of 999 credits.

GEOG 405 Reading and conferenceREADING AND CONFERENCE (1-16). Independent reading in specialized topics guided by and discussed in faculty conferences. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 505 Reading and conferenceREADING AND CONFERENCE (1-16). Independent reading in specialized topics guided by and discussed in faculty conferences. Faculty sponsor must be prearranged. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 605 Reading and conferenceREADING AND CONFERENCE (1-16). This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.

GEOG 407 SeminarSEMINAR (1-16). Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 12 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 507 SeminarSEMINAR (1-16). Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 12 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 607 SeminarSEMINAR (1-16). Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 12 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 408 WorkshopWORKSHOP (1-16). This course is repeatable for a maximum of 12 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 508 WorkshopWORKSHOP (1-16). This course is repeatable for a maximum of 12 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 608 WorkshopWORKSHOP (1-16). This course is repeatable for a maximum of 24 credits. PREREQS: Departmental approval required.

GEOG 410 InternshipINTERNSHIP (1-15). Pre-career professional experience under joint faculty and employer supervision. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 48 credits. PREREQS: 12 credits of upper-division geography and departmental approval required.

GEOG 510 InternshipINTERNSHIP (1-15). Pre-career professional experience under joint faculty and employer supervision. May not be used to meet minimum credit hour requirements for graduate degrees in geography. Graded P/N. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits. PREREQS: 12 credits of upper-division geography.

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Appendix F.

OSU BUDGET NARRATIVE - BS in GEOGRAPHY and GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE

Personnel:

Faculty, Tenured/tenure-track: NO NEW FACULTY

Faculty, Fixed-term: Instructors: NO NEW INSTRUCTORS

Graduate Assistants: NO NEW GRADUATE ASSISTANTS

Support Staff:Academic Advisor: NO NEW ADVISORSOffice Specialist: NO NEW OFFICE SPECIALISTS

OPE:n/a

Other Expenses:

Library: NO NEW JOURNALS

Services and Supplies:new brochures: 2 days time of advisor or student services staffwebsite revision: 2 days time of publications staff

Capital Equipment: NONE

Facilities Renovation:NONE

Resources:

Current Budget: CEOAS already has 18 Geography faculty who will participate in the major.CEOAS has an Office of Student Services that is able to accommodate these classes and students.CEOAS has an undergraduate advising staff that can advise these students.

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OSU Internal Budget Outline Form

Estimated Costs and Sources of Funds for Proposed ProgramTotal new resources allocated to the Proposed Program, if any.

If no change in resources is required, the budgetary impact should be reported as zero.

PROGRAM TITLE: BS in Geography and Geospatial Science

BUDGET PERIOD: From FY 0 to FY 0

ONE-TIMEFiscal Year 1 Fiscal Year 2 Fiscal Year 3 Fiscal Year 4

Personnel

Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track - - - -

Faculty, fixed-term

Sub-total, Faculty - - - -

Graduate Assistants

Support Staff 937

Fellowship/Scholarship

OPE 469

Personnel Subtotal 1,406 - - -

Other Expenses

Library, Printed 1,000

Library, Electronic

Services & Supplies

Capital Equipment

Facilities Renovation

Other Expenses Subtotal 1,000 - - -

Total Cost of Program 2,406 - - -

Resources

Current Budget, unit - - - -

Tuition

Fees/Sales

Other, describe:

Total Resources - - - -Note: Please include budget narrative describing items listed above.Revenue/Expense check 2,406 - - -

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Appendix G.

OSU LibrariesCollection Development

Library Evaluation for Category I Proposal

BS. Geography and Geospatial ScienceTitle of Proposal

Earth. Ocean and Atmospheric SciencesCollege

The subject librarian responsible for collection development in the pertinent curricular area has assessed whether the existing library collections and services can support the proposal. Based on this review, the subject librarian concludes that present collections and services are:

[]inadequate to support the proposal (see budget needs below) [ ] marginally adequate to support the proposal[ X] adequate to support the proposal

Estimated funding needed to upgrade collections or services to support the proposal (details are attached): None.

