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Course Descriptions

Course Description Notes

Northern Kentucky University has established abbreviations for its various disciplines. These abbreviations, which are printed next to the name of each discipline in the following course descriptions, should be used in preparing course schedules and at other times when referring to specific courses.

Following course titles in parenthesis is the number of semester hours of credit in the course. Listed below the course title are the number of classroom and lab/studio hours in the course, course prerequisites and co-requisites, and the semesters in which the course is taught.

Many courses satisfy NKU general education requirements under guidelines of the Kentucky Transfer Policy. If a particular course is approved for general education credit, a two-letter general education category designation follows the course title. The category for which the course is approved is listed in full beneath the course description. The general education category designations are:

OC – Oral Communication
WC – Written Communication
AH – Arts and Humanities
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
NS – Natural Sciences
SB – Social and Behavioral Sciences

Please refer to the General Education section of this catalog for complete information.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses of instruction at any time.
 

Entrepreneurship
  

  • ENTP 497 Writing the Business Plan (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 150  or ACC 200  and ACC 201 , ENTP 201 , ENTP 375  and ENTP 376 ; senior standing and certification of major in business or declared minor in ENTP.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will study the basic components and varied audiences for the business plan. Each student will write a business plan and will be required to present the plan to a panel of business leaders.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 499 Independent Study (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  and certification of major in business or declared minor in ENTP.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students pursue a topic or project of interest to them. Meeting times arranged with instructor.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

    ♦

Environmental Science
  

  • ENV 110 Introduction to Environmental Science and Issues - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    A non-laboratory introduction to the basic tenets of environmental science and issues including: the biological and physical components of ecosystems; human impacts on the functionality of ecosystems; and the economic, political, and legal aspects of environmental decision making. A requirement for entry into the environmental science program.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
  

  • ENV 110H Honors Introduction to Environmental Science and Issues - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): A minimum score of 24 on ACT.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    A non-laboratory introduction to the basic tenets of Environmental Science and Issues including: the biological and physical components of ecosystems, human impacts on the functionality of ecosystems, and the economic, political and legal aspects of environmental decision making.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
    ♦
  

  • ENV 115 Orientation to Environmental Science Careers (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    An introduction to environmental careers and post-graduate options. Activities will include visits to local businesses, corporations, agencies, and organizations specializing in environmental work.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENV 220 Protecting Water Resources - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Math ACT of 22 or higher, P in MAT 101 , or C- or better or higher in MAT 102  or higher.
    Taught: Fall only
    An overview of water resources and threats. Focus is on U.S. waters, the Clean Water Act, storm-water, and reducing storm-water pollution of water resources.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
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  • ENV 220L Protecting Water Resources Laboratory - SL (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENV 220 .
    Taught: Fall only
    A laboratory course to accompany ENV 220 . Applied exercises in water quality assessment, land use, and storm-water management.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
  

  • ENV 291W Advanced Writing in Environmental Science - WC (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  or ENG 151, ENV 110 , and BIO 151 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to scientific literature, experimental design, research, and proposal development. Advanced techniques in information search and retrieval, scientific writing, and effective presentation. General education credit: Written Communication II
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Written II
    ♦
  

  • ENV 294 Topics in Environmental Science (1-5 credits)

