'This course is intended for students who, based on the results of their precalculus assessment and the agreement of the instructor, need to strengthen their quantitative and algebraic precalculus skills in order to be ready to progress to calculus. Features the study of functions, including trigonometric functions, the exponential function, and logarithms, and the phenomena they model.'

'This course provides support and mentoring for Geology and Geography majors as they pursue internships, summer jobs, independent research, and careers. Experiences will include: resume and communication workshops; self-reflection and sharing opportunities for students returning from internships, work experiences, and semesters abroad; guidance on preparing for, selecting, and applying to graduate school; information about careers in education and teacher licensure; and discussion of new research in Geology and Geography.'

'Offers an interdisciplinary perspective on social, economic, and political features of contemporary development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, regions referred to as the Third World or the South, and provides an introduction to theoretical origins and definitions of economic growth, development, and underdevelopment.

This course examines in detail the fabric of urban and suburban settlement and commerce in the pre and post WW-II U.S. Fieldtrips to the greater Springfield area are used to allow students to develop first-hand understanding of interactions between urban and suburban areas and to recognize the major changes to the human landscape driven by suburbanization and urban abandonment.

'A systematic introduction to the physical processes operating on the surface of the earth, their spatial variation and their contribution to the spatial patterning of life. The course stresses interactions among the earth's energy balance, weather, ecological resources and human impacts on environmental systems.'

'A systematic introduction to the processes operating on the surface of the earth, their spatial variation and their contribution to the spatial patterning of life on earth. The course stresses interactions among the earth's energy balance, weather, ecological resources and human impacts on environmental systems.'

'This course surveys the major geographic regions of the world in terms of environmental features and resource distributions, economic mainstays, population characteristics, cultural processes, social relationships, and patterns of urbanization and industrial growth. In addition to these topical foci, we use various sub-fields of geography to animate different regions. This approach provides a sense of depth while we also pursue a breadth of knowledge about the world.'

'How does culture influence cooperation and communication among NGOs, and transnational social movements operating in world politics? In exploring this question, this course provides an introduction to the study of culture focusing on sociological theories of social movements, ethnography, sociolinguistics and narrative analysis. First, we will look at culture as a set of discourses and practices structuring inter-state relations and trans-national floats of communication.