Comments and Recommendations:

Date Received: 1 1 I 19 I 15 Date Completed: 12102115

Laurel Kristick Collection Assessment Librarian

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Kerri Goergen-Doll f

Head of Collections & Resource Sharing Signature Date

Faye A. ChadwellDonald and Delpha CampbellUniversity Librarian andOSU Press Director

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Oregon State University Libraries Evaluation of the Collection Supporting a

Proposal to Initiate a Bachelor of Science Program in Geography and Geospatial Science

This Oregon State University Libraries and Press (OSULP) assessment reviews the print monographic, e-book, and electronic serials collections needed to support the proposed Geography and Geospatial Science program. As stated in the Cat 1 proposal, the "proposed undergraduate major in Geography and Geospatial Science combines the ancient discipline of Geography with contemporary geospatial science." From the OSULP perspective, students and researchers will tap various components of the library collections.

Summary of RecommendationsOSULP already supports the graduate level geography program, a GIScience Certificate and the existing geography option for the Earth Science undergraduate degree. The monographic, journal and map collections of the OSULP are adequate to support this proposed program.

Print Monographs and E-BooksLibrary evaluations of proposed programs have traditionally included the analysis of OSULP's print monograph collection. Comparing the monograph collection with other universities' collections is routine. This analysis includes a comparison of the monograph collection with peer institutions with a program similar to the one proposed. In this case, the OSULP collection was compared to the other institutions with undergraduate geography programs in Oregon. OSULP's geography collection is comparable or larger than these libraries. The GIS-related subjects were also checked for the three community colleges with GIS programs, and the OSULP collection was significantly larger.

Table 1. Monograph comparison with peer institutions.

Subject terms OSUUniv. Oregon

Portland State Univ.

Western Oregon Univ.

Atlases 1,360 1,339 668 169

Geographic information systems 759 569 368 27

Geography 1A96 2,147 1,319 490

Geological maps 224 260 109 37

Historical geography 471 1,297 611 135

Human geography 545 1,118 589 274

Maps 15J04 23,061 12A95 1,632

Physical maps 143 345 166 63

Remote sensing 1J10 536 606 72

Remote-sensing maps 484 815 105 6

Topographic maps 511 985 1A65 436

Total 21,087 28,502 15,900 2,622

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The growing availability of e-books makes it possible to expedite access to more information from various locations. Students are able to access the books from their computer or mobile device at any time. The library currently has access to over 390,000 e-books, including over 900 e-books in geography-related subjects.

OSU is well served by the OSULP investment in the Orbis/Cascades Alliance, whose combined collection is substantial. Students and faculty can order from the collections of all the libraries in the Orbis Cascade Alliance through the Summit catalog. All of the Oregon libraries with GIS or Geography programs are members of this consortium, so their collections are available to Oregon State University students. Many university and college libraries in Washington and Idaho are also members. Books requested through Summit are delivered to OSUL within three to five working days.

Overall, the monographs collection is adequate to support the proposed program. MapsOSULP has a large and varied map collection, which includes road maps, geologic maps, soils maps, topographic and other maps showing physical features, political maps, bathymetric charts and many more covering all parts of the world and even other planets and star charts. The Valley Library is a federal depository library and receives government maps, and selectively purchases maps and atlases from publishing companies.

There are also many maps available electronically. Mapping tools include Oregon Explorer andSimplyMap.

Overall, the OSULP Maps Collection is adequate to support this proposed program.

Serials/JournalsThe OSULP maintains an adequate collection of journals appropriate for this proposed program. There is concern that with regular price increases to our licenses and a flat budget that access may be eroded over time. The OSULP already have sacrificed timely access to some titles in favor of an embargo period to cut costs (these journals are only available after a 12-18 month delay). A list of key journals for this program was developed using the Geography, Physical Geography, and Remote Sensing subject category in the Journal Citation Report (JCR). This produced a list of 138 journals. The list includes titles that we have current access to, those with embargoes, ones the library no longer has a subscription to, and those not owned by the OSULP.

