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EV365 2019-2
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GEOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL CULTURES |
3.0
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course provides the geographic foundation for study in interdisciplinary and management academic areas. Contemporary regions of the world political map serve as the framework within which geographic concepts and analytical techniques are applied. Each cadet will develop an awareness of the diversity and distribution of people on the earth, human organization and exploitation of territory, and interactions among culture groups. Particular emphasis is placed on social institutions, their impact on economic development, and the subsequent identification and analysis of developed, emerging, and underdeveloped states. |
| 2025 |
8 |
| 2025 |
9 |
| 2029 |
8 |
| 2029 |
9 |
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EV371 2020-1
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GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIA |
3.0
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course examines the political, economic, and cultural geography of Russia and its adjacent neighbors; the Baltic states, east central European region, transcaucasus, and central Asia. Topics covered include: the commonwealth of independent states; ecocide in the former soviet union; disposition of the former soviet military; and ethnic rivalries. The objective of the course is to provide the student with an understanding of the recent past of the traditional soviet system in order to understand, as well as geographically evaluate, Russia's and the other former republics' situation today. |
| 2025 |
8 |
| 2025 |
9 |
| 2029 |
8 |
| 2029 |
9 |
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EV373 2023-1
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GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA |
3.0
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course studies the physical and cultural landscape of Latin America, giving special treatment to the diversity and cultural identity of the region. Topics covered include an historical geography of the region, including pre-columbian civilizations, Iberian, African, and European influences; the geography of transportation networks, agriculture, urbanization, and population. National boundaries, major landforms and climatic conditions are discussed to describe their effect on civilization. This course also investigates the historical relationship between the United States and Latin America and covers recent U.S. military interventions in the region. |
| 2025 |
8 |
| 2025 |
9 |
| 2029 |
8 |
| 2029 |
9 |
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EV375 2024-2
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GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA |
3.0
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course examines the cultural and natural diversity of African landscapes, with an emphasis on development, population issues, disease, and the origin, dispersal, spatial organization, and interaction of important cultural groups. Africa's physical landscapes will also be introduced as the palette upon which Africa's complex human mosaic has developed. Students will explore, from a geographic perspective, why Africa has seemingly been plagued with problems of economic development, health, and political instability. |
| 2025 |
8 |
| 2025 |
9 |
| 2029 |
8 |
| 2029 |
9 |
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EV376 2019-2
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GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST |
3.0
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course examines the cultural and natural diversity of Southwest Asian landscapes. The realm's cultures and ethnicities are studied in a geographic context, with an emphasis on the origin, dispersal, spatial organization, and interaction of important cultural groups. Among issues examined are the distribution and strategic significance of critical mineral and energy resources, population and resource disparities, cultural conflict, and economic development. Students will learn how geographic issues impact the prospects for peace and stability in the region. |
| 2025 |
8 |
| 2025 |
9 |
| 2029 |
8 |
| 2029 |
9 |
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EV386 2019-2
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GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE |
3.0
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE The course examines European cultural landscapes, focusing on the environmental and cultural diversity exhibited among the states of modern Europe. Nationalism and the territorial imperative, long recognized as major forces in Europe, are studied from a geographic perspective to include patterns and processes of both regional continuity and change. Emphasis is given to the rapidly developing urbanization and mutual interdependence among countries of Western Europe. West and East European agricultural/industrial resource bases and developmental strategies are compared and contrasted. Specific topics are tailored to current issues and include regional conflict, economic development and trade, and problems of energy and the environment. This course concludes with a study of contemporary European extraregional spatial relationships with other major world culture regions. |
| 2025 |
8 |
| 2025 |
9 |
| 2029 |
8 |
| 2029 |
9 |
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EV485 2024-1
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SPEC TOPICS-GEOG & ENVRNMNT |
3.0
(BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0) |
| SCOPE This course explores an advanced topic in Human and Regional Geography, Environmental Geography, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or Geospatial Information Science. Specific subject matter will vary with the expertise of the visiting professor or senior faculty member conducting the course. |
| 2025 |
8 |
| 2025 |
9 |
| 2029 |
8 |
| 2029 |
9 |
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