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GEOGRAPHY
• GEOG
General education courses are marked with stars
(*).
CORE
CURRICULUM
(Required of majors.)
* 1001 Human Geography: Americas and Europe (3) 1001 and 1003
need not be taken in numerical order. Credit will not be given
for this course and GEOG 2062. Principal themes of human geography,
including the spatial distributions and interactions of culture,
history, economy, population, and environment, with a regional
emphasis on the Americas and Europe.
* 1003
Human Geography: Africa and Asia (3) 1001 and 1003 need not
be taken in numerical order. Credit will not be given for
this course and GEOG 2062. Principal themes of human geography,
including the spatial distributions and interactions of culture,
history, economy, population, and environment, with a regional
emphasis on Africa and Asia.
* 2050
Physical Geography: The Atmosphere (3) Credit will not be
given for both this course and GEOG 2061. May be taken for
elective geology credit. Physical principles, processes, and
operations in the atmosphere; world climatic realms.
* 2051
Physical Geography: Land and Water Surfaces, Plant and Animal
Realms (3) Credit will not be given for both this course and
GEOG 2061. Surface elements of the earth's environment; relationships
among these elements.
2055 Map
Reading (3) 2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Nature and interpretation
of topographic maps.
MAPPING SCIENCES
(All majors select three courses.)
Cartography
2039 Cartographic Drafting and Graphic Presentation (3) 2
hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Basic drafting instruments and techniques
necessary for preparation of maps and scientific graphics.
4040 Advanced
Cartography (3) Prereq.: GEOG 2039 or equivalent. Cartographic
history; map projection; advanced techniques of data presentation
and cartographic production.
4044 Computer
Cartography (3) No programming knowledge necessary. Introduction
to selected mapping packages.
4049 Advanced
Computer Cartography (3) Prereq.: CSC 1250 or 1253 and GEOG
4044. Use of computer mapping programs; theory and methods
of display of point, line, and area elements in thematic maps;
algorithms involved in encoding, editing, storing, retrieving,
and displaying data from a digital cartographic data base.
Remote
Sensing
4019 Aerial Photo Interpretation of Cultural Features (3)
2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Credit will not be given for both
this course and GEOG 4020. Analysis of land use/land cover,
urban, industrial, and military aspects from aerial photographs.
4020 Aerial
Photo Interpretation (3) Prereq.: GEOL 1001 and 1003 or GEOG
2051. Credit will not be given for both this course and GEOG
4019. 2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Analysis and mapping of
geologic structure, lithology, and landforms from aerial photographs.
4045 Environmental
Remote Sensing (3) Prereq.: consent of instructor. May be
taken for elective geology credit. 2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs.
lab. Basic energy and matter relationships; principles of
primary remote sensors; environment studied via remote sensing
techniques.
GIS/Techniques
4041 Field Methods in Geography (3) 1 hr. lecture; 4 hrs.
lab. Cannot be repeated for credit. Students must have Saturdays
free. Fall semester emphasis on interpretation of the cultural
landscape; spring semester emphasis on the physical landscape.
4047 Geographic
Information Systems (3) Prereq.: CSC 1250 or 1253 or equivalent.
Geographic information systems used in land resource management
and planning; data structures and algorithms for automated
retrieval and analysis of spatial data; structuring cartographic
data into spatial data; integration of remotely sensed data
into geographic information systems.
4048 Methods
of Spatial Analysis (3) Prereq.: EXST 4001 or equivalent.
Mathematical, statistical, and spatial analytical methods
for handling and interpreting data related to geography.
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HUMAN
GEOGRAPHY
(B.A. candidates select two systematic and one regional course.)
Systematic
4012 Elements of Cultural Geography (3) Culturally oriented
proseminar in American geographical thought during the present
century.
4060 Political
Geography (3) Systematic, cultural-political geography; emphasis
on technical and philosophical aspects and on American political
landscapes; territorial political entities (cadastral, civil,
national, imperial); role of the lands and seas, nature and
objects of war; impacts of political entities on the landscape.