OSU Libraries has current subscriptions to 79 of these titles (57%), delayed access to an additional 19 titles, and historical access to 15 titles. A core list of 35 journals based on the high-impact journals (journals in the top quartile) was compiled from the original list, and the library has access to 26 of the 35 titles (74%) and historical access to 3 titles. For articles not available through OSULP, Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is available with an average turnaround of 2 working days.

Table 2. Core Journals in Geography and Related Sciences

Journal Title ISSNImpactFactor OSU

HoldingsAEOLIAN RESEARCH 1875-9637 2.339 N/AANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY 0260-3055 2.494 1999-present

APPLIED GEOGRAPHY 0143-6228 2.544 1981-present

BOREAS 0300-9483 2.676 1972-present

CRYOSPHERE 1994-0416 5.516 2007-present

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Journal Title ISSNImpactFactor OSU

HoldingsEARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS 0197-9337 3.026 1996-present

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 0013-0095 2.766 1925-present

GEOMORPHOLOGY 0169-555X 2.845 1987-present

GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE 0921-8181 2.785 1989-present

GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY 1466-822X 6.531 1998-presentGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY 0959-3780 5.089 1990-present

GPS SOLUTIONS 1080-5370 2.918 1998-2009IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTHOBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING 1939-1404 3.037 2008-presentIEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTESENSING 0196-2892 3.514 1980-presentINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION

0303-2434 3.470 1973-1996

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH 1753-8947 3.291 N/AISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING 0924-2716 3.132 1989- present

JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY 0305-0270 4.590 1974-present

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 1468-2702 2.494 N/AJOURNAL OF GEODESY 0949-7714 2.699 1997-2009

JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY 0022-1430 3.240 1947-present

JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE 0267-8179 3.357 N/AJOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY 0966-6923 2.658 N/ALANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING 0169-2046 3.037 1986-present

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY 0921-2973 3.500 1987-presentPALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGYPALAEOECOLOGY 0031-0182 2.378 1965-present

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY 0962-6298 2.687 1995- present

PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 0309-1325 5.010 1977-present

PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 0309-1333 2.650 1977-present

QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY 1871-1014 2.735 N/AQUATERNARY RESEARCH 0033-5894 2.612 1970- present

QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 0277-3791 4.572 1982-present

REMOTE SENSING 2072-4292 3.180 2009-present

REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT 0034-4257 6.393 1995-presentTRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISHGEOGRAPHERS 0020-2754 3.636 1965-present

OSULP monitors usage of inter-library loan (ILL) for titles under embargo and those with no access to determine whether usage jus tifies the acquisition of additional journals.

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Overall, the OSULP journal collection is adequate to support this proposed program.

Indexes and DatabasesThe core databases and indexes to the relevant information for this program are listed in Table 3. The OSULP maintains access to all as these are core to many of OSU's primary research areas.

Table 3. Indexes and DatabasesDatabase Years Covered DescriptionGeoRef 1785-present Index to USGS publications, US and

Canadian Masters' theses and PhD dissertations, journal articles, books, maps and government reports.

Web of Science 1970-present A multidisciplinary database of bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly articles. Also allows cited .reference searching to discover who has cited a specific author or article.

Academic Search Premier 1975-present Full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, spanning virtually every area of academic study.

Countries and their Culture Online encyclopedia produced by a team of anthropologists and social scientists who have examined over 200 countriesto document the myriad ways in which culture defines and separates the nations of the world.

Encyclopedia of Geography Online encyclopedia with over 1,200 entries on a diverse array of topics in physical geography; human geography; nature and society; methods, models and GIS; history of geography, and geographer biographies, geographic organizations, and important social movements.

GIS Bibliography 1900-present Covers the literature of geographic information systems, science and technology.

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Database Years Covered DescriptionPAIS 1915-present The PAIS International database

covers a broad array of public policy subjects including international relations, science and technology, and social conditions. Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more.

SimplyMap 2000-present Mapping application that enables usersto develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic and other data variables.

