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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the three main fields of physical geography (climatology, biogeography, and geomorphology) from an integrated earth systems viewpoint. The major world climate, vegetation, soil and landform regions are treated as process-response systems whose physical patterns and interrelationships, causes, and significance are examined. Includes assessments of the role of human impacts for global and regional change.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the main fields of human geography, (including population, cultural, economic, urban, and political geography), focusing on the disciplinary themes of place, space and landscape. The themes are applied at a variety of scales, from local to global. A Gog 102Z is a writing intensive version of A Gog 102; only one may be taken for credit.
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4.00 Credits
A Gog 102Z is a writing intensive version of A Gog 102; only one may be taken for credit. May not be offered in 2008-2009.
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3.00 Credits
Reviews social, economic, political and physical characteristics of American cities resulting from key events (e.g. industrial development, European immigration, suburbanization, the Civil Rights Movement). Examines the relationship between these events and current urban issues. Specific topics include: de-industrialization, women in the workforce, homelessness, poverty, environmental degradation, health care, and AIDS. Considers the influence of race, ethnicity, class and gender factors on the character of cities. [DP US*]
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the human and physical geography of China. After a brief survey of China's historical geography and development, the course focuses on post-liberation China and the urban, economic, social and demographic problems associated with modernization. A Eac 160Z & A Gog 160Z are the writing intensive versions of A Eac 160 & A Gog 160; only one of the four courses may be taken for credit.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history of the Asian experience in the United States (especially that of the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian communities). Topics include immigration, legal status, the transformation of Asian-American communities, their relationship with their native lands, and Asian-American self-representation in literature and film.
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3.00 Credits
Uses laboratory work and local field excursions to give students "hands-on" experience in physical geography and environmental sciences. Focuses on human impacts on the environment and on problems of environmental contamination. Prerequisite or co-requisite: A Gog 101. A Gog 220 Introductory Urban? Geography (3) Introductory survey of findings and theory of urban geography, which deals with the form and function of cities. Major themes include: history of urban form; spatial structure of modern urban systems; and the internal structure of the city, emphasizing social and economic patterns.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the geography of cities around the world and to the role of cities in the world system. Covers: origins and spread of urbanism in different cultural settings; levels of urbanization in space and time; urban form and land-use; rural-urban interaction; city systems and megacities; distinctive features of contemporary American cities.
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4.00 Credits
A Gog 225Z is the writing intensive version of A Gog 225; only one of the two courses may be taken for credit.?
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a survey of immigration to the United States, focusing on key characteristics of immigrant groups and their cultures, in relation to both their places of origin and their destinations in this country.
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