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284 Geology<br />

Margaret Swain, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor<br />

(Anthropology)<br />

Susan Ustin, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Land, Air, and Water Resources)<br />

Stefano Varese, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Native American Studies)<br />

Charles Walker, Ph.D., Associate Professor (History)<br />

Wesley W. Wallender, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Land, Air, and Water Resources)<br />

Miriam J. Wells, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Human and Community Development)<br />

Diane Wolf, Ph.D., Professor (Sociology)<br />

Truman Young, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Environmental Horticulture)<br />

Minghua, Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor<br />

(Land Air and Water Resources)<br />

Emeriti Faculty<br />

Thomas A. Cahill, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus<br />

Dennis Dingemans, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />

Emeritus (Geography)<br />

Jack Ives, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus<br />

Stephen Jett, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus<br />

Robert L. Thayer, Jr., M.A., Professor Emeritus<br />

Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />

Emeritus<br />

Affiliated Faculty<br />

James Grieshop, Ph.D., Specialist, Cooperative<br />

Extension (Human and Community Development)<br />

Eric Larsen, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist,<br />

(Landscape Architecture)<br />

Greg McPherson, Ph.D., Researcher/Lecturer<br />

(Western Center for Urban Forest Research and<br />

Education)<br />

Charlene Sailor, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist<br />

Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, Ph.D., Specialist<br />

(Cooperative Extension Specialist in Nutrition)<br />

Graduate Study. The Graduate Group in Geography<br />

offers programs of study and research leading<br />

to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Faculty and students<br />

share a common interest in spatial interaction<br />

between humans and the biophysical environment.<br />

Areas of thematic emphasis include biogeography,<br />

gender geography, agricultural geography, medicalnutritional<br />

geography, tourism, and environmental<br />

geography. Current research project locales include<br />

the Caribbean, eastern Europe and Russia, China,<br />

Japan, Africa, Latin America, and the United States<br />

(especially California).<br />

Preparation. Most students considered for admission<br />

will have an undergraduate major in geography<br />

or in a closely related field. <strong>General</strong>ly, a student<br />

without an undergraduate degree in geography will<br />

be required to complete the equivalent of a minor in<br />

geography, consisting of one course each in human<br />

geography, physical geography and geographic<br />

methods, plus an additional 9 units of geographic<br />

coursework. The student's guidance committee must<br />

certify fulfillment of this requirement.<br />

The wide faculty interests attract a diverse set of students<br />

in such areas as biogeography, urban forestry<br />

and related natural science and engineering fields,<br />

as well as human geography and related social science<br />

fields. A number of faculty members use and<br />

teach geographic information systems, remote sensing,<br />

and related geographic techniques, and many<br />

have a strong field orientation as well. The strengths<br />

of the <strong>Davis</strong> campus and its faculty enable the program<br />

to focus on several areas of emphasis where<br />

faculty expertise and student interest is greatest: biogeography,<br />

zoogeography, environmental and natural<br />

resource geography, gender and geography,<br />

tourism, agricultural geography and landscape<br />

architecture.<br />

Graduate Adviser. S. Brush (Human and Community<br />

Development), D. MacCannell (Landscape<br />

Architecture).<br />

Courses in Geography (GEO)<br />

Graduate Courses<br />

200A. Research Trends in Geography (1)<br />

Seminar—1 hour. Major current research themes<br />

and trends in geography. (S/U grading only.)<br />

200B. Geographical Concepts (4)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: undergraduate<br />