Key library services & librarian expertiseLibrary instruction is available through the Teaching and Engagement Department of the OSU Libraries. This includes a number of tutorials and workshops, subject guides and custom guides for specific courses. The Geography subject guide is available at http://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/sb.php?subject id=5792 9 . There is also a Maps guide athttp: //guides.library.oregonstate.edu/subject-guide/5 5 1-Map s .

ArcGIS is available on the computers in the Information Commons on the main floor of the Valley Library. The library also supports students and faculty in managing their data. A guide to data management plans is available at http://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/dmp.

The collection in geography and related disciplines is built by the Collections Council. Providing access to items not owned by OSULP is the domain of the Interlibrary Loan and Summit staff both at OSULP and at lending libraries. Print articles located in the OSU Libraries collections may be requested via the Scan and Deliver service, which provides PDFs of the requested articles. Additional services for students include the physical attributes of the libraries including excellent computer facilities, study areas for individual and group work, and practice rooms for students.

Respectfully

submitted,

Laurel KristickCollection Assessment and Science LibrarianDecember 2, 2015

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Appendix H.Articulation Agreements between OSU and Oregon Community Colleges for transfer of courses in geospatial science.

COCC articulation agreementCOCC Course no.

COCC course title Cr. OSU Course no.

OSU Course title Cr. Comments

Geog 265 Introduction to Geographic Info. Systems

4 GEOG 201 Intro to geospatial technologies and spatial reasoning

4

Geog 266 ArcGIS 5 GEOG 360 GIScience I: Intro to Geographic Information Systems

4

Geog 273 Spatial Data Collection

5 GEOG 360 GIScience I: Intro to Geographic Information Systems

4

Geog 211 Computer Cartography

4 GEOG 371 Geovisualization II: Web mapping

4

Geog 285 Data Conversion and Documentation

5 GEOG 361 GIScience II: Analysis and applications in GIScience

4

Geog 287 Analysis of Spatial Data

5 GEOG 361 GIScience II: Analysis and applications in GIScience

4

Geog 267 Geodatabase Design

5

Geog 275 GIS Capstone 5Geog 286 Remote Sensing* 5 GEOG 480 Remote Sensing I* articulation depends on course content for this class. If the COCC class (like the one ot PCC is mostly arc GIS (not Erdas, ENVI), intro to different types of imagery and satellites; Intro to LiDAR; it will not be equivalent to GEOG 480 (currently geo 4/544 Remote Sensing). This course, OSU's introductory remote sensing class, starts with ENVI. We do not yet have a 200 or 300-level remote sensing class but hope to develop one in the coming years.

Lane CC articulation agreementLane CC Course no.

Lane CC course title Cr. OSU Course no.

OSU Course title Cr. Comments

GIS/GEOG 151

Digital Earth 4 GEOG 201

Intro to geospatial technologies and spatial reasoning

4

GIS 245 GIS I 4 GEOG 360

GIScience I: Intro to Geographic Information Systems

4

GIS 246 GIS II 4 GEOG 361

GIScience II: Analysis and applications in GIScience

4

PCC articulation agreementPCC Course no.

PCC course title Cr.

OSU Course no.

OSU Course title Cr.

Comments

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GEO 264 Maps and Geospatial Concepts

GEOG 201

Intro to geospatial technologies and spatial reasoning

4

GEO 265 Intro to GIS GEOG 360

GIScience I: Intro to Geographic Information Systems

4

GEO 266andGEO 267

GIS Analysis

Application topics in GIS

GEOG 361

GIScience II: Analysis and applications in GIScience

4

GEO 242 GIS Programming** GEOG 462

GIScience III: Programming for Geospatial Science

4

GEO 240 Cartography GEOG 370

Geovisualization I: Cartography

4

GEO 244 Interactive map design

GEOG 371

Geovisualization II: Web mapping

4

GEO 246 Remote sensing and Image analysis*

* mostly arc GIS - not Erdas, ENVI, intro to different types of imagery and satellites. Intro to LiDAR. OSU's introductory remote sensing class (currently geo 4/544 Remote Sensing) starts with ENVI - we do not yet have a 200 or 300-level remote sensing class but hope to develop one in the coming years.