    Hours: 1-5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive study of specialized subject matter in environmental science. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 308 Science Communication (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENV 110  or BIO 151  or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall Only
    Introducing and developing skills in communicating environmental science to the general public using film, radio, and photographs. The course is organized around three modules (photography, radio, and filmmaking). Students will learn the fundamentals, spend time examining and discussing successful examples, and then work in small groups with community partners to create materials.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 350 Environmental Toxicology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 151  and CHE 121 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A non-laboratory course for students in biology, chemistry or environmental science. The course will cover principles of toxicology and environmental genetics, and the movement, degradation, biotransformation, and accumulation of toxic chemicals in the environment over time. Case studies examine differences across species and habitats from the tundra to the tropics.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 394 Topics: Environmental Science (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing in environmental science.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In depth study of specialized subject matter in environmental science. May be repeated for credit once when topic varies.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENV 395 Study Abroad in Environmental Science (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An opportunity for students to engage in one or more departmentally- approved courses abroad; topic listed in schedule of classes when course is offered. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 396 Internship: Environmental Science (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Experiential learning at institutions, universities, or businesses specializing in Environmental work. Course may be repeated for new internship project. Open only to students majoring in Environmental science or minoring in Environmental studies.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENV 408 Ecology of the City (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 304  and GEO 418 .
    Co-requisite(s): ENV 408L .
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Using ecological theory to understand the links between the structure and function of cities. Topics covered include socio-ecological frameworks, solutions to modern environmental concerns as they relate to urban areas, the role of interdisciplinary research in urban ecology, human-environment interactions, and creating sustainable cities.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENV 408L Ecology of the City Laboratory (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENV 408 .
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Laboratory to accompany ENV 408 .
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENV 492 Directed Research: Environmental Science (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3-9 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENV 291W  and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Development and completion of a research project chosen in conjunction with instructor and approval of environmental science director. Final project report is required. For students majoring in environmental science.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENV 493 Seminar: Environmental Science (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENV 110  or BIO 123 , and junior standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    Discussion and analysis of current environmental problems. For junior and senior students majoring in environmental science or minoring in environmental studies.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENV 578 Environmental Issues for Educators (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Information and application of environmental issues for classroom use. Interrelationship of local issues and global issues. Required field trips.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦

Finance
  

  • FIN 205 Personal Financial Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only
    Practical and realistic methods to manage the basic concepts of personal finances effectively; covers the basics related to managing your personnel assets, credit, insurance, investments, retirement and estate planning.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 305 Principles of Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 200  ,STA 205  or STA 205R . 45 credit hours earned.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Basic concepts in finance including security markets, interest rates, taxes, risk analysis, time value of money, security valuation, short term financial planning, capital budgeting, and capital structure.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 315 Financial Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Financial management concepts relating to dividend policy, capital structure theory, working capital management, common stock and bond issuance, hybrid financing, mergers, and acquisitions.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 345 Investment and Security Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Structure and regulation of security markets, capital market theory, portfolio theory, analysis of securities and opportunities, evaluation of portfolio goals, sources of investment Information, and introduction to derivatives.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 355 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Fundamental principles of risk and insurance; applications to risk situations and pension and group insurance.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 365 Financial Markets and Institutions (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced coverage of financial markets and institutions and their role in the history of the US financial system. Coverage includes a discussion of financial market history, interest rate theory, financial and currency derivatives, international implications for financial markets and institutions and current topics.
    Repeatable: No
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  • FIN 385 Financial Planning Process and Estate Planning (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theoretical and practical approach to estate planning; estate and gift taxes, wills, trusts, and estate planning techniques and application of these techniques in overall financial planning.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 392 Research Experience in Finance (0-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to research in the Finance by participating in special project or original research directed by a member of the Finance faculty. Course intended for Finance Majors. May not be used as a FIN elective.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 394 Topics: Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 315 , FIN 345  and junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized topics of faculty and student interest. Topics vary and may include advanced derivative securities, financial engineering, advanced corporate finance, advanced financial planning, financial ethics, and risk management. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours if topics differ.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • FIN 396 Internship: Finance (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of FIN 305  with grade of C or better.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Supervised work experience related to finance and coordinated by employer in conjunction with a member of finance faculty. Graded pass/fail.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • FIN 405 Derivative Securities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 315 , FIN 345  and certified major in any business program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Definition and explanation of various risk transfer devices such as options involved in trading these securities, hedging and speculating with options and futures, supervision, regulation, and tax consequences of futures and options trading.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 415 International Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 305  with a grade of C or better; certified major in any business program.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Financial decision making process in a multinational environment, effects of devaluation expectations, foreign exchange, investment controls; case study materials related to actual decisions by multinational firms.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 425 Financial modeling and valuation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 315  and FIN 345 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Financial modeling and valuation focusing on major financial theories and practical applications; building financial models in Excel and applying them to various corporate valuation models. Open only to students certified as majoring in business or by consent of instructor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 435 Case Studies in Corporate Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 315 , FIN 345  and ACC 308  with a grade of C or better, certified major in finance.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Analysis of finance problems through use of case studies; oral and written presentations of case solutions. Recommended to be taken during the last 18 semester hours of business coursework.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 445 Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 305  with a grade of C or better, certified major in any business program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Concepts of retirement planning and employee benefits and the application of these concepts to overall financial planning for individual and businesses.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 450 Advanced Investment Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 315  and FIN 345  with a grade of B or better and permission of the instructor.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An in depth continuation of the material covered in FIN 345 . The students will gain practical experience in portfolio management, including asset allocation, risk management, securities analysis and portfolio monitoring through management of the Haile Student Investment Fund.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • FIN 499 Independent Student in Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 315 , FIN 345  and ACC 308  with a grade of C or better, certified major in any business program, and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Student investigation of a topic or completion of a project. Topics, meeting times, and outcomes arranged with instructor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦

