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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Any GEOG course or consent of instructor This course describes problems of environmental justice as they affect disadvantaged populations. The course reviews the history of this social movement in the U.S. It then examines studies that link the environmental and civil rights movements in recent years and that describe the major problems of identifying environmental injustice both in categorical terms and as a spatial issue. Special attention is given to spatial measurement issues. Alternate years, fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Any GEOG course This course is focused on the maps, globes, and other geographic learning material that are used in developing and extending geographic knowledge and insight. Current techniques and alternative frameworks in the field of geographic education are emphasized. The course details an examination of the strategies, texts, materials and media that can be used to enhance the teaching and learning of geography within our schools. It closely integrates geographic content and teaching methods so that a truly geographic view of the world can be developed in the classroom. Offered alternate years, spring semester. (Formerly GEOG 320)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Any GEOG or ECON course or consent of instructor The geographical analysis of the distribution of economic activities such as production, exchange and consumption is presented in this course. Here we examine the principles underlying spatial variations in land use and economic development at the local, national and international levels. Fall semester. (Formerly GEOG 362)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Any GEOG course or consent of instructor The geographic aspects of the city including location, function, land-use patterns and interaction. Fieldwork focuses on current problems facing urban life. Fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 353 A geography analysis of local urban areas and their problems, and the application of concepts learned in GEOG 353. Hours will be arranged.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Any GEOG or POLI course The course examines the variation of politically organized areas and their relationships to each other. The focus is on the interaction of geographical factors (distance, location and distribution) and political process. Emphasis is on both state and non-state agents in the political arrangement of space. Fall semester. (Formerly GEOG 473)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GEOG 290 or consent of instructor The spatial approach is utilized to analyze retail, industrial, and public utility location. Topics covered include demographic analysis, retail structure, location factors and economic development. Alternate years, fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Any GEOG course or consent of instructor This course will provide a spatial understanding of the role of transportation and interaction. It will provide an analysis of the importance of location relative to economic activities, development of distribution systems, flow analysis, effectiveness of distribution systems and the impact of transport systems on economic development. (Formerly GEOG 430)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a survey of the regional geography of the Middle East including the physical setting, environmental issues, economic development and the evolution of the Middle Eastern landscape and cultures. Special emphasis will be placed on current geopolitical issues in the region. Alternate fall semesters. (CGCL; CMCL; CSOC)
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a survey of the physical and human geography of South Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka. This course emphasizes the region’s major environmental, economic and cultural geography patterns, processes and issues. Problems related to religious, ethnic and linguistic diversity are examined in the context of modernization and economic development. Interrelationships between South Asian nations will also be explored. (CGCL; CMCL; CSOC)
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