Spatial Analysis (GEOG 349)

This course helps students to understand the geographical spatial analysis methods and learn practical skills in statistics using SPSS program, and GIS to discover features of spatial distribution. This course is designed to provide students with the skills and required knowledge to explore, understand, and interpret the spatial patterns of a geographical phenomenon. Furthermore, the course examine the essential theoretical concepts of quantitative geography, including spatial autocorrelation, measures of geographical distribution, and interpolation and network connectivity.

Geography of Transportation (GEOG 347)

Geography of transportation course focuses on the spatial aspects of transportation. The course will cover different topics such as the principles, development, structure, and location of world transportation. In addition, the course will introduce the significant role of transportation in moving people, goods, and ideas on different geographical scales. Other topics include transportation concepts, theories, methods, and models, the studying of network configuration and analysis, urban transportation, public transit, freight transportation, current problems and issues in the transport system at different geographical scales, traffic demand and supply, accessibility, and allocation of transport facilities.

Introduction to GIS (GEOG 346)

This course is divided into two parts: theory and practical parts. Theory section: covers the following topics: Concept of Geographic Information Systems (GIS): definition of GIS, technologies related to this system, fields of GIS application. Components of GIS which include five components: hardware (computers, units of data storage, entry and output), software, users (including management, professional and various users), data (their sources), and the GIS applications. GIS basic functions: data entry, management of data, data processing and analysis, and data output. Types of geographic data and their organization: main two types of data (raster and vector data), design and implementation of geodatabases. Methods for planning and implementing a successful GIS project using one of the available GIS systems in the department. Practical section: Training students on the preparation of a complete GIS workstation, develop student’s ability to analyze and compare different GIS systems available in the department to recognize their strengths and weaknesses. Hands-on experience on various methods of geodatabase design to hold geographic data of a project. Train students on mechanisms of data sharing and data conversions (due to the fact that most GIS data are held in different formats). Conduct all stages of a GIS project with local scenarios using one of the available GIS software packages.

General Geography (GEOG110)

This course will study the principles of general geography: Geographical thinking, branch definition and geographical interests and methodologies; Real facts about the planet Earth – universal and mathematical facts about planet Earth, also its climate and biological environment; humanities and economical geography such as population, type of populations, political group, natural resources and various economic activities.