SJS 205 - Economic Geography

Institution:

Point Park University

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Description:

This class surveys an array of approaches geographers us to study the spatiality of economic activity, from the motions of various workers to the locational choices of multinational corporations. It offers a critical analysis of the geography of the contemporary economy as it operates in our daily lives and the world beyond us. Focusing on the way that components of the economy move-geographically, historically, qualitatively, and quantitatively- from the sphere of production to those of exchange, consumption, distribution, reproduction, and back to production, the course uncovers the manner in which the economy is inherently geographical. Course Objectives 1) Identify basic economic concepts, including production, consumption, exchange, distribution, and investment. 2) Explain fundamental geographical concepts such as space, place, location, territory, landscape, borders, and mobility. 3) Distinguish between different theoretical approaches of economic geography. 4) Investigate a real-world case study of economic geography. 5) Apply an understanding of economic geography to a real world case study of economic geography.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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