The following directory lists the graduate courses which the University expects to offer, although the University in no way guarantees that all such courses will be offered in any given academic year, and reserves the right to alter the list if conditions warrant. Click on the links below for a list of courses in that subject area. You may then click “View Classes” to see scheduled classes for individual courses.
5000. Research Design
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
A survey of research methods in geography. Topics include spatial sampling, hypothesis construction and testing and geographic modelling.
View Classes »5010. Geography Proseminar
1.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to graduate students in Geography.
Grading Basis: Graded
Presentation by geography faculty of current research topics.
View Classes »5100. Location Analysis
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Issues and approaches in location analysis. Topics include location theory and models; representation issues; use of geographic information systems (GIS) for data preparation, analysis and display; evaluation of service areas; land use allocation; accessibility and locational conflict; and implications for planning and public policy.
View Classes »5130. GIS in Transportation
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open to graduate students in Geography.
Grading Basis: Graded
Discussion of the uses of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for transportation rate establishment, for visualizing the results of transportation models for predicting flows, for exploring the impact of transportation on the location of economic activities, and for the planning of transportation facilities in cities.
View Classes »5140. Geographical Analysis of Social Issues
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Focus on geographical perspectives toward research on selected social issues, with an emphasis on methods of behavioral analysis and relevant social geographical concepts such as social space, activity spaces and time-space budgets, and diffusion.
View Classes »5150. Visualization in Geographic Information Systems
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Design of spatial data displays and computer generated maps.
View Classes »5220. Geography of Sustainable Development
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Conceptualizing international development; understanding theories, strategies and ideologies of development; and use of case studies to understand development in practice. Emphasis placed on the concept of sustainable development and sustainability, grassroots-driven approaches to development, the role of women, and geographic explanations as to how and why uneven development has occurred.
View Classes »5230. Advanced GIS for Remote Sensing for Geoscience Applications
Also offered as: ERTH 5230
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Not open to students who took ERTH 4230.
Grading Basis: Graded
Research methods for using Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing, and image interpretation to investigate problems in geoscience. Includes research techniques for data acquisition, processing and analysis of Digital Elevation Models and satellite imagery. Geologic materials, processes, landforms and landscapes. Formerly offered as GSCI 5230.
View Classes »5240. Disaster Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: Introductory course on natural hazards and disasters.
Grading Basis: Graded
Overview of geographical perspectives on disaster risk, vulnerability, and resilience using an integrated environmental, social, and infrastructural approach. The theory, methods, metrics, and tools necessary to measure and understand risk, vulnerability, and the resilience of societies worldwide.
View Classes »5290. Advanced Urban Geography
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Analysis of social and economic patterns within urban areas, with emphasis on individualized research. The implications for planning are stressed.
View Classes »5310. Advanced Fluvial Geomorphology
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Not open to students who have passed GEOG 3310.
Grading Basis: Graded
Research methods for analyzing fluvial forms and processes. Theoretical discussion of factors controlling open-channel flow, sediment transport, channel morphology, adjustments of rivers to environmental changes and human impacts. River management and restoration strategies. Requires one weekend field trip.
View Classes »5390. Classic Papers in Climate Science
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: May not be taken for credit by students who have passed GEOG 4300.
Grading Basis: Graded
An examination of the defining primary literature in the evolution of climate science to the present state of knowledge. Topics may include the Greenhouse Theory of Climate, El Niño, Climate Prediction, and regional processes of interest (e.g., monsoons, storm tracks, desert dynamics).
View Classes »5500. Fundamentals of Geographic Information Science
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
An introduction to the theory and methods for representing, acquiring, storing, manipulating, displaying, and analyzing geographic features in relation to the surface of the earth.
View Classes »5505. Remote Sensing of Marine Geography
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to remote sensing applications in oceans and seas. Applications include image analysis of sea surface temperature, winds, altimetry, sea ice, chlorophyll, primary productivity, and bathymetry. Graduate section includes individualized projects.
View Classes »5510. Applications of Geographic Information Systems
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: GEOG 5500.
Grading Basis: Graded
Operational and management issues of geographic information systems (GIS) with emphasis on understanding GIS through use of software. Topics include the principal functional components of GIS including general GIS design and management theory, spatial and attribute data creation, database design and management, spatial analysis, cartographic production, and application design and implementation. Practical work includes analytical exercises using GIS culminating in an application project.
View Classes »5512. Introduction to Spatial Data Science
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: GEOG 5500 or instructor consent.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to the fundamentals of spatial data science. Students will also learn how to apply a high-level programming language, R, for spatial data analysis, visualization, and modeling.
View Classes »5515. Web GIS
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to Internet GIS. The basics of system architecture, geospatial web services, mashups, key elements of mobile GIS solutions, the functionality of geoportals and web technologies, web mapping interoperability using universal data standards such as OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) web services, and the current state of e-business and e-government web mapping interests.