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Appendix I. Draft Checklist.Bachelor of Science

GEOGRAPHY AND GEOSPATIAL SCIENCECollege of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences

Oregon State University104 Wilkinson Hall

541-737-2201

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

OSU’s minimum credit hour requirements are met by combining Baccalaureate Core and Major courses plus other electives of your choice. Additional electives may be needed to reach the university degree requirements.

_____ 180 credits – Minimum number of credits required for a BS degree_____ 60 credits – Minimum number of upper division credits required _____ 2.00 Cumulative OSU GPA _____ 45 of the last 75 credits (or 150 total credits) of coursework must be from OSU.

BACCALAUREATE CORE REQUIREMENTS (48 credits plus WIC course)No single course may be used to satisfy more than one area of the Bacc Core. Courses fulfilled through the major are checked.

Skills (15 credits) Writing I (3) Math 105 or higher (3) Writing II (3) HHS 231 Lifetime Fitness for Health (2) Speech (3) Fitness lab (HHS 241-248 or any PAC course) (1)

Perspectives Courses (24 credits- no more than two courses taken from the same department) Social Processes & Institutions (3) (met by GEOG 240) Western Culture (3) (met by GEOG 106) Physical Science plus laboratory (4) (met by GEOG 102) Cultural Diversity (3) (met by GEOG 105) Biological Science with laboratory (4) Literature & the Arts (3) Choice of additional Biological or Physical Science with laboratory (4) (Met by GEO 202)

Difference, Power & Discrimination (3 credits) Difference, Power & Discrimination (3) (met by GEOG 203)

Synthesis (6 credits Upper Division- from different departments) Contemporary Global Issues (3) (Met by GEOG 330 or GEOG 331) Science, Technology & Society (3) (Met by GEOG 300 or GEOG 340)

WIC (Writing Intensive Course) within Earth Sciences (3-4 credits) Met by GEOG 330 (3) or GEOG 323 (4)

GEOGRAPHY AND GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE MAJOR REQUIREMENTSStudents must earn at least a C minus in upper division (300 or higher) courses required for the major, and a 2.0 GPA in major coursework. S, U, or F grades are not accepted as meeting program requirements. Must have 60 credits of upper-division.

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Supporting Skills (12 credits) MTH 112 Elementary Functions (4) ST 351 Introduction to Statistical Methods OR ST 201 (4) ST 352 Introduction to Statistical Methods OR ST 202 (4)

Foundational Skills (20 credits)

GEOG 105 Geography of the Non-western world (3) (F,W,Sp)OR GEOG 106 Geography of the Western world (3) (F,W,Sp)

GEOG 102 Physical Geography (4) (W)OR GEO 202 Earth System Science (4) (W)

GEOG 103 Human Geography (3) (Sp)OR GEOG 203 Human-Environment Geography (3) (F)

GEOG 201 **Foundations of Geospatial Science and GIS (4) (F,W) GEOG 240 Climate Change, Water, and Society (3) (Sp)

OR GEOG 250 Land Use Planning (3) (F)OR GEOG 251 Geography of Disaster Management (3) (F)

Upper-division Geospatial Science Techniques and Problem-solving (12 cr) GEOG 360 **GIScience I: Intro to GIS and Theory (4) (F,Sp) GEOG 370 **Geovisualization: Cartography (4) (F) [PREREQ GEOG 201] GEOG 480 **Remote Sensing I: Principles and Applications (4) (F) [PREREQ GEOG 201]

Seminar (1 cr) GEOG 407 Geography Seminar (1) (F)

Experiential Learning (9 cr) GEOG 295 Introduction to Field Geography (3) (F) GEOG 495 Field Geography of Oregon (3) (Sp) GEOG 410 Internship (4) (F,W,Sp, Su)

OR GEOG 403 Thesis (4) OR GEOG 401 Research (3) Capstone (3 cr) GEOG 464 Geospatial Perspectives on Intelligence, Security, and Ethics (3) (Sp) [PREREQ:

GEOG 360]

Upper-division Geography and Geospatial Science electives (31 cr) GEOG 323 Climatology (4) (Sp) (WIC) [PREREQ GEOG 102 or GEO 202]