Financial Literacy
  

  • FLC 101 Pathways to Financial Success - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Knowledge and skills to make sound personal financial decisions that promote financial success during college and beyond. Emphasis on decisions related to navigating college costs; earning, spending; saving; borrowing; and protecting.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Individual & Society (Self & Society)

French
  

  • FRE 101 Elementary French I - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Fundamentals; introduction to French and Francophone cultures; development of skills in conversation, pronunciation, grammar, reading, and writing. General education credit: Culture and Creativity
    Repeatable: No
  

  • FRE 102 Elementary French II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): For students who have completed FRE 101  or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Continuation of FRE 101 .
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 201 Intermediate French I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): For students who have completed FRE 102  or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Review and extension of basic language skills learned in FRE 101  and FRE 102 ; reading and discussion of cultural, linguistic, and literary subjects.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 202 Intermediate French II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): For students who have completed FRE 201  or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Continuation of grammar review and enhancement of language skills begun in FRE 201 ; consideration of cultural and literary subjects.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 304 French Composition and Conversation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced practice in writing French compositions and in oral conversation skills.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 307 Introduction to French Translation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introductory translation course providing an overview of the considerations that the translator must take into account when approaching a text. Attention is paid to the structural differences between French and English, cross-cultural differences in stylistics, writing with clarity and reference work. Students will have hands-on experience.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 310 French Culture and Society Today (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Basic aspects of contemporary French culture and society; reading and discussion of articles from leading French magazines, newspapers, and representative texts; comparison of French and American behavior and attitudes.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 311 French Cultural History (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Eras, institutions, and issues in the history of France; readings primarily in French.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 320 Survey of French Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Overview of major authors and movements from Old French to the 20th century.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 322 French Drama (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of major authors and texts in the history of French theater, including representative 20th century playwrights; readings in French. May be repeated when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

    ♦
  

  • FRE 323 French Prose Fiction (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of representative masters of the French novel and short fiction from the 18th century to the present; readings in French. May be repeated when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

    ♦
  

  • FRE 330 Studies in French Language Cinema (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Survey of films produced in the French language. Emphasizes both the aesthetic aspects of the films as well as their historical, political, social and cultural content. May be repeated as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

    ♦
  

  • FRE 340 Business French (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A study of language for broad commercial purposes; cultural awareness in both social and professional situations; historic and contemporary views of government, labor, media, and industrial organization in Francophone countries; business communication; Franco-American relations.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 350 Methods of Teaching in French (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French at the 300 level or above.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Theoretical and practical considerations of teaching French in secondary schools. Required of all students seeking teaching certification in French.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 401 French Phonetics and Pronunciation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French on the 300 level or above or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of French sound system, how sounds are produced, which ones are used in French, and in what contexts they occur. Satisfies the linguistics requirement for French Education majors.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 402 Advanced French Grammar and Syntax (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French on the 300 level or above or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of French grammar through analysis of key linguistic structures and applied practice. Analysis of word formation, sentence structure, and semantics. Satisfies the linguistics requirement for French Education majors.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 480 Studies in French Culture (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French at the 300 level or above or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Topics in culture and language of French speaking countries. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

