• Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research (GEOG 585)
      -Application of statistical techniques to geographic research. Simple and multiple regressions, correlation, classification, factor analysis and principle component analysis, spatial statistics, geographically weighted regression (GWR).
      -Lectures, labs, home assignments, exam, and project.
    • Spatial Data Analysis (GEOG 385)
      -Analysis of spatially distributed data including computer applications. Spatial sampling, spatial descriptive statistics for point and areal data, inferential statistics, use of maps in data analysis.
      -Lectures, home assignments, and exams.
    • Landscape Modeling and Simulation (seminar GEOG 780)
      -Exploration of various approaches to modeling and simulating landscape patterns and changes driven by human and ecological processes: terrain modeling, multinomial and binomial logistic regressions in habitat analysis, cellular automata models, Markov chain models, survival analysis, agent-based modeling, and spatial model validation.
      -Lectures, labs, home assignments, and project.
    • Landscape Ecology (GEOG 596)
      -Theories, techniques, and frontiers in landscape ecology, applications of landscape ecology in natural resources/environment management and conservation.
      -Lectures, class presentations, final paper, and labs.