OR GEOG 324 Geography of Life (4) (Sp) [PREREQ GEOG 102 or GEO 202]

27 credits from lists below, at least five courses at 400 level.______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

Geospatial ScienceGEOG 361 *GIScience II: Analysis and Applications (4) (W) (PREREQ GEOG 360, MTH 112, ST 352 OR ST 202]GEOG 462 *GIScience III: Programming for Geospatial Analysis (4) (Sp) [PREREQ GEOG 361]GEOG 463 *GIScience IV: Spatial Modeling (4) (F) [PREREQ GEOG 462]GEOG 371 *Geovisualization: Web Mapping (4) (W)GEOG 472 *Geovisualization: Geovisual Analytics (4) (Sp) [PREREQ GEOG 370 or 371, ST 352 OR ST 202]GEOG 481 *Remote Sensing II: Digital Image Processing (4) (Sp) [PREREQ GEOG 480, ST 352 OR ST 202]

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International StudiesGEOG 311 Geography of Africa (3) GEOG 313 Asia (3) GEOG 315 Latin America (3)GEOG 330 Geography of International Development and Globalization (3) (W) (WIC) [PREREQ GEOG 105 OR 106]GEOG 431 Development and Global Resources (3) (Sp, alt yrs) GEOG 440 International Water Resources Management (3) (Sp) [PREREQ GEOG 340]

Water ResourcesGEOG 340 Introduction to Water Science and Policy (3) (F,Sp)GEOG 423 Snow Hydrology (3) (W) GEOG 424 Hydrology for Water Resources Management (3) (F) [PREREQ MTH 251]GEOG 440 International Water Resources Management (3) (Sp) [PREREQ GEOG 340]GEOG 441 Water Resources Management in the US (3) (W) [PREREQ GEOG 340]

Resources, Hazards, and PlanningGEOG 300 Sustainability for the Common Good (3) (F,W,Sp)GEOG 331 Population, Consumption, and Environment (3) (F)GEOG 350 Geography of Natural Hazards (3) (W)GEOG 430 Resilience-based Natural Resource Management (3) (W) GEOG 432 Geography of Food and Agriculture (3) (Sp, alt yrs)GEOG 450 Land Use in the American West (3) (F) GEOG 451 Planning Principles and Practices for Resilient Communities (4) (W) [PREREQ GEOG 360] GEOG 452 Sustainable Site Planning (3) (Sp)

** Required for GIScience certificate; * GIScience certificate elective.

Total Geography and Geospatial Science Major: 86 credits

Alt = alternating, F = Fall, W = Winter, Sp = Spring, Su = Summer, WIC = Writing Intensive Course

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Appendix J. Geography Option of the Earth Science Major (Category 2 proposal 4/2/16)

Requirements (29–30)ANTH 110. *Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)   or PS 204. *Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)   or SOC 204. *Introduction to Sociology (3)BI 213. Principles of Biology (4)CS 161. Introduction to Computer Science I (4)GEO 296/GEOG 295. Introduction to Geographic Field Research (3) GEO 301/GEOG 201. Foundations of Geospatial Science and GIS (4)GEO/GEOG 323. ^Climatology (4)   or GEO/GEOG 330. *^Geography of International Development and Globalization (3)GEO 360/GEOG 370. Geovisualization: Cartography (4)ST 202. Principles of Statistics (4)   or ST 352. Introduction to Statistical Methods (4)

Electives (32)Choose from the four lists below, including at least one course in Physical Geography; one course in Geography of Resources, Planning, Hazards; one course in GIScience; and one course in Regional Geography/Globalization:

Physical GeographyGEO 322. Surface Processes (4)GEO/GEOG 323. ^Climatology (4)GEO/GEOG 324. Geography of Life: Species Distributions and Conservation (4)GEO 432. Applied Geomorphology (3)GEO 483/GEOG 423. Snow Hydrology (3)GEO 484. Introduction to Biogeochemistry (3)GEO 486. Quaternary Paleoclimatology (3)GEO 487. Hydrogeology (4)Geography of Resources, Planning, HazardsGEO 335/GEOG 341. *Introduction to Water Science and Policy (3)GEO 420/GEOG 430. Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management (3)GEO 426/GEOG 431. Development and Global Resources (3)GEO 424/GEOG 440. International Water Resources Management (3)GEO 425/GEOG 441. Water Resources Management in the United States (3)GEO 423/GEOG 450. Land Use in the American West (3)GEO 451/GEOG 452. Sustainable Site Planning (3)OC 333. Oceans, Coasts and People (3)

