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• REC 402: Internship

  12.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  Placement in a recreation setting under the supervision of a recreation professional. A weekly seminar involves the agency supervisor, Faculty representative, and the student for lecture, discussion, and evaluation. Prerequisite:    REC 401
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• RGE 111: World Geography (G)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  (Global Studies Intensive Course) The relationship of people to their physical and cultural environment. Climate, landforms, vegetation, water and soil, and selected phases of economic activity are emphasized. Pre-Requisite: None (Global Studies and Social Science General Education Course)
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• RGE 121: Physical Geography (G)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  (Global Studies Intensive Course) This course presents the basic concepts of geography, focusing on the interaction of physical processes and systems, including, hydrology, meteorology, climatlolgy, vegetation, soils, geotheermal, and marine systems which chatacterize and shape the natural landscape. Pre-Requisite: None (Global Studies and Social Science General Education Course)
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• RGE 241: Geographic Information Systems I (I)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  (Information-Literacy Intensive Course) This course presents the basic concepts of geographic data management using geographic information systems. It introduces spatial data handling procedures, provides an overview of the uses of GIS and the major GIS application areas. A 1-credit laboratory to be taken concurrently accompanies this course. Pre-Requisite: None Co-Requisite: RGE242. (Intensive General Education Course)
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• RGE 242: Geographic Information Systems Lab I

  1.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  The course addresses fundamentals of geographic information science, projections, coordinate systems and the visual representation of spatial information, spatial data and basic spatial analysis and modeling. Students are instructed in the operations of a commercial desktop GIS (ArcGIS) which will include the display of data, operations on data tables, basic relational database operations and data capture. Pre-Requisite: None Co-Requiste:RGE241
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• RGE 258: GIS in Critical Thinking (W,G)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  (Writing Intensive Course), (Global Studies Intensive Course). This course focuses on applying critical thinking skills to geography and using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for spatial data interpretation. GIS enables digital storage and processing of spatial data, which permits more people to create new maps with new perspectives easily and rapidly. Each map carries its creator's perspective and a specific objective. Pre-Requisite: None (Social Science and Writing Intensive General Education Course)
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• RGE 310: World Region Geography

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introductory survey of world geography designed for general education purposes. Essential characteristics and major problems of the following regions: Europe, the former Soviet Union, Orient, Pacific World, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Anglo-America. Pre-Requisite: None
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• RGE 341: Geographic Information Systems II (I)

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  (Information-Literacy Intensive Course) This course covers processes of creating spatial data, and attribute entry into tables and continues presentation of spatial analysis techniques in addition to those covered in GIS Fundamentals I. Grid and raster operations, as well as network applications will be covered in detail. A 1-credit laboratory to be taken concurrently accompanies this course. Pre-Requisite: None Co-Requisite: RGE342 (Intensive General Education Course) Offered: Spring Term
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• RGE 342: Geographic Information Systems Lab II

  1.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course covers the processes of creating spatial data, and entering attribute data and continues presentation of spatial analysis techniques. Grid and raster operations, as well as network applications using Arcview's Spatial Analysis, Network Analyst and ArcGIS. Pre-Requisite: None Co-Requisite: RGE341 Offered: Spring Term
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• RGE 351: Geospatial Data Models

  3.00 Credits

  Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course covers the principles of database systems, object-oriented approaches to spatial entity modeling and data modeling. It provides the students with a working knowledge of entity-relationship data modeling. The course must also cover the evolution of the geo-relational data model and its subsequent evolution to the object-oriented data models of ArcGIS. Pre-Requisite: RGE 241.
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