4072 Urban
Historical Geography (3) Spatial evolution of cities and city-systems
in western civilization through the classical, medieval, mercantile,
and industrial periods to 1945.
4073 Urban
Geography (3) Internal arrangement, external relations, and
locational aspects of urban places, with emphasis on U.S.;
urban places identified by presence of tertiary economic activities.
4074 Place
and Culture (3) See ANTH 4074.
4077 Economic
Geography (3) Location, characteristics, and relationships
of primary, secondary, and tertiary economic activity; measurements
and theories of location of economic endeavor.
4078 Environment
and Development in Developing Countries (3) Geographic theories
and methods for analyzing environment and development in developing
countries.
4080 Environmental
Historical Geography (3) Human-environment interaction from
a historical geographic perspective; human agency in altering
the environment and managing resources, and social response
to environmental hazards.
4086 Cultural
Ecology (3) Also offered as ANTH 4086. Cultural adaptation
to difficult and distinctive environments, including mountains
and highlands, the arctic, deserts, the humid tropics, and
grasslands; subsistence strategies, local knowledge, household
economies, land use practices, and resource management institutions.
Regional
4000 Modern India: Society and Culture (3) See SW 4000.
4001 Geography
of Louisiana (3) Natural and cultural elements and regions.
4002 South
Asian Society, Polity, and Culture (3) See INTL 4002.
4026 The
Mountain World (3) Mountain regions and peoples from the Himalaya,
Andes, and Alps to the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains;
mountain cultures, economies; current development and conservation
issues.
4031 Spanish
America (3) Physical and cultural geography of Mexico, Central
America, and Spanish South America.
4032 Brazil
and the Caribbean Area (3) Physical and cultural geography
of Brazil, the Guianas, and the Caribbean Islands.
4035 Geographical
Survey of East Asia (3) General survey of the physical and
cultural geography of the region; focus on economic development
and international relations.
4050 Historical
Geography of the South (3) Physical and cultural geography
of the southern U.S.; emphasis on geographical elements identified
with the south and their historical development; environment,
exploration, population, agriculture, and cultural landscape.
4052 Anglo-America
(3) Credit will not be given for both this course and GEOG
2052. Physical and cultural geography of Anglo-America.
4055 Geography
of Europe (3) Geographical survey of the natural, cultural,
and economic resources of Europe and their relationships to
the rest of the world.
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PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY
(B.S. candidates select any three courses.)
Climatology
4013 Meteorology (3) May be taken for elective geology credit.
Temporal and areal variations in composition and structure
of the atmosphere; meteorological instruments and measurements.
4014 Climatology
(3) Climatic phenomena; methods in development of regional
climatology.
4015 Microclimatology
(3) Prereq.: GEOG 4013 or 4014 or equivalent. May be taken
for elective geology credit. Exchanges of radiation, energy,
and moisture between the earth's surface and the atmosphere
producing characteristic environmental conditions near the
ground important to both rural and urban land uses.
4016 Methods
of Climatological Analysis (2) Prereq.: GEOG 4013 and 4014;
or equivalent. 1 hr. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Analysis and interpretation
of climatological data and application to physical and human
problems.
4017 World
Climates (3) Prereq.: GEOG 2050 or equivalent. Analysis of
atmospheric circulation processes that produce differences
in climates throughout the world; the earth's problem climates
and climatically sensitive zones most susceptible to floods,
droughts, and other environmental stresses.
4018 Geographical
Hydrology (3) Prereq.: MATH 1021 or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture;
2 hrs. lab. Analysis of basic hydrologic processes with geographical
perspective; variability of runoff and groundwater; floods
and droughts; climatic and land use impacts on local and global
water resources.
4221 The
Tropical Atmosphere (3) Prereq.: GEOG 4013 or 4014. Comparative
analysis of the tropical and mid-latitude atmospheric circulation
systems, including monsoon systems, tropical cyclones, and
easterly waves; elements of interannual tropical variability
such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation.
