Course Schedule and Syllabi
Rutgers University Course Catalogs (All Departments)
Click this link for the: Online Schedule of fall semester Geography Classes
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The sample syllabi below are provided to give a general sense of course content and organization. Please note that course content will vary depending upon the year and instructor. Syllabi for current classes are located on Sakai.
SAMPLE SYLLABI (undergraduate)
01:450:100 Geographical Perspectives on Global Culture, Society, and Environment (3)
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01:450:101 Earth Systems (3)
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01:450:102 Transforming the Global Environment (3)
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01:450:103 Human Geography: Space, Place, and Location (3)
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01:450:111 Laboratory in Earth Systems (1)
Pre- or corequisite: 01:450:101.
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01:450:140 The Greenhouse Effect (3)
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01:450:205 World Cultural Regions (3)
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01:450:208 Maps and Map Reading (3)
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01:450:211 Environment and Society (3)
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01:450:214 Conservation (4)
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01:450:240 Cities (3)
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01:450:262 Geographic Background to Current World Affairs (3)
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01:450:270,271 Topics in Geography (1.5,1.5)
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01:450:309 Economic Geography (3)
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01:450:311 Natural Hazards and Disasters (3)
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01:450:319 Quantitative Methods (3)
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01:450:320 Spatial Data Analysis (3)
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01:450:321 Geographic Information Systems (3)
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01:450:322 Remote Sensing (3)
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01:450:323 Geographic Information Systems Laboratory (1)
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01:450:330 Geographical Methods (3)
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01:450:331 New Jersey (3)
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01:450:332 Newly Independent States and Eastern Europe (3)
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01:450:334 Western Europe (3)
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01:450:335 Caribbean Borderlands (3)
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01:450:336 Latin America (3)
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01:450:337 North America (3)
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01:450:338 Africa (3)
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01:450:341 South Asia and the Middle East (3)
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01:450:342 East Asia (3)
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01:450:355 Principles of Cartography (4)
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01:450:356 Advanced Cartography (4)
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01:450:357 Spatial Data Representation and Display (3)
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01:450:360 Cultural and Political Ecology (3)
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01:450:361 Gender Geographies (3)
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01:450:363 Geography of Development (3)
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01:450:370 Climate Change and Society (3)
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01:450:380 Medical Geography (3)
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01:450:402 Field Geography (4)
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01:450:403,404 Advanced Physical Geography (3,3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:101 or permission of instructor.
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01:450:405 Political Geography (3)
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01:450:406 Advanced Topics in Economic Geography (3)
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01:450:408 Practicum in Digital Image Processing of Remotely Sensed Data (1)
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01:450:411 Advanced Urban Geography (3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:240 or permission of instructor.
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01:450:413 Climate System and Global Climate Change (3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:101 or 11:670:202.
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01:450:414 Geographical Hydrology (3)
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01:450:417 Coastal Geomorphology (3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:101 or 01:460:101 or permission of instructor.
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01:450:419 Advanced Conservation and Use of Natural Resources (3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:211 or permission of instructor.
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01:450:421 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:321 or 11:372:362.
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01:450:470 History and Theory of Geography (3)
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01:450:485,486 Internship in Geography (BA,BA)
Open only to majors.
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01:450:487,488 Cartographic Problems (3,3)
Prerequisite: Permission of chair.
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01:450:491,492 Geographic Problems (3,3)
Prerequisite: Permission of chair.
sample syllabus for The World in 2050
sample syllabusWater Resource Management
sample syllabusLandscape and Creativity
01:450:495,496 Honors Project: Geography (BA,BA)
SAMPLE SYLLABI (graduate)
16:450:501 (F) Introduction to Natural Resources Management (3)
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16:450:502 (S) Resource Management Decision Making (3)
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16:450:503 (S) Environmental Management (3)
Prerequisite: 16:450:502 or equivalent.
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16:450:504 (F) Coastal Geomorphology (3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:403 or 404 or equivalent.
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16:450:505 (F) Advanced Physical Geography (3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:403 or 404 or equivalent.
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16:450:507 (S) Applied Geomorphology (3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:403 or 404 or equivalent.
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16:450:508 (S) Environmental Problems in Developing Countries (3)
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16:450:509 (F) Human Geographical Problems of Developing Countries (3)
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16:450:510 (S) Water Resources Management (3)
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16:450:511 (S) Land-Use Systems (3)
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16:450:513 (S) Settlement Geography (3)
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16:450:514 Environment and Culture (3)
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16:450:515 (S) Population Migration and Mobility (3)
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16:450:516(S) Urban Geography (3)
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16:450:517,518 Directed Study in Geography (3,3)
Prerequisite: Permission of graduate director.
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16:450:519 (F) Problems in Political Geography (3)
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16:450:520 Women in the Urban Environment (3)
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16:450:521 Regional Hydrology and Landforms (3)
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16:450:522 Tourism Geography (3)
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16:450:523 The Climate System and Global Climate Change (3)
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16:450:525 Restructuring of Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 (3)
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16:450:526 Property Theory and Policy (3)
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16:450:530 Data Structures and Algorithms for Spatial Problems (3)
Prerequisite: 01:450:321 or 420 or 11:372:415.
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16:450:533 Geographic Information in the Visual Arts (3)
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16:450:601,602 Field and Research Methods in Geography (3,3)
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16:450:603 (F) Research Proseminar (3)
Required for graduate degrees.
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16:450:605,606 Geography Seminar (3,3)
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sample syllabus for The World in 2050
sample syllabusCities and Environment
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16:450:607 (S) Seminar in Historical Cultural Geography (3)
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16:450:612 Natural Hazards Management (3)
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16:450:613 (F) Seminar in Coastal Resources Geography (3)
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16:450:614 (F) Seminar in Medical Geography (3)
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16:450:615 (S) Seminar in Remote Sensing (3)
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16:450:616 Seminar in Technological Hazards (3)
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16:450:617 Seminar in Remote Sensing of the Biosphere (3)
Prerequisite: 16:450:615 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
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16:450:625 Seminar in Geographic Information Systems (3)
Prerequisites: 01:450:420 or 11:372:415.
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16:450:632(S) Seminar in Regional Geography (3)
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16:450:701,702 Research in Geography (BA,BA)