    ♦
  

  • FRE 481 Studies in French Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French at the 300 level or above or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Topics in literature, literary history, and literary theory. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

    ♦
  

  • FRE 499 Independent Study: French (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Readings in language and literature and culture.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦
  

  • FRE 520 Readings: French (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 300- level French course.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various literary, linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical topics. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦

Geography
  

  • GEO 100 Global Viewpoints on Geography and the Human Landscape - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Acquaints students with the key tools, themes, and perspectives by which geographers describe and analyze the global landscape, in its present condition as well as its transformation from past circumstances and its continuing transformation into the future.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • GEO 101 World Regional Geography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    The world’s regions; settlements, resource use, culture groups, and political patterns.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • GEO 108 Physical Geography - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Acquaints students with the integration of key physical, chemical, and biological processes that produce the climate, soil, vegetation, and landform patterns on the Earth’s surface.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
  

  • GEO 301 Geographical Processes in World Cities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check w/ department
    Examines the physical, environmental, social, cultural, and economic patterns and processes that mold the life experiences of the majority of humanity who live in the world’s cities.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 302 Cultural Geography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Impact of various cultures on landscape; distribution of culture traits; development of culture areas.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 303 Geographic Patterns of Economic Development (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Examines contemporary global economic patterns and trends, emphasizing the geographical underpinnings of the world economy.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 304 Political Geography and Geopolitics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Examines the role of geography in the political process at both the domestic and international scales. Addresses the ways in which nation-states structure and organize territories.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 306 Environmental Resource Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    Spatial issues of resources management; water and air pollution, solid wastes, energy, land use planning, wilderness preservation, and population pressures; interaction of ecosystems.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 308 Dynamics of Weather and Climate (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Scientific bases on which weather and climate function; general circulation systems of the atmosphere; climate regions; natural and anthropogenic climate change.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 309 Historical Geography of North America (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Cultural and environmental transformation of the landscape, including ecological changes, changes to settlement patterns, development of economic regions, and evolution of urban areas.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 310 Geography of Population (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Spatial distribution of world population; regional variations of growth rates, standards of living, urban/rural densities, migration patterns, and environmental impact of populations.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 314 Maps and Map Interpretation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall only
    Map reading and interpretation skills; overview of map sources; interpretation of aerial photographs and remote sensing data; Geographic Information Systems.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 330 Geography of Religion (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Distribution of religions with a strong emphasis on the areal spread of various religions; impact of religion on landscape and on the environmental settings of several religions; changing religious patterns in the United States.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 335 Geography Through Film, Art and Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Uses film, art and literature to examine how human communities and cultures have conceptualized their relationship to the natural world and negotiated their places in the global system.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 340 Sustainable Food Systems (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Production processes and environmental impacts of agriculture, food manufacturing, food retailing in U.S. Land ownership patterns, subsistence food production, and cash crop production in developing world. Sustainable alternatives in U.S. and developing world.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 345 Geography of Natural Hazards (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Investigates processes within the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere that produce or contribute to natural hazards.  Examines geographical patterns of hazard events, and considers how attributes of danger are perceived, constructed, and managed. Considers how human societies develop policy responses and solutions for living with and responding to natural hazards.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 389 Research and Career Development (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and at least three credit hours in upper division Geography credit hours.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Orients students to the array of current concerns and research across the discipline of geography by guiding students in a research project culminating in high quality research paper and professional quality oral presentation. Guides students as they develop strategies and prepare materials for job search campaign.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 394 Topics: Geography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of specialized topics in geography not covered through regular curriculum. Subfields will vary according to the interest of the instructor and will be listed in the on-line schedule of classes. May be repeated as topics change.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • GEO 402 Geography of Europe (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Physical, cultural, economic, and political patterns of Europe (excluding the former Soviet Union); continent-wide patterns of various characteristics as well as individual countries are considered.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 403 Geography of Africa (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Physical, cultural, economic, and political patterns of Africa, primarily south of the Sahara.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 406 Geography of Latin America (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Middle and South America’s spatial characteristics, physical setting, social characteristics and economic structure.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 409 Geography of North America (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    The continent’s areal differences in physiography, climate, culture, and economic systems; synthesis of various spatial characteristics to form distinct regions.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 410 Geography of East Asia (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Physical and social geography of major regions; transformation of pre-colonial economic and cultural institutions by world economic integration; evaluation of successes and failures of economic development.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 412 Geography of South Asia and the Middle East (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Geo-political, bio-physical, religious and social aspects of South Asia and the Middle East.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 415 Cartography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only
    Cartographic drawings, map symbolism, and map design; various map projections are studied with regard to possible uses.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 418 Geographic Information Systems (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to the theories, principles, construction methods, and applications of geographic information systems; employment of a GIS software package to manipulate geographically referenced data.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 419 Remote Sensing of Environment (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    Introduction to the principles, characteristics and applications of environmental remote sensing; concepts and foundations of remote sensing, photographic systems and interpretation, thermal and multispectral scanning, radar systems, satellite remote sensing, and digital image processing.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 492 Directed Research: Geography (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 semester hours of geography and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Independent work on research project agreed upon by student and instructor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 496 Internship: Geography (3-6 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of geography and permission of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Placement in public agency or private business for supervised experience in applying geographic concepts and techniques; meetings with faculty and with other internship students. Graded pass/fail.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 499 Directed Readings: Geography (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised readings on a selected area of geography.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 502 Geography of Kentucky (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Cultural, physical, economic, and population characteristics of Kentucky; Kentucky’s regional and national importance.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 518 Geographic Information Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): GEO 418 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theories, principles, and applications of geographic information analysis; employment of a GIS software package and other computer software packages to manipulate Geographic Information analysis methods.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 519 Advanced Remote Sensing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): GEO 419 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to digital remote sensing data processing theories and techniques; employment of a digital remote sensing data processing software package to manipulate digital remote sensing data processing techniques.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 522 Introduction to Historic Preservation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    An examination of the growing field of historic preservation including such topics as philosophy, recognition and assessments, survey techniques, preservation planning, conservation, advocacy, federal compliance, and protection of significant resources.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 540 Cultural Geography of Asia (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Selective consideration from among broad range of themes in the cultural geography of Asia, such as environmental sustainability, political processes, urbanization, religion, nationalism, recreation, and domestic habitation. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • GEO 552 Spatial Data Bases (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to fundamental spatial data organizing theories and principles, and spatial data modeling techniques underlying various spatial information systems; employment of a GIS software package to manipulate spatial databases.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 592 Directed Research in Geography (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individual research in an area of geography under supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated once for credit.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • GEO 594 Special Topics Geography (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of selected topics. Subfields will be chosen in keeping with interest of the instructor and will be listed in Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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Geology
  