Geomorphology
and Coastal
4021 Alluvial Morphology (3) Prereq.: GEOL 1001, 1003. May
be taken for elective geology credit. Processes that originate
and change land and hydrographic forms of alluvial surfaces;
emphasis on Louisiana.
4022 Geomorphology
(3) Prereq.: GEOL 1001, 1003. May be taken for elective geology
credit. Basic principles underlying the study of land forms;
emphasis on processes shaping the natural landscape.
4024 Coastal
Morphodynamics (3) Prereq.: MATH 1021, 1022, or 1023. See
OCS 4024.
4028 The
Ocean World (3) May be taken for elective geology credit.
Physical geography of the world's oceans; geological and biological
aspects of oceanography; ocean-atmosphere interactions; geomorphology
and ecology of oceanic islands.
4029 Coastal
Resources and Management (3) Introduction to coastal environments
and contemporary global coastal and estuarine management.
Biogeography
and Environment
4070 Environmental Conservation (3) Factors governing human
use of the earth and its resources.
4082 Biogeography
(3) Different approaches to description and interpretation
of plant and soil distribution patterns.
4083 Quaternary
Paleoecology (3) Prereq.: GEOG 4082 and a basic course in
historical geology, or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture; 4 hrs.
lab. Also offered as ANTH 4083. Theory and method of reconstructing
climatic, biological, geological, and human history during
the Pleistocene and Holocene periods.
4085 Tropical
and Subtropical Biogeography (3) Prereq.: GEOG 4082 or equivalent.
Includes field trip during spring vacation. Principles of
tropical ecology and biogeography taught as preparation for
an expedition to tropical America where field methods will
be illustrated and ecological diversity studied.
OTHER
GEOGRAPHY COURSES
2061 Physical Geography (3) Either GEOG 2050 or 2051 may be
substituted for this course. Credit will not be given for
both this course and GEOG 2050 or 2051. Analysis of landforms,
hydrology, climate, vegetation, and soil; emphasis on world
regional patterns.
2062 Cultural
Geography (3) The only substitute for this course is satisfactory
completion of both GEOG 1001 and 1003. Credit will not be
given for both this course and GEOG 1001 or 1003. Nations
of the world, integrated into regional patterns.
3065 Practical
Geography of Petroleum Resources (3) Geographic aspects of
petroleum resources; land and mineral ownership; compilation
and application of maps, air photos, archives, surveys, and
field work; unitization, site analysis, and impact; emphasis
on Louisiana and Gulf Coast.
4023 Coastal
and Shallow-Marine Depositional Systems (3) See GEOL 4023.
May be taken for elective geology credit.
4090 The
History of Geography (3) 3 hrs. lecture and proseminar discussion.
Development of geography since ancient times; emphasis on
the 19 th and 20 th centuries.
4164 Deltaic
Geology (3) See GEOL 4164.
4997 Special
Topics in Geography (3) May be taken for a max. of 6 sem.
hrs. of credit when topics vary.
4998 Independent
Reading and Research in Geography (1-6) May be repeated for
credit. An honors course, GEOG 4999, is also available. Supervised
reading or research on topics selected by qualified advanced
students.
4999 HONORS:
Independent Reading and Research in Geography (1-6) Same as
GEOG 4998, with special honors emphasis for qualified students.
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7074 Poetics
of Place (3) Same as ANTH 7074.
7901 Introduction
to Graduate Study (1) Same as ANTH 7901. Techniques and methods
of their profession for incoming graduate students.
7902 Introduction
to Research Methods in Geography (3)
7906 Settlement
Geography: Exploration (3) May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs.
of credit with consent of department.
7910 Form-Process
Relationships in Coastal Environments (3) V
7911 Selected
Topics in Geography (3) May be taken for a max. of 9 sem.
hrs. when topics vary.