GIScienceFE 208. Forest Surveying (4)GEO/GEOG 465/GEOG 361. GIScience II: Analysis and Applications (4)GEO 445/GEOG 472. Geovisuaiization: Geovisual analytics (3)GEO 460/GEOG 371. Geovisuaiization: Web mapping (4)GEO 444/GEOG 480. Remote Sensing I: Principles and Applications (4)GEO/GEOG 481. Remote Sensing II: Digital Image Processing (3)

Regional Geography/GlobalizationGEO 325/GEOG 311. *Geography of Africa (3)GEO 326/GEOG 312. *Geography of Europe (3)GEO 327/GEOG 313. *Geography of Asia (3)GEO 328/GEOG 314. *Geography of Latin America (3)GEO 329/GEOG 315. *Geography of the United States and Canada (3)GEO/GEOG 330. *^Geography of International Development and Globalization (3)GEO 350/GEOG 331. *Population, Consumption and Development (3)

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Option Total=61–62 Footnotes:* Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)^ Writing Intensive Courses (WIC)

Option Code: 263

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Appendix K. Category 2 proposal for changes in course designators for Geography minor.

Geography minor REVISED 3/10/2016Also available via Ecampus.

The Geography minor will allow interested non-majors to explore: how the Earth works, the people who live on its surface, the access and appropriate use of geographic information, and how concepts of location, pattern and spatial process affect humans and their environment

The minor consists of 14 credits of core courses and at least 13 credits of elective courses for a total of 27 credits. Students must complete a minimum of 14 unique credits in the minor that do not fulfill requirements of majors, minors, options or certificates.

Core Requirements (14)One course in each of the following areas:

Human and Regional Geography (choose one):GEOG 103. *Human Geography (3) ECGEOG 105. *Geography of the Non-Western World (3) ECGEOG 106. *Geography of the Western World (3) ECGEOG 203. *Human-Environment Geography (3) ECPhysical Geography (choose one):GEOG 102. *Physical Geography (4) ECGEO 202. *Earth Systems Science (4)GEO 203. *Evolution of Planet Earth (4)GEO 221. *Environmental Geology (4) ECOC 103. *Exploring the Deep: Physical Geography of the World's Oceans (4) ECSustainabilityGEOG 300. *Sustainability for the Common Good (3) ECGeographic Techniques (choose one):GEOG 201. *Foundations of Geospatial Science and GIS (4) ECGEOG 360. *Geographic Information Systems and Theory. (4) ECGEOG 370. Geovisualization: Cartography (4) ECGEOG 371. Geovisualization: Web Mapping (4)

Electives (13)Select any combination of additional courses from the list below totaling at least 13 credits. Courses are grouped below by focus area; students may choose courses from one or more focus areas.

Physical Geography:GEO 306. *Minerals, Energy, Water, and the Environment (3) ECGEOG 323. ^Climatology (4) ECGEOG 324. Geography of Life: Species Distributions and Conservation (4)GEOG 423. Snow Hydrology (3)FE 430. Watershed processes (4) EC

International StudiesGEOG 311. *Geography of Africa (3) GEOG 313. *Geography of Asia (3) GEOG 330. *Geography of International Development and Globalization (3) (W)GEOG 431. Development and Global Resources (3) (Sp, alt yrs) Water ResourcesGEOG 340. *Introduction to Water Science and Policy (3) (F,Sp)GEOG 423 Snow Hydrology (3) (W) GEOG 424 Hydrology for Water Resources Management (3) (F) [PREREQ MTH 251]GEOG 440 International Water Resources Management (3) (Sp) [PREREQ GEOG 340]