  • GLY 110 Earth Science with Laboratory - SL (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Introduction to the core subjects of geology including the formation of minerals and rocks, Earth’s geologic history, plate tectonics, the occurrence and mitigation of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, and surface processes including rivers, groundwater, and climate change. Emphasis on regional geology. Field trips offered.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science
  

  • GLY 115 History of the Earth (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    An introduction to the origin of the Earth, including plate tectonics, mountain building, the evolution of life as interpreted from the fossil record, mass extinctions, and catastrophic geologic events. Emphasis is placed on the geologic history and fossil record of the tri-state region.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • GLY 120 This Dangerous Earth - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    A study of the ways in which geology affects our society including geologic hazards such as volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, flooding, and coastal erosion as well as the pollution of our soil and water resources. Emphasis is placed on environmental geologic conditions in the tri-state.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Natural Science, Global Viewpoints
  

  • GLY 120H This Dangerous Earth - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    A seminar investigation of the ways in which geology affects our society including geologic hazards such as volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, flooding, and coastal erosion. Emphasis is placed on environmental geologic conditions of the tri-state.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

    General Education Credit: Natural Science
  

  • GLY 120L This Dangerous Earth Laboratory (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): A 100-level or 200-level geology course.
    Taught: Fall only
    A laboratory experience to study the geology of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region, the geologic history of the region, and the ways the past geologic processes have acted to create the present landscape.
    Repeatable: No
 

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