Courses

Examines geographical patterns of health and disease with an emphasis on global health issues. Focuses on three major approaches to medical geographic research: ecological approaches, which systematically analyze relationships between people and their environments; social approaches, including political economy and socio-behavioral approaches; and spatial approaches, which employ maps and spatial analysis to identify patterns of health and disease. Recommended prereqs., GEOG 1001 or 1011, and GEOG 1992, 2002 or 2412. Restricted to juniors/seniors. GEOG 4852 and 5852 are the same course.

Provides a regional survey of cultural, political, economic, social, and physical geography of Western Europe, emphasizing the distinctive character and problems of each major area and the relationship of the region to the world. Recommended prereqs., GEOG 1982, 1992, 2002 or 2412.

History of ideas and institutions that have shaped contemporary geographic inquiry. Examines the evolving relations among human geography, physical geography, environment-society relations, and geographic information processing. Designed to situate graduate student research within major subfields and intellectual currents of geography. Restricted to graduate students. Prerequisites: Restricted to Geography (GEOG) graduate students only.

Restricted to graduate students. Same as GEOG 4292 and ECON 4292. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Restricted to graduate students. Same as GEOG 4622.

Provides an overview of development policy and practice, surveying foundational works in Development Studies as well as critical interventions. Required for Graduate Certificate in Development Studies. Prereqs. for GEOG 4632 are GEOG 1982, 1992, 2002 or 2412. Recommended prereq., GEOG 3682. GEOG 4632 and 5632 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Restricted to graduate students. Surveys current research topics in urban geography. Emphasizes definition of possible student thesis topics.

Restricted to graduate students. Same as GEOG 4712. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Restricted to graduate students. Same as GEOG 4722.

Restricted to graduate students. Same as GEOG 4732. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Provides an assessment of sustainable development primarily as it relates to the Third World. Follows a sequence from development theory through facts, approaches, and goals. Investigates specific topical problems and closes with analyses of case studies. Restricted to graduate students.

Investigates the links between social theory, development practice, and policy. Restricted to graduate students.

Investigates historical and contemporary theories and critiques of development and their implications for geographic theory and method. Focuses on the role of representation in evaluating case studies and examining the potential for a sustainable development. Prereq., graduate standing. Recommended prereq., GEOG 5762.

Same as GEOG 4832.

Examines geographical patterns of health and disease with an emphasis on global health issues. Focuses on three major approaches to medical geographic research: ecological approaches, which systematically analyze relationships between people and their environments; social approaches, including political economy and socio-behavioral approaches; and spatial approaches, which employ maps and spatial analysis to identify patterns of health and disease. Recommended prereqs., GEOG 1001 or 1011, and GEOG 1992, 2002 or 2412. Restricted to juniors/seniors. GEOG 4852 and 5852 are the same course.

Critically examines cross-cultural experience with adjustments to natural hazards and political management of resource exploitation. Restricted to graduate students. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Considers in detail history and methodology of the field, including an analysis of selected systematic topics such as frontiers and boundaries, international rivers, conflicting claims to territory, and electoral geography. Restricted to graduate students. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.

An in-depth introduction to formal Demography. In addition to learning the basic demographic tools used nowadays in fertility, marriage, mortality, migration, and forecasting/projections, it also looks at some potential links between formal and statistical demographic work that would enable the student to apply some of the methods learnt in an econometric or multivariate setting. Prereqs., GEOG 4023/5023 or equivalent. Restricted to graduate students. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Explores various geographic topics emphasizing the concept of culture. Emergence of several points of view in the development of cultural geography. Restricted to graduate students. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours.