• GEOG 4400: Natl Res Policy

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Encompasses administrative policies and programs relating to natural areas. Emphasizes the national park system. Prerequisite: GEOG 4750. (R, PL)
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• GEOG 4440: Adv Global Climate Variability

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Climate varies. This fundamental aspect of the climate system can have major environmental and societal impacts to ecosystems, the hydrologic cycle and water resource management in arid environments such as the intermountain west. This course will utilize climate data and mapping tools to understand global and regional climate variability. Prerequisites: GEOG/ENR 3450 or Instructor's consent.
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• GEOG 4441: Adv Global Climate Variability

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Climate varies. This fundamental aspect of the climate system can have major environmental and societal impacts to ecosystems, the hydrologic cycle and water resource management in arid environments such as the intermountain west. This course will utilize climate data and mapping tools to understand global and regional climate variability. Prerequisites: GEOG/ENR/GEOL 3450 or Instructor's consent. Dual listed with GEOG 5441.
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• GEOG 4445: Drug War Geopols in Americas

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course examines illegal drug commodity chains and international efforts to police the drug trade in the Americas. It approaches the drug war through a "critical geopolitics" framework, also covering broader themes such as international politics, livelihoods, development, environmental justice, the global economy, race-based discrimination, public health, and resistance movements. Cross listed with INST 4445/5445, LTST 4445, and POLS 4445/5445. Prerequisites: 9 hours of international studies or social science coursework.
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• GEOG 4450: Fluvial Geomrphlgy

  4.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  A systematic examination of rivers and related landforms. Emphasizesunderstanding how processes of flow and sediment transport influence channel form and behavior. Considers river systems across a range of scales, from movement of individual sediment particles to organization of continental drainage basins. Explores connections to aquatic ecosystems and human impacts. Dual listed with GEOG 5450. Prerequisite: GEOG 3010 or GEOL 2100 or GEOL 2150.
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• GEOG 4455: Remote Sensing of Hydro System

  4.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Explores the application of remote sensing data and techniques to the study of the hydrological systems and introduces the physical principles that enable the different elements of the hydrological system to be inferred from different types of image data and analysis. Dual list with GEOG 5455. Prerequisites: junior standing and one prior course in remote sensing.
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• GEOG 4460: Biogeography

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  A systematic study of the distribution of plants and animals, communities and ecosystems, the processes that produce patterns of distribution and their change over time. Interactions of climate, soils, geomorphology, biota and human activities are emphasized. Prerequisite: G&R 1010 or BIOL 2020 and junior standing. (P)
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• GEOG 4470: Fire Ecology

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Natural and human-caused fires are an important phenomenon affecting ecosystems and human communities throughout the world. Explores the geography, ecology, and management of fires. Prerequisite: GEOG 4460, BOT 4700, BIOL 2400, or graduate standing. (P) Dual listed with GEOG5470.
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• GEOG 4475: Pols of Nat Resources Lat Amer

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course examines major trends in resource extraction, management, and conservation in Latin America, and the politics surrounding those trends, from theoretical, social, political, economic, and ecological perspectives and through a variety of grounded case studies. The theories and concepts we study are applicable to resource politics beyond Latin America. Cross listed with INST 4475/5475 and POLS 4475/5475. Prerequisites: 9 hours of international studies or social science coursework.
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• GEOG 4500: Landscapes of the Americas

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This course trains students to interpret patterns and processes of contemporary landscapes of the Americas (North, Central, and South America) by viewing those landscapes historically. We investigate the relationship between landscape, politics, and economy, or, more generally, the relationship between landscape as a geographical form and cultural politics in the hemisphere. Students are introduced to research techniques and methodologies in historical geography. Dual listed with GEOG 5500; cross listed with INST 4500, INST 5500. Prerequisite: 6 credits of international studies or social science coursework.
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