Globalization Courses
Students interested in globalization, international development, or geopolitics should take courses from the following list.
300 – The Geography of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific (3) A study of Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the South Pacific, focusing on the political, economic, and social development of the region.
301 – Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3) Regional geography of the lands and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on the cultural, political, economic and historical bonds that unify the region.
303 – Geography of Europe (3) A geography of the European region, with particular emphasis on cultural, political, economic, and historical forces of unification and disintegration within the region.
304 – Geography of the Middle East (3) An examination of the Middle East in the world including the political, cultural, social, and economic processes that orient perceptions of and in the Middle East
305 – Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa (3) A study of Africa south of the Sahara, focusing on the political, economic and social development of the region.
307 – Geography of Asia (3) A survey of the human and physical geography of Asia with emphasis on the cultural, economic, and political conditions within Asia and the region’s relationships with the rest of the world. The course will often focus on one of Asia’s subregions (See course website.)
332 – Migration Politics in a Globalizing World (3) An examination of the politics of movement and mobility in international migration and of the spaces created by interactions between migrants, governments, and residents (See sample syllabus.)
336 – Globalization and Local Development (3) Analysis of the history and current conditions of the world-economy focusing on local-global relationships and on the roles of technologic change, the state, and transnational corporations in explaining the geographies of globalization.
338 – Geopolitics (3) An analysis of power, ideology and identity in and across space. The class focuses on how geopolitical theories have changed over time and vary across places and introduces students to critical geopolitics.
339 – Geography and Development (3) An examination of local and global geographies of uneven development, including a review of theoretical approaches and a spatial approach to cultural, economic, political, and environmental problems of uneven development.
Nature and Society Courses:
221 – Geography of Eastern North America (3) Regional geography of the eastern United States and Canada, stressing similarities and differences in land, life, and livelihood.
222 – Geography of Western North America (3) Regional geography of the western United States and Canada, stressing similarities and differences in land, life, and livelihood (See sample syllabus.)
240 – Natural Hazards (3) The study of natural hazards from a geographic perspective including physical processes, risk factors, and the vulnerability of populations in both more and less developed countries.
301 – Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3) Regional geography of the lands and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on the cultural, political, economic and historical bonds that unify the region.
310 – Human Environment: Perception and Utilization (3) An examination of the dynamic relationship between humans and the natural environment, with emphasis on natural processes.
325 - Dynamic Climatology (3) Prerequisite: GEOG 210 or permission of instructor. A study of the atmospheric dynamics that control earth’s climates.
327 - Climate Change (3) An examination of the mechanisms and evidence for climate change over various timescales.
337 – The Nature of Cities (3) Examination of the multiple intersections between cities and nature, including the environmental explanations for the location of cities, the role of green spaces in cities, ecological models of cities and environmental justice issues (See sample syllabus.)