course work in geography or consent of<br />

instructor; graduate standing. Survey of key concepts<br />

and thematic content of the discipline of geography,<br />

including the role of science and humanism,<br />

the classical context of the discipline, and process,<br />

structure and scale.—I. (I.) Dingemans<br />

200C. Theory and Practice of Geography<br />

(4)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate<br />

standing. Development of geographical theory; key<br />

concepts and theories; their chronology, and application<br />

to the practice of geography. Analytical background<br />

to geographical theory; application of<br />

theory to geographical practice and research<br />

projects.—II. (II.) Momsen<br />

200D. Research Methods in Geography (4)<br />

Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate<br />

standing, courses 200B and 200C, or consent of<br />

instructor. Survey of research methods in geography,<br />

including the use of logic, theory and paradigms,<br />

research design, and analytical techniques, including<br />

statistics and modeling.—III. (III.)<br />

201. Sources and <strong>General</strong> Literature of<br />

Geography (4)<br />

Discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing<br />

in geography; consent of instructor. Designed for students<br />

preparing for higher degrees in geography.<br />

May be repeated for credit in one or more of the following<br />

subfields: physical, cultural, economic,<br />

urban, historical, political, conservation, and<br />

regional geography.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />

210. Topics in Biogeography (3)<br />

Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:<br />

Evolution and Ecology 147 or Wildlife, Fish, and<br />

Conservation Biology 156 (may be taken concurrently)<br />

or equivalent; consent of instructor for undergraduates.<br />

Current topics in historical and<br />

ecological biogeography, including macroecology<br />

and areography, GIS and remote sensing, phylogeography,<br />

vegetation, plant and animal community<br />

and species geography. Systematics, climate<br />

change, and conservation will be addressed.<br />

Offered in alternate years.—II. Shapiro<br />

280. Field Studies in Geography (3)<br />

Lecture—1 hour; fieldwork—6 hours. Prerequisite:<br />

undergraduate or graduate coursework in geography<br />

and consent of instructor. A topic or subdiscipline<br />

of geography will form the theme for the course<br />

in any given offering, with a focus on current<br />

research on this topic, field methodologies, and data<br />

analysis in human and physical geography. May be<br />

repeated two times for credit. Limited enrollment.<br />

—III. (III.) Elliott-Fisk<br />

290. Seminar: Selected Regions (4)<br />

Seminar—3 hours. Region to be announced annually.—I,<br />

II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />

291. Seminar in Cultural Geography (4)<br />

Seminar—3 hours.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />

292. Seminar in Plant Geography (4)<br />

Seminar—3 hours; seminar paper. Prerequisite:<br />

graduate standing. Examination of that aspect of cultural<br />

plant geography dealing with human impacts<br />

and vegetation change in the earth’s major biomes.<br />

Particular emphasis on the New World’s savannas,<br />

deserts, and grasslands. Offered in alternate<br />

years.—I.<br />

293. Graduate Internship (1-12)<br />

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Individually<br />

designed, supervised internship, off campus, in community<br />

or institutional setting. Developed with advice<br />

of faculty mentor. May be repeated for credit. (S/U<br />

grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />

295. Seminar in Urban Geography (4)<br />

Seminar—3 hours.—II. (II.)<br />

297. Graduate Group in Geography<br />

Seminar (2)<br />

Lecture/discussion—1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite:<br />

graduate standing. Seminars by <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> faculty<br />

and prominent national and international<br />

scholars; research presentations by Graduate Group<br />

in Geography Ph.D. candidates. May be repeated<br />

for credit. (S/U grading only.)<br />

298. Group Study (1-5)<br />

Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading<br />

only.)<br />

299. Research (1-12)<br />

(S/U grading only.)<br />

299D. Individual Study (1-12)<br />

Prerequisite: graduate student status in Geography<br />

and consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)<br />

Professional Course<br />

396. Teaching Assistant Training Practicum<br />

(1-4)<br />

Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated<br />

for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)<br />

Geology<br />

(College of Letters and Science)<br />

Louise H. Kellogg, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Department<br />

David A. Osleger, Ph.D., Vice-Chairperson of the<br />

Department<br />

Department Office. 174 Physics/Geology<br />

Building<br />

(530) 752-0350; http://www.geology.ucdavis.edu<br />

Faculty<br />

Magali I. Billen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

Sandra J. Carlson, Ph.D., Professor<br />

William H. Casey, Ph.D., Professor (Chemistry)<br />

Kari M. Cooper, Ph.D. Assistant Professor<br />

Eric S. Cowgill, Ph.D. Assistant Professor<br />

Howard W. Day, Ph.D., Professor<br />

John F. Dewey, Ph.D., Professor<br />

James A. Doyle, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Evolution and Ecology)<br />

Graham E. Fogg, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Land, Air, and Water Resources)<br />

Tessa M. Hill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

Louise H. Kellogg, Ph.D., Professor<br />

Charles E. Lesher, Ph.D., Professor<br />

James S. McClain, Ph.D., Professor,<br />

Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award<br />

Isabel P. Montañez, Ph.D., Professor<br />

Ryosuke Motani, Ph.D. Associate Professor<br />

Jeffrey F. Mount, Ph.D., Professor<br />

Alexandra Navrotsky, Ph.D., Professor<br />

(Thermochemistry Facility, Chemistry)<br />

David A. Osleger, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />

John B. Rundle, Ph.D., Professor (Physics, Computational<br />

Science and Engineering)<br />

James R. Rustad, Ph.D., Professor<br />

Peter Schiffman, Ph.D., Professor<br />

Howard J. Spero. Ph.D., Professor<br />

Dawn Y. Sumner, Ph.D., Professor<br />

Donald L. Turcotte, Ph.D., Professor<br />

Geerat J. Vermeij, Ph.D., Professor<br />

Kenneth L. Verosub, Ph.D., Professor,<br />

Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award<br />

Qing-zhu Yin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br />

Robert A. Zierenberg, Ph.D., Professor<br />

Emeriti Faculty<br />

Richard Cowen, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer Emeritus,<br />

Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award<br />

Charles G. Higgins, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus<br />

Robert A. Matthews, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer Emeritus<br />

Eldridge M. Moores, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus<br />

Robert J. Twiss, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus<br />

The Major Programs<br />

“Civilization exists by geological consent—subject to<br />

change without notice.”—Will Durant<br />

Geology is the study of the Earth, and in particular<br />

the history, the structure, the evolution of life, and the<br />

processes that have molded the Earth and its inhabitants.<br />

The coming of the space age has also<br />

extended the field to include the solid planets of the<br />

Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-<strong>2008</strong> offering in parentheses<br />

<strong>General</strong> Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience

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