Course Syllabi

Upcoming Special Topics Courses

• CRN: 74649 - GGS 590-001 - Spatial Law and Policy
• CRN: 74876 - GGS 590-002 - Selected Studies Academic Research Methods
• CRN: 75954 - GGS 590-003 - Political Geography
• CRN: 75956 - GGS 590-004 - Geography of Insurgancy (Cross List: GGS 399-001)
• CRN: 76983 - GGS 590-005 - Geography of Asymmetric Warfare (Cross List: GGS 399-002)
• CRN: 76984 - GGS 590-006 - Advanced Economic Geography
• CRN: 76985 - GGS 590-007 - Remote Sensing Applications I
• CRN: 77112 - GGS 590-009 - Essential Spatial Principles of Stats, Math and Programming for GGS Majors
• CRN: 77113 - GGS 590-010 - Human Terrain Analysis
• CRN: 77002 - GGS 590-011 - Geography of Science and Human Rights
• CRN: 77374 - GGS 590-012 - Structure Urban Govern/Planning (Cross List: GGS 357-001)

Upcoming Online Classes

• CRN: 75335 - GGS 101-DL1 - Major World Regions
• CRN: 79777 - GGS 101-DL2 - Major World Regions
• CRN: 79778 - GGS 102-DL1 - Physical Geography
• CRN: 76957 - GGS 103-DL1 - Human Geography
• CRN: 76989 - GGS 680-DL1 - Earth Image Processing

 

Courses

The courses offered under the Geography and Geoinformation Science department appear under the prefix GGS. For the most up-to-date list of courses please refer to the George Mason University Catalog