7917 Advanced
Physical Geography (3) May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs. of
credit with consent of department.
7921,
7922, 7923 Research and Field Work in Geography (3-6 each)
Each course may be repeated for credit.
7926 Advanced
Geomorphology (3) May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs. of credit
with consent of department.
7935 Quantitative
Methods for Geographical Analysis (3) Prereq.: EXST 7003 or
equivalent. Spatial analytical methods for handling and interpreting
data related to geography.
7937 Geographical
Literature (3)
7938 Culture
History (3) May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs. of credit with
consent of department.
7941 Coastal
Ecology (3) Prereq.: GEOG 4028 or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture;
2 hrs. lab. All students must have weekends free.
7942 Coastal
Climatology (3) Prereq.: GEOG 4028 and a basic course in either
meteorology or climatology, or consent of instructor. Meteorologic
and climatologic phenomena occurring in coastal areas.
7946 Coastal
and Estuarine Resources (3) Prereq.: GEOG 4028 and 4029; or
equivalent. Nature of coastal and estuarine resources and
their perception, evaluation, and exploitation.
7950 Problems
in the Geography of Latin America (3) Prereq.: reading knowledge
of Spanish or Portuguese. Problems in the cultural and economic
geography of Latin America.
7960 Hydroclimatology
(3) Prereq.: GEOG 4014 or 4015 or equivalent. 1 hr. lecture;
4 hrs. lab. Field measurements and laboratory analyses of
radiation and water budgets in rural and urban environments;
emphasis on evapotranspiration rates and climatic consequences.
7973 Advanced
Geographic Information Systems (3) Prereq.: GEOG 4047 or equivalent.
Theory and methods of design, development, implementation,
and applications of geographic information systems.
7975 Advanced
Remote Sensing Seminar (3) V Prereq.: GEOG 4045 or equivalent.
May be taken for a max. of 9 sem. hrs. of credit when topics
vary. Selected topics in remote sensing.
8000 Thesis
Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading.
9000 Dissertation
Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading.
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ANTHROPOLOGY
• ANTH
General education courses are marked with stars
(*).
* 1001
Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Prehistory (3) Origin
and evolution of people; evolution and its physiological bases;
human prehistory; human diversity; origin and development
of human culture through the rise of civilization.
* 1003
Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology (3) Diversity
of human cultures; nature of culture, social organization,
subsistence patterns, economics, law, politics, religion,
language, and other institutions of culture viewed in cross-cultural
perspective.
* 2015
Introduction to Archaeology (3) Archaeological goals, methods,
techniques, and interpretations; particular prehistoric cultural
sequences or projects; relationship of archaeology with other
social, life, and earth sciences.
2016 Field
Methods in Archaeology (3-6) Prereq.: ANTH 2015 or equivalent.
May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit. Techniques
of survey, mapping, excavation, and recording; participation
in one or more archaeological excavations.
* 2050
World Archaeology (3) Survey of human culture history from
the stone age to the present; spread of humanity around the
globe; major cultural developments including hunting and gathering,
origins of agriculture, discovery and spread of metalworking,
rise of ancient civilizations, and development of the modern
world.
* 2051
Introduction to World Ethnography (3) Sex roles, economic
pursuits, values, beliefs, families, and other institutions
of selected nonwestern peoples; implications for American
culture.
* 2423
Introduction to Folklore (3) See ENGL 2423.
3004 Archaeology
and the Bible (3) See REL 3004.
3015 The
Archaeology of Ancient Greece (3) See CLST 3015.
3060 Introduction
to Anthropological Linguistics (3) Cultural variation in language
and its uses; problems of language classification and areal
linguistics; practice in phonemic and morphemic analysis of
nonwestern languages.
3401 The
Study of Folklore (3) Also offered as ENGL 3401. History of
the study of folklore; methods of collection, interpretation,
and analysis of folklore materials; myth, folktale, legend,
folk song, ballads, folk humor, festival, and folk speech;
psychological, contextual, and structural analysis of oral
literature; specific reference to the heritage of Louisiana
and the South.