View Classes »5516. Fundamentals of Spatial Database Systems
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Not open for credit to students who have passed GEOG 4516.
Grading Basis: Graded
The theories and principles behind Spatial Database Systems. Students will learn how to design and implement spatial databases.
View Classes »5518. Mobile GIS
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Not open for credit to students who have passed GEOG 4518.
Grading Basis: Graded
This course covers how to develop, test, and publish mobile GIS web and native apps across multiple mobile platforms (Android, iOS, etc.).
View Classes »5519. Spatial Big Data Analytics
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Instructor consent required. Not open for credit to students who have passed GEOG 4519.
Grading Basis: Graded
Covers the collection, analysis, and visualization of spatial big data to support better decision-making in geographic contexts.
View Classes »5520. GIS Modeling of the Urban Environment
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Survey of GIS methods and spatial analysis for studying spatial patterns of land use and human activity in an urban environment.
View Classes »5530. GIS for Health and Environment
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: GEOG 5500.
Grading Basis: Graded
An exploration of how spatial data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used to understand and improve human and environmental health.
View Classes »5540. Social Dimensions of Renewable Energy
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: GEOG 5500 or consent of instructor.
Grading Basis: Graded
Geographic concepts and methodological tools guiding decision-making between potential energy futures. Spatial patterns of economic and social activity in the transition to low carbon energy.
View Classes »5560. GIS and Environmental Geography
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: GEOG 5500.
Grading Basis: Graded
Applicability of Geographic Information Systems to solve environmental problems. Case studies address environmental assessment and monitoring, analysis and modeling, planning and management.
View Classes »5600. Spatial Data Analysis
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Univariate statistics focused on the use of spatial statistics, including geostatistics in geographical research. Problems specific to spatial data analysis are addressed.
View Classes »5610. Spatial Statistics and Modeling
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: GEOG 5600.
Grading Basis: Graded
Advanced study in the methods and practice of multidimensional statistics and spatial modeling.
View Classes »5612. Spatial Econometrics
Also offered as: ECON 5612
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: GEOG 3500Q or equivalent; or instructor consent.
Grading Basis: Graded
Concepts, theories, methods, techniques, and programming for spatial econometrics. An introduction to estimating and interpreting econometric models for analysis of socioeconomic relationships and human-environment interactions.
View Classes »5620. Computer Applications in Spatial Analysis
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Advanced seminar in the design of Geographic Information Systems software for solving problems in spatial analysis.
View Classes »5890. Internship in Geography
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
A fieldwork internship program under the direction and supervision of the geography staff. Students will be placed in agencies or industries where their academic training will be applied. One 8-hour work day per week (or its equivalent) for the host agency during the course of the semester will be necessary for three academic credits. A written report will be required.
View Classes »5895. Special Topics in Geography
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 18 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
May be repeated with a change in content.
View Classes »6000. Themes in Geographic Thought
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Examination of the historical development of geography since the early nineteenth century. Emphasis on the last century of intellectual developments that have led to the emergence of contemporary geography as a research discipline.
View Classes »6800. Practicum in College Teaching in Geography
1.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 3 credits.
Prerequisites: Open to graduate students in Geography.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Guided development of college-level instruction. Drafting of course objectives, selection of texts, development of course and lecture outlines, selection of grading mechanisms, and incorporating feedback for improvement of instruction.
View Classes »6810. Seminar on Spatial Analysis of Social Issues
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: Instructor consent.
Grading Basis: Graded
An exploration of the complex social processes connecting people, places, and the environment across space using quantitative and qualitative methods of spatial analysis. Topics may include sustainability, environmental justice, racial and gender disparities, transportation, health issues, and the dynamics of internal and international migration with a unifying theme to understand the interaction between social processes and spatial inequalities. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
View Classes »6815. Seminar on Geographic Information Science and Systems
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: GEOG 5500 or 5510.
Grading Basis: Graded
An exploration of Geographic Information Science (GISc) and Systems (GIS) theories, methods, and critiques for physical and social sciences. Topics may range from fundamental to emergent themes including measurement biases, uncertainties, qualitative GIS, spatial big data, human dynamics, and GeoAI. May be repeated for a total of six credits.
View Classes »6840. Advanced Topics in Urban Geography
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
6870. Seminar on Earth System Science
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
This seminar highlights one or more aspects of UConn Geography’s Earth System Science group’s expertise in understanding interactions within and between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. Topics may include climate modeling, paleoclimate analysis, and geomorphology with the purpose of understanding the Earth’s climate system and/or the mechanics and evolution of mountains and landscapes around the world.
View Classes »6875. Seminar on Human-Environment Dynamics
3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
An exploration of transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches in human-environment systems (HES) science to help solve complex human-environmental problems. Topics may include an understanding of challenges, methodologies, and potential solutions to human-environmental problems such as global environmental change, related critical physical, chemical, and biological systems, natural hazards and disasters, risk, resilience, and climate extremes from geographic perspectives.
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