• GGS 101 - Major World Regions
• GGS 102 - Physical Geography
• GGS 103 - Human Geography
• GGS 110 - Maps and Mapping
• GGS 121 - Dynamic Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
• GGS 122 - Dynamic Geosphere and Ecosphere
• GGS 300 - Quantitative Methods for Geographical Analysis
• GGS 301 - Political Geography
• GGS 302 - Global Environmental Hazards
• GGS 303 - Conservation of Resources and Environment
• GGS 304 - Populations Dimensions of Global Change
• GGS 305 - Economic Geography
• GGS 306 - Urban Geography
• GGS 307 - Sustainable Development
• GGS 308 - Field Mapping Techniques
• GGS 309 - Meteorology and Climate
• GGS 310 - Introduction to Digital Cartography
• GGS 311 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• GGS 312 - Physical Climatology
• GGS 313 - GIS Applications for Earth Systems
• GGS 314 - Severe and Extreme Weather
• GGS 315 - Geography of the United States
• GGS 316 - Geography of Latin America
• GGS 319 - Air Pollution
• GGS 320 - Geography of Europe
• GGS 321 - Biogeography: Space, Time and Life
• GGS 322 - Issues in Global Change
• GGS 325 - Geography of North Africa and the Middle East
• GGS 330 - Geography of the Soviet Succession States
• GGS 333 - Issues in Regional Geography
• GGS 353 - Observations of the Earth and its Climate
• GGS 354 - Data Analysis and Global Change Detection Techniques
• GGS 357 - Structures in Urban Governance and Planning
• GGS 380 - Geography of Virginia
• GGS 398 - Selected Topics in Global Change
• GGS 399 - Selected Topics in Geography
• GGS 406 - Suburban Geography
• GGS 410 - Introduction to Hyperspectral Imaging
• GGS 411 - Advanced Digital Cartography
• GGS 412 - Air Photography Interpretation
• GGS 415 - Seminar in Geography
• GGS 416 - Satellite Image Analysis
• GGS 420 - Physiography of North America
• GGS 455 - Environmental Impact Assessment
• GGS 456 - Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation
• GGS 463 - Applied Geographic Information Systems
• GGS 480 - Internship in Geography
• GGS 490 - Practicum in Geographical Applications
• GGS 495 - Senior Research in Global and Environmental Change
• GGS 499 - Independent Study in Geography
• GGS 503 - Problems in Environmental Management
• GGS 505 - Transportation Geography
• GGS 520 - Geography for Teachers
• GGS 524 - Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics
• GGS 525 - Economics of Human/Environment Interactions
• GGS 531 - Land-Use Modeling Techniques and Applications
• GGS 533 - Issues in Regional Geography
• GGS 540 - Medical Geography
• GGS 550 - Geospatial Science Fundamentals
• GGS 551 - Thematic Cartography
• GGS 553 - Geographic Information Systems
• GGS 554 - History of Cartography
• GGS 557 - Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation
• GGS 560 - Quantitative Methods
• GGS 562 - Photogrammetry
• GGS 563 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
• GGS 575 - Reconstructing Past Environments: Seminar in Geoarchaeology
• GGS 579 - Remote Sensing
• GGS 581 - World Food and Population
• GGS 590 - Selected Topics in Geography
• GGS 600 - Communication Skills for Scientists
• GGS 603 - Geographic Perspectives on Complex Natural Resource Management
• GGS 605 - Socioeconomic Applications of GIS
• GGS 631 - Spatial Agent-Based Models of Human-Environment Interactions
• GGS 644 - Fundamentals and Interpretation of Imaging Radar
• GGS 650 - Introduction to GIS Algorithms and Programming
• GGS 653 - Geographic Information Analysis
• GGS 655 - Map Design
• GGS 656 - The Hydrosphere
• GGS 657 - The Lithosphere
• GGS 658 - Terrain Mapping
• GGS 660 - Automated Cartography
• GGS 661 - Map Projections and Coordinate Systems
• GGS 664 - Spatial Data Structures
• GGS 670 - Introduction to Atmosphere and Weather
• GGS 671 - Algorithms and Modeling in GIS
• GGS 674 - Environmental Impact Analysis
• GGS 680 - Earth Image Processing
• GGS 681 - Environmental Applications of Integrated Geographic Information Technologies
• GGS 684 - Selected Topics in Geospatial Intelligence
• GGS 685 - Capstone Course in Geoinformatics
• GGS 689 - Seminar in Geographic Thought and Methodology
• GGS 690 - Advanced Practicum in Geographical Applications
• GGS 695 - Internship in Geography
• GGS 698 - Directed Readings and Research
• GGS 704 - Spatial Analysis and Modeling of Population
• GGS 721 - Biogeography
• GGS 722 - Regional and Global Issues in the Earth Sciences
• GGS 725 - Advanced Hydrosphere
• GGS 740 - Hyperspectral Imaging Systems
• GGS 747 - Satellite Data Reception and Product Generation
• GGS 750 - Advanced Geographical Research Applications
• GGS 754 - Earth Science Data and Advanced Data Analysis
• GGS 756 - Physical Principles of Remote Sensing
• GGS 757 - Techniques and Algorithms in Earth Observing
• GGS 759 - Topics in Earth Systems Science
• GGS 760 - Advanced Remote Sensing Applications
• GGS 772 - Distributed Geographic Information Systems
• GGS 773 - Interoperability of Geographic Information Systems
• GGS 777 - Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards
• GGS 780 - Graduate Internship in Earth System Science
• GGS 785 - Geographic Field Work
• GGS 787 - Scientific Data Mining for Geoinformatics
• GGS 791 - Advanced Spatial Statistics
• GGS 792 - Seminar in Earth Systems Science
• GGS 795 - Seminar in Regional Analysis
• GGS 796 - Directed Readings and Research in Earth Systems Science
• GGS 798 - Research Project in Earth Systems Science
• GGS 799 - Thesis
• GGS 840 - Hyperspectral Imaging Applications
• GGS 854 - Air Pollution Dispersion
• GGS 855 - Introduction to Mesoscale Atmospheric Modeling
• GGS 900 - Colloquium Earth Systems Sciences
• GGS 998 - Dissertation Proposal
• GGS 999 - Dissertation