GEOG 1113K: Introduction to Landforms

4 Credit Hours

Introductory analysis and classification of major types of land surfaces, stressing geographic characteristics. Study and interpretation of relationships between landforms and other phenomena through maps, air photos, and field observations. World coverage with stress on North America. The lab focuses on practical and applied aspects of landform patterns and processes.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Articulate the spatial and spatiotemporal aspects of geomorphic processes
Analyze various physical landforms and anthropogenic landscapes
Explain the interactions and interrelationships between landforms with climate, vegetation, animals (including human), geology, etc.
Deduce how the natural world functions at various global and regional scales, with emphasis on scale-dependent spatial patterns.
Interpret landform and topographic maps and map images.