Intensive first-year seminar focused on specific themes and/or disciplinary perspectives. Emphasis on developing critical reading and writing skills, substantive revision, information literacy, and analytical thinking. First-year seminars are frequently organized to meet one of the disciplinary Catamount Core requirements. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years.

Intensive course in a broad disciplinary area (humanities, social sciences, arts, or natural sciences). Part of an integrated first-year experience in which students take 2-4 classes exploring aesthetic, humanistic, social, linguistic, environmental, or scientific issues. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Co-requisite: Enrollment in the appropriate Liberal Arts Scholars Program.

Introduction to the fundamentals of weather, climate, landform evolution, and plant distribution using a systems approach. Focus on variation in processes over space and time.

Introduction to Geography from global, place-based, cultural, and socio-environmental perspectives.

Examination of the ways in which spatial and locational processes shape and are shaped by ethnic and racial identities, struggles, and relationships. Cross-listed with: CRES 1861.

Introduction to the principles and practices of Urban, Rural, and Community Planning. Students explore how design, policy, and civic engagement shape communities, with a focus on U.S. planning history and contemporary issues. Vermont case studies ground theoretical concepts in real-world practice. Through lectures, discussions, readings, and experiential projects, students will learn how planning can serve a role in shaping sustainability, equity, and community well-being.

Examinations of the earth's surface from aerial photographs and satellite imagery. Emphasis is on image interpretation, classification, change detection, multivariate analysis (e.g. principal components analysis). Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Cross-listed with: NR 2460.

Covers data collection, analysis, and representation techniques for qualitative data with emphasis on critical perspectives and cutting-edge practices, such as participatory mapping and mixed-methods approaches. Prerequisite: Minimum Sophomore standing.

Global, national and local scale study of rural landscapes, cultures, social issues, and environmental concerns. Prerequisite: GEOG 1760 or GEOG 1780. Cross-listed with: ENVS 2433.

Analysis of spatial pattern and interaction through quantitative statistical models; application of GIS to statistical modeling. Prerequisites: GEOG 1500, GEOG 2510, NR 2430, ENSC 2300, or GEOL 2525.

Advanced offerings on topics related to the geographies of health and well-being, with attention to the intersection of health with social, economic, and spatial processes. Representative topics: Healthy Cities. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisites: Vary with course content; minimum Junior standing; GEOG 2782 recommended.

On-site supervised work experience combined with a structured academic learning plan directed by a faculty member or a faculty-staff team in which a faculty member is the instructor of record, for which academic credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.

Undergraduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.

Undergraduate student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory-level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.

College honors thesis or other department/program honors, under the supervision of a faculty member. Offered at department discretion.