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GEOG 441 Water Resources Management in the US (3) (W) [PREREQ GEOG 340]

Resources, Hazards, and PlanningGEO 305. *Living with Active Cascade Volcanoes (3) ECGEO 308. *Global Change and Earth Sciences (3) ECGEO 380. *Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest (3) ECGEOG 331. *Population, Consumption, and Environment (3) (F)GEOG 350. *Geography of Natural Hazards (3) (W)GEOG 430. Resilience-based Natural Resource Management (3) (W) GEOG 432. Geography of Food and Agriculture (3) (Sp, alt yrs) GEOG 450. Land Use in the American West (3) (F) GEOG 451. Planning Principles and Practices for Resilient Communities (3) (W) [PREREQ

GEOG 360] GEOG 452. Sustainable Site Planning (3) (Sp)

Total = 27

Footnotes:* Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)^ Writing Intensive Course (WIC)EC Also available via Extended CampusMinor Code: 545

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Appendix L. Category 2 proposal for changes in course designators for GIScience certificate.

Geographic Information Science Certificate (CERT) PROPOSED 4/3/2016Also available via Ecampus.

Kuuipo Walsh, DirectorGIScience Certificate Program134 Wilkinson HallCollege of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric SciencesOregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR 97331541-737-3795FAX 541-737-1200Email: kuuipo.walsh@oregonstate.eduWebsite: http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/giscience/

Oregon State University offers an undergraduate and graduate certificate in Geographic Information Science.  Geographic Information Science ("GIScience") is a discipline that combines theory and principles underlying:

geospatial data collection (remotely sensed imagery from satellites, aircraft, and drones, social media, telemetry, GPS, etc.); 

technologies to manage, analyze, and visualize geospatial data (geographic information systems); 

computational, statistical, and mathematical methods to analyze and model geospatial data (machine learning, Big Data, spatial statistics, spatial modeling, geovisual analytics, etc.); 

digital cartography and geovisualization (the science and practice of creating maps); and cognitive, social, and environmental implications of GIScience (professional ethics, privacy, digital

divide, etc.). 

The OSU GIScience certificate can lead to certification as a nationally recognized GIScience professional (GISP). GIScience professionals are in high demand for jobs in government, NGOs, and the private sector, and will be qualified for rewarding careers in natural resource management, online and interactive mapping, business, planning, and many others.

Background CoursesMTH 112. Elementary Functions (4)  or Equivalent high school or university courseST 201, ST 202. Principles of Statistics (4,4)  or ST 351, ST 352. Introduction to Statistical Methods (4,4)  or ST 314. Introduction to Statistics for Engineers (3)  or ECE 353. Introduction to Probability and Random Signals (3)

Required Core (19–20 credits)GEOG 201. Foundations of Geospatial Science and GIS (4) ECGEOG 360. GIScience I: Geographic Information Systems and Theory. (4) EC  or FE 257. GIS and Forest Engineering Applications (3)  or CE 202. Civil Engineering: Geospatial Information and GIS (3)GEOG 370. Geovisualization: Cartography (4) ECFE 208. Forest Surveying (4)GEOG 480. Remote Sensing I: Principles and Applications (4)

Electives (7–8 credits)

CE 413. GIS in Water Resources (3)ECE 468. Digital Image Processing (3)

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FE 209. Forest Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (4)FE 310. Forest Route Surveying (4)FW 303. Survey of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources (3)

ENSC 410, FOR 410, GEOG 410. Internship (max 4 credits)GEOG 361. GIScience II: Analysis and Applications (4) ECGEOG 462. GIScience III: Programming for Geospatial Analysis (4) ECGEOG 463. GIScience IV: Spatial Modeling (4) ECGEOG 464. Geospatial Perspectives on Intelligence: Security, and Ethics (3) ECGEOG 371. Geovisualization: Web Mapping (4) ECGEOG 472. Geovisualization: Geovisual Analytics (4)GEOG 481. Remote Sensing II: Digital Image Processing (3) EC

HORT 414. Precision Agriculture (4)SOIL 468. Soil Landscape Analysis (4)

Major Code: C540.