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3.00 Credits
M. Hays-Mitchell This course explores the ways in which physical and social environments shape, and are shaped by, the roles of women and men in society. Because most geographical literature emphasizes men's activities and perceptions, emphasis is on the ways in which incorporation of women's perspectives and activities can significantly alter, augment, and advance the understandings of the complex, yet fundamental, relationship between human activities and the environment. Social and environmental processes that underlie the construction of gender and the life-worlds of women, men, and children in distinct geographical contexts are examined. Specific issues addressed include examination of the social construction of gender and of nature, ecological feminisms, and the gendered dimensions of development, the global economy, environmental justice, political space, and violence. (Formerl y GEOG 304).
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3.00 Credits
J. Graybill With half of the world's population living in and around cities, the needs of urban-based populations and economies dominate non-urban peoples, places, and habitats worldwide. This course begins with an introduction to political ecology, a body of knowledge combining political economy and cultural ecology. Political economy is the study of how different societies are connected globally, and cultural ecology is the study of the relationship between a society and its natural environment. Although political ecology largely focuses on places and cultures of "pristine" or "native" nature in "other" countries, this course turns to urban settings to explore how people understand urban areas and what their relationship to the environment in these areas is. Case studies of specific places (from small cities in upstate New York to global cities in distant countries) are used to learn about urban political ecological issues through readings, assignments, discussion, and interaction with local/regional experts on urban environmental problems. Students apply their knowledge about urban political ecology both collaboratively, in a final project conducted in a workshop-type setting, and individually, in a final term paper. (Fo rmerly GEOG
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3.00 Credits
P. Klepeis As awareness of global environmental problems grows, questions arise as to how social, cultural, and biophysical contexts define how humans use and manage natural resources, on both community and national scales of analysis. This course uses geographic perspectives on nature-society interactions to consider the decision-making processes of natural resource managers, from local farmers to policy actors at the national and international levels. Case studies in Africa and Latin America are used to explore the environmental (biophysical) and political constraints on the management of natural resources. (Formerly GEOG 332).
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3.00 Credits
P. Klepeis Water, perhaps more than any other natural substance, acts as a direct link between society, the individual, and the natural environment. Using this as an underlying theme, the course examines a range of thematic issues including the physical nature of water and the fundamentals of hydrologic processes, the role of water resource development in the emergence of human civilization, water's capacity to transmit environmental pollution throughout ecosystems and across political boundaries, and the impending global crisis of water scarcity. (Formerly GEOG 215).
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3.00 Credits
P. Klepeis Environmental hazards are threats to people and the things they value. Hazards are a complex mix of natural processes and human actions; thus, they do not just happen, but are caused. This course emphasizes the role of social institutions, technology, and human behavior in hazard creation, as well as ways in which society responds to hazards of various origins (e.g., natural phenomena, technological sources, biologic agents, social disruptions, and chronic phenomena such as poverty). A key theme explores ways in which society may mitigate the risk of environmental hazards and manage hazards more effectively. (Formerly GEOG 302).
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0.50 Credits
E. Kraly The intellectual goal of this 0.50-credit extended study course is to address issues of both population vulnerabilities and cultural resilience by considering Aborigines in Australia, and specifically engaging the historical geography and the contemporary experience of the Noongar community in Western Australia. Three themes form the curricular program of the extended study. 1) Students study the historical geography of Aborigines in Australia within the context of European colonization and settlement, federation and nation-building. These issues are framed using concepts of population vulnerability, environmental impact, and cultural heritage and identity at the national, regional and local geographic scales. 2) Students study the impacts of national, regional, and local policies directed toward indigenous peoples on Aboriginal families and children, given particular focus to programs concerning part-Aboriginal children, Australia's "Stolen Generations." 3) Students learn the ways in which Aboriginal culture and "care for country" has remained resilient across time, space, and generations. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. This course is crossliste d as PEAC 3
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3.00 Credits
A. Burnett This course focuses on the principles of meteorology and climatology with particular emphasis on Earth/energy dynamics, atmospheric circulation, and middle latitude climatology. Elements of Earth's energy system are used first to establish the basic causal forces that drive all weather phenomena. These concepts are extended into a section on atmospheric forces and thermodynamics, and used ultimately to build an understanding of the middle latitude climate system, including middle tropospheric circulation vorticity concepts and surface cyclone and anticyclone development. During this process, students perform several exercises that focus on atmospheric data analysis and forecasting. These exercises make use of the geography department's digital facsimile weather map system and the McIDAS computerized atmospheric data analysis. (Formerl y GEOG 301).
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3.00 Credits
P. Scull This course focuses on the factors that influence soil distributions at scales ranging from a hillside to an entire continent. The course begins with an introduction to soil morphology and genesis as a means to begin to understand the spatial variability of different soil properties. These concepts are extended into a section on soil geomorphology and the role soils play in global change research. Additional topics to be emphasized include soil survey and predictive soil mapping. Throughout the course students perform exercises and/or participate in field excursions that focus on learning how to differentiate soils on the landscape. (Formerly GEOG 323). Prerequisites: GEOG 131 (formerly GEOG 102) or permission from instructor. No first-year students.
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3.00 Credits
P. Scull This course focuses on the factors that influence plant and animal distributions at scales ranging from population to biome. To set the stage for discussing the geography of life, the course first examines the earth's physical setting. This leads to consideration of the fundamental processes determining plant and animal distributions. The interactions among these processes are also examined, thereby introducing the concept of the ecosystem. The functions of an ecosystem are discussed with focuses on energy and matter flow, population dynamics, succession, and disturbance. The culmination of these processes is reflected in broad-scale geographic patterns. Thus, the characteristics of the major biomes are examined. Finally, because humans and the environment are inextricably linked, this course explores several impacts humans have on the landscape, including fragmentation, extinction, and species introductions. (Formerly GEOG 306).
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3.00 Credits
Staff The senior seminar focuses on emerging research within a subfield of contemporary geography chosen by the instructor. Students identify and pursue advanced work on topics within that subfield. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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