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3.00 Credits
A. Burnett, P. Scull This course focuses on the theory, function, and application of geographic information systems (GIS). The analytical powers of GIS are rooted in its ability to manage large volumes of geographically referenced data representing both physical and social characteristics. As such, GIS has become an important analytical approach in most subfields of geography. This course begins with an examination of basic mapping concepts, geographic data issues, symbolism, and generalization. Course emphasis then shifts to issues in GIS data structure, collection, and input. Once a solid understanding of these GIS foundation issues is achieved, course attention turns to the analytical powers and applications of GIS. These topics are reinforced by a series of exercises dealing with local geographic data. The course makes use of the ArcView geographic information system and involves map digitization, geographic data collection (using global positioning systems, satellite imagery, and aerial photography), database management, and spatial analysis. (Formerly GEOG 345).
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3.00 Credits
Staff These courses offer students with suitable preparation opportunities for pursuing individual study under the guidance of a member of the staff. Permission of both the staff member and the department chair is required.
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3.00 Credits
M. Hays-Mitchell, D. Monk As the 21st century unfolds, we encounter a complex political-geographical landscape. Although the globalization of issues and reorganization of the world requires cooperation among diverse entities (e.g., IGOs, NGOs, states, grassroots movements) across various geographical scales (e.g., local to global), it often involves divisiveness, dispute, violence, and conflict. Conflicts over natural resources and territory - and the wealth and power they confer - are an increasingly prominent feature of the global landscape. This course applies a critical geopolitical lens to contemporary issues such as globalization, sustainability, environmental security, terrorism, human rights, post-conflict reconstruction/reconciliation, and alternative spaces of resistance.
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3.00 Credits
J. Graybill This course is an exploration of contemporary urban geography and academic writing about the city. It introduces students to the ways in which urban geography has played a role, along with other disciplines that focus on the urban, in understanding cities and the issues that surround them. This includes an examination of how cities are conceived, lived, and represented. The course investigates the following topics: What are the various ways that people create, and attempt to materialize, their geographical imaginations of what they want the city to be What are the ways in which different social groups make claims on space and place, and how does the scale at which these activities occur have effects What are the critical questions to ask about urban landscapes today How would you formulate a research proposal on such topics The course offers a theoretical and practical framework within which to examine the city as a site of socio-cultural and political-economic transformation. In this framework, students analyze how the state, market, and civil society intersect, and how this has changed over the 20th century in the U.S. and other parts of the world. (Formerly GEOG 331).
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3.00 Credits
J. Graybill This course focuses on the restructuring of American cities in the late 20th century and the implications of that restructuring for the well-being of urban residents. Topics emphasized include the decentralization of people and jobs out of central cities and northeastern metropolitan areas, racial residential segregation, inner-city gentrification, urban public service provision issues, the role of new (Latin American and Asian) urban immigrants, and feminist perspectives on the American city.
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3.00 Credits
E. Kraly This course analyzes the role of population dynamics in ecological, social, and economic organization and change. Methods of incorporating demographic analysis into scientific and policy research are introduced. Approaches to assessing the implications of population growth are studied. The course considers the relationship of population to a range of policy concerns including environmental change, social welfare, and security; the status of women; poverty and economic development; and race and ethnic relations. This course is crosslisted as SOAN 314.
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3.00 Credits
E. Kraly This course considers patterns of spatial and social distribution of disease and of health and medical resources. Alternative analytical approaches to describing and explaining these patterns of distribution are demonstrated. Selected topics include disease systems and disease ecology, the population analysis of mortality and morbidity, environmental influences on health, and the distribution and accessibility of health resources. Examples are drawn from both contemporary and historical societies throughout the world.
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3.00 Credits
E. Kraly This course integrates geographic perspectives on population dynamics, social justice, and human rights to consider theoretical, policy, and ethical dimensions of population vulnerability. Beginning initially from the perspective of population geography, the concept of population vulnerability refers to populations and communities that suffer heightened risks of morbidity, mortality, dislocation from home and homelands, dispossession from cultural and environmental resources, and risks to family welfare and formation. Analytic approaches to the geographic study of vulnerable populations are evaluated in relationship to selected cases such as displaced populations and refugees, health and health care in conflict and post-conflict societies, and legacies of dispossession of indigenous peoples and the Stolen Generation of Australia. Students participate in local and international service learning projects in relationship to the themes of the course. This course is crosslisted as PEAC 317.
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3.00 Credits
E. Kraly This course introduces students to approaches to the study of international migration, immigrant assimilation and adjustment, ethnic social and economic stratification, and immigration policy formation and analysis. These topics are explored within the historical and contemporary context of the United States and New York. The class considers theoretical perspectives that have been applied to the study of migration as well as approaches used by sociologists and geographers in empirical analyses of U.S. immigration, immigrant populations, and ethnic relations. These analytical issues are considered in detail for immigrant and ethnic groups within New York State and the New York metropolitan community. Finally, students consider the relationships among patterns of immigration and ethnic relations, cultural change, international relations and transnational linkages, and U.S. immigration policy reform. Prerequisite: GEOG 111 ( formerly GEOG 101) or SOAN 101 or SOAN 102. This course is crosslisted as SOAN 318.
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3.00 Credits
M. Hays-Mitchell This course approaches international development via geography's integrative perspective. It analyzes the concepts of development, sustainability, and underdevelopment as well as the evolution of development theory, policy, and praxis. Particular attention focuses on contemporary issues of sustainable development such as population pressure, environmental degradation, agricultural development and food security, population displacement, rapid urbanization, the informal sector, transnational corporations, and grassroots social movements. The course places the study of development within a global framework, considering further the impact of colonialism, economic restructuring, the role of international organizations, and the implications of international economic and environmental policy for developing countries. Students have the opportunity to apply the concepts studied to specific developing countries or international issues of their choice.
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