Faculty of Arts
Geography
Physical Geography
Physical Geography.
This Lumen Learning text covers some of the concepts of first-year physical geography with a balance of application and theory.
Includes: summaries, examples, videos, and graphics.
Introduction to Human Geography
By: David Dorrell, University System of Georgia – Georgia Gwinnett College
This physical geography text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in human geography, from migration to agriculture.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries.
Attribution: Introduction to Human Geography by David Dorrell, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Physical Geology (2nd Edition)
By: Steven Earle, Thompson Rivers University
Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departments at Universities and Colleges across British Columbia and elsewhere.
Includes: applications, chapter summaries, exercises, and solutions.
Attribution: Physical Geology – 2nd Edition by Steven Earle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
World Geography
World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization
This world geography text has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers introductory concepts in geography, from North American geography to African geography.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries.
Attribution: World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information System Basics
By: Jonathan E. Campbell, UCLA, Michael Shin, UCLA
This geographic information systems text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in GIS, from augmented maps to vector files.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries.
Attribution: Geographic Information System Basics by Jonathan E. Campbell, and Michael Shin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Nature of Geographic Information
By: David DiBiase, Penn State
This world GIS text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in GIS, from data and information geography to integrating geographic data.
Includes: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries.
Attribution: Nature of Ge