3909 Undergraduate
Seminar in Anthropology (3) May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs.
of credit when topics vary.
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4002 South
Asian Society, Polity, and Culture (3) See INTL 4002.
4003 Indian
Civilization of Middle and South America (3) Ancient Maya,
Aztec, and Inca civilizations; modern Indian groups in Latin
America.
4004 The
North American Indians (3) Origin, distribution, language,
and culture of the aboriginal population.
4006 Museology
and Museum Methods in Anthropology (3) Prereq.: 3 sem. hrs.
of introductory anthropology or equivalent. Fundamental concepts
of museology and museological practices in anthropology; museum
in history and ethics, exhibit development, collections management.
4010 Human
Osteology (3) Prereq.: ANTH 1001; or BIOL 1001, 1002 or 1502.
Examination of the human skeleton including skeletal anatomy,
bone growth, bone pathology, and forensic anthropology.
4012 Archaeology
of Death (3) Archaeological approaches to the study of historic
cemeteries and ancient burials.
4015 North
American Archaeology (3)
4016 Old
World Archaeology (3) Cultural developments in prehistory
ranging from the earliest evidence of humans to the foundations
of civilization.
4017 Louisiana
Archaeology (3) Prereq.: ANTH 4015 or equivalent. Two overnight
field trips. Archaeological data relative to the Indian cultures
dating from the end of the Pleistocene period to the early
historic era.
4018 Historical
Archaeology (3) Also offered as HIST 4151. Broad range of
archaeological goals, methods, and interpretations unique
to the study of the historic past; colonial and plantation
archaeology in the southeastern U.S.
4020 Method
and Theory in Archaeology (3) Prereq.: ANTH 1001 or 1003,
and ANTH 2015; or equivalent. Empirical method and theory
in archaeological research emphasizing the logic of scientific
argument; history of American archaeology, survey of modern
archaeological interpretations, types of explanation, logic
of archaeological classification, and formation of research
designs.
4021 Advanced
Field Methods in Archaeology (3-6) Prereq.: ANTH 2015 and
2016 or equivalent and at least one upper-division or graduate
course in archaeology. May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs.
credit when topics vary. Advanced techniques of surveying,
mapping, excavation, soil sampling, and recording.
4023 Latin
American Cultures (3) Spanish-American cultures in Latin America;
their relationship to current societal changes.
4031 Comparative
Religions (3) Also offered as REL 4031. Religious systems
in different levels of sociocultural evolution.
4032 Religion,
Gender, and Society (3) See REL 4032.
4040 Physical
Anthropology (3) Prereq.: ANTH 1001; BIOL 1001, 1002; or BIOL
1201, 1208, 1502. Human evolution, ecological adaptation,
and genetic diversity.
4050 Black
Music in America (3) Cultural and historical survey of musical
genres created and developed by black Americans.
4051 Africa
(3) Races and cultures of Negroid Africa.
4053 African-American
Cultures (3) Cultures of African-Americans in the western
hemisphere; their origins, development, and present distinctiveness.
4060 Language
and Culture (3) Prereq.: ANTH 3060 or ENGL 4010 or ENGL 4012
or COMD 2050 or equivalent. Also offered as LING 4060. Relationships
between various aspects of language and culture.
4064 Pidgin
and Creole Languages (3) Prereq.: ANTH 4060 or equivalent.
Also offered as FREN 4064 and LING 4064. Linguistic, sociolinguistic,
and anthropological study of new languages that emerge in
contact situations, particularly among peoples of different
races and cultures; languages of the slave trade and European
commercial expansion from the 15th through 18 th centuries.
4074 Place
and Culture (3) Also offered as GEOG 4074. Consideration of
place and culture as two core concepts in geography and anthropology.
4081 Human
Evolution (3) The biological and cultural evolution of the
human species.
