| geomorphology | Second Year | The course aims to provide the students with the main concepts of this branch of geography and to gain the basic skills of field measurements related to the earth surface features. It includes the study of interior and exterior processes which affect the formulation of earth surface and the stages of this formulation through different periods of time. The students will prepare some reports depending on field studies and measurements. |
| applied geomorphology | Fourth Year | The course aims to provide the students with the suitable skills to apply geomorphology in different fields. It includes applying geomorphology on construction works and earth avalanches, and the studying of the ability of regions to civil and lousing usage. Students will prepare field studying and write some reports. |
| ecology | First Year | |
| remote sensing | Third Year | The course aims to provide the students with the basic concepts of Remote Sensing and to gain enough skills of its applications in different fields. It includes studying of the basic principles, the physical characteristics of atmosphere and earth surfaces and its effects on wave characteristics, methods of analyzing remote sensing data and its different use. Students will visit Jordan National Center for Remote Sensing and analyze some aerial photographs. |
| Research Methods Advanced | Master | The basic goal of this course is to introduce the students to the Inferential Statistics and its applications in the scientific researches. The objectives of this course are to acquaint students with the essential components of the data analysis techniques, to give them an opportunity to develop viable academic researches. The course structure includes review of descriptive statistics, sample theory, tests of hypotheses, regression analysis, and analysis of variance. Since the use of computer applications software has become a dominant of much of the analytical work done in the academic researches, an additional goal of the course will be to familiarize students with such computer applications. Finally, this course requires two exams and one term pap. |
| Remote Sensing & Environmental | Master | Students will be introduced to Remote sensing software. Students will use remote sensing and GIS techniques to explore and analyses environmental issue such as: soil erosion, air pollution, urban planning agriculture, hydrology, etc. |
| Environmental Issues Current | Master | The goal of this course is to inform students with the current Environmental issues resulting from the industrial revolution and the rapid population growth e.g. fossil fuel, introduction of new agents, the rapid demand on natural resource) . <br>Additionally the course will introduce the student to the concept, and components of the environment, energy cascading , and then divulge into the environmental problems at global, regional, and local scalar. The concept of the tragedy if the commons will be discussed in detail and its deleterious consequences the environment. Measures taken to alleviate mitigate the deleterious anthropogenic consequences on the environment. <br> |
| Remote Sensing | Master | The purpose of this course is to develop the application skills of the students in remote sensing. <br>The course contain the following items. <br>1.Practical exercises for image Enhancements <br>2. practical exercises of geometric corrections of aerial photos and satellite imagery <br>3. misaiming images <br>4. unsupervised classification <br>5. supervised classifications <br>6. raster to vector conversion <br>7. data output <br>8. scanning maps and aerial photos <br>9. digitizing data and creating layers <br>10. creating attributes <br>11. Calculating areas and lengths <br>12 data output <br> <br> <br> |
| Management of Arid Environmental | Master | The goal of this course is to study the main characteristics, resources and management <br>the arid lands. Details of this course is as follows: <br>- Definition and classification. <br>- The main characteristic of relief and sail. <br>- The main characteristic of climate and climatic change . <br>- Water resources and their problems. <br>- Vegetation and environmental system. <br>- Population and environmental control. <br>- Animal and environmental control. <br>- strategies of resource use in past and present. <br>- Models and philosophies of resource usage. <br>- Resource Management, theories, policies, strategies, and problems. <br>- Resource use and misuse and alternative use. <br> <br> |
| Terrain Classification Systems &Evaluation | Master | The purpose of this course is to define the terrain classification systems which used to classified terrain into levels depended on its characteristics such as: location, Climate ,structure, landforms, physical limitations, and chemical limitations using local, or international classification systems. the aim of course also is terrain evaluations to teach the students the way of using aerial and satellite imagery to define terrain characteristics and use GIS as a tool to define the best area for use. In addition, to train the students how to applied the field survey to collect data. |
| Terrain Analysis | Fourth Year | The course aims to use the geographic knowledge and skills which gained by the students in analyzing and evaluation the geographic regions. It includes the concept of terrain analysis, its evaluation, systems and applications in different areas as terrain analysis changes and explanation by using aerial photography and field survey the study of natural hazards in addition to the limitation of soil erodability. The students will prepare their reports after field visits. |
| Water Basins | Fourth Year | This course aims to provide the students with knowledge about water basins in Jordan and their importance in many aspects of life. It includes the studying of the geographic nature of the water basins, feeding regions, the main problems of them and the methods of decreasing the effects of these problems. Students will write some reports depending on field works. |
| Using Statistical Methods in Geography | Second Year | The course aims to provide the students with the main principles of statistical methods and their use in geography, it includes data collecting, classification, analyzing and explaining, in addition to measurements of tendency and divergence. The students will apply these methods on selected geographic problems. |
| Water Resources | Third Year | The course aims to provide the students with the main principles of statistical methods and their use in geography, it includes data collecting, classification, analyzing and explaining, in addition to measurements of tendency and divergence. The students will apply these methods on selected geographic problems. |
| Geography of Jordan | First Year | The course aims to provide the students with information about the geographic features of Jordan and to gain the skills which help them to deal with these features and the available resources. It includes the study of natural situations, analyzing of production and its obstacles, population and cities in addition to some environmental problems. The students will visit some selected locations and prepare some reports related to the contents. |