A survey of the linguistic map of the world, examining how languages are genetically classified and how different languages evolve. Principles underlying different writing systems and the decipherment of historical documents. Issues of languages in contact, minority language endangerment, language death and the role of English as a world language. Recommended but not required for an honours, major, or minor in linquistics or speech sciences.

Water cycle and role of water in the environment and environmental engineering. Physical and statistical prediction methods for design related to hydrologic systems; precipitation; evaporation; snow hydrology; infiltration and base flow; surface runoff; channel and storage routing; unit hydrograph methods.

Concepts of fisheries co-management with a focus on the North Pacific Coast; examples of other comanagement structures regionally and internationally.

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Advanced topics and techniques in remote sensing and image processing.