4082 Social
and Cultural Anthropology (3) For graduate students with little
or no anthropology background. Culture, society, and language
in primitive and complex settings.
4083 Quaternary
Paleoecology (3) See GEOG 4083.
4085 History
of Anthropological Theory (3) Major theories in all branches
of anthropology; emphasis on cultural and social anthropology.
4086 Cultural
Ecology (3) See GEOG 4086.
4090 Ethnographic
Methodology (3) Theories and techniques of ethnography; emphasis
on utilization of informants.
4440 Vernacular
Architecture and Material Culture (3) Also offered as ARCH
4440. Subject matter and instructor may vary; additional details
available from department. World vernacular architecture,
including indigenous and folk buildings; other forms of material
culture.
4470 Folklore
of the African Diaspora (3) African, Caribbean, and African-American
cultures from the viewpoint of the diaspora.
4475 American
Folklore (3) See ENGL 4475.
4909 Undergraduate
Seminar in Anthropology (3) Prereq.: written consent of instructor.
May be taken for a max. of 9 sem. hrs. when topics vary.
4997 Special
Topics in Anthropology (3) May be taken for a max. of 6 sem.
hrs. when topics vary.
4998 Independent
Reading and Research in Anthropology (1-6) Prereq.: written
consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs.
An honors course, ANTH 4999, is also available. Supervised
reading or research selected by qualified advanced students.
4999 HONORS:
Independent Reading and Research in Anthropology (1-6) Same
as ANTH 4998, with special honors emphasis for qualified students.
7005 Historical
Linguistics (3) Prereq.: completion of one course in linguistics.
Also offered as LING 7005. How and why languages change; basic
concepts and methods of historical linguistics.
7006 Phonology:
Theory & Methods (3) Prereq.: completion of one course
in linguistics. Also offered as LING 7006. Major theoretical
approaches; analysis of examples from a wide range of languages.
7032 Comparative
Studies in World Costume (3) See HUEC 7032.
7060 Conversation
and Discourse (3) Prereq.: completion of one course in linguistics.
Also offered as LING 7060. Analysis of language in use; conversation,
narrative, culturally specific genres; emphasis on discourse
structures in naturally occurring context.
7074 Poetics
of Place (3) Prereq.: ANTH/GEOG 4074 or permission of instructor.
Also offered as GEOG 7074. Combination of the observational
method of social science with the literary insights of poetry
and fiction; understanding of how places where humans live
out their lives convey a variety of meanings beyond that of
the strictly utilitarian.
7105 Seminar
in Historical Archaeology (3) Prereq.: consent of instructor.
May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary.
7108 Mesoamerican
Archaeology Seminar (3) Prereq.: consent of instructor. May
be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary.
7200 Human
Fertility (3) Biological, behavioral, and demographic aspects
of human reproduction.
7901 Introduction
to Graduate Study (1) Same as GEOG 7901. Techniques and methods
of the profession for incoming graduate students.
7906 Nature
of Culture (3)
7909 Selected
Topics in Anthropology (3) May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs.
of credit when topics vary. Also offered as LING 7909.
7954 Anthropology
of Complex Societies (3) Anthropological assumptions of theory
and technique; problems generated by applying these assumptions
to contemporary Africa, India, Latin America, and Anglo-America.
7962 Field
Methods in Linguistics (3) Prereq.: at least one upper-division
or graduate linguistics course. 2 hrs. lecture; 1 hr. individual
consultation. Also offered as LING 7962. Recording and analyzing
a living nonEuropean language and using a native-speaking
informant.
7999 Research
in Anthropology (1-6) Prereq.: written consent of instructor.
May be repeated for credit. Total credit earned in ANTH 4998
and 7999 cannot exceed 9 sem. hrs. Also offered as LING 7999.
Individual supervision of advanced research and field work
in anthropology.
8000 Thesis
Research (1-12 per sem.) “S”/“U” grading.
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