Geography 111 - Global Change:Geographic Perspectives

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Colgate University

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M. Hays-Mitchell This course uses the geographic perspective as a vehicle to enrich students' critical understanding of several dimensions of contemporary global change. The course examines, in sequence, geo-demographic, geo-economic, geo-political, geo-cultural, and geo-environmental change. These segments include topics such as population growth and international migration, infectious disease epidemics, the dynamics and consequences of foreign direct investment, democratization, nationality-based conflict, the cultural impacts of global media, global warming, and the biodiversity crisis. Examples of these phenomena and their consequences are drawn from various geographic settings. (Formerly GEOG 101).

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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