Rigorously examines contemporary Tibetan society, culture, and nature from a geographical perspective. Uses readings on contemporary Tibet as an entry point into scholarly research about nationalism, representation, diaspora, landscape and place, sustainable development, natural resource management, identity, and environmentalism. Department enforced prereq., GEOG 3822 or other classes on China. Same as GEOG 5832.
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. for GEOG 4852: GEOG 1001 or GEOG 1011 and GEOG 1992 or GEOG 2002 or GEOG 2412. GEOG 4852 and 5852 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
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 prereq., GEOG 1982 or GEOG 1992 or GEOG 2002 or GEOG 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. Requisites: Restricted to Geography (GEOG) graduate students only.
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. Recommended prereq. for GEOG 4632: GEOG 3682. GEOG 4632 and 5632 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Surveys current research topics in urban geography. Emphasizes definition of possible student thesis topics. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Surveys theoretical paradigms in the social sciences. Includes canonical works from the history of the social sciences as well as contemporary theorists. Appropriate for beginning to advanced graduate students doing qualitative research. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers selected topics emphasizing faculty specialties. Topics vary with instructor. Check with department for semester offerings. May be repeated up to a total of 6 credits hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
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. Recommended prereq., GEOG 5762. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
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. for GEOG 4852: GEOG 1001 or GEOG 1011 and GEOG 1992 or GEOG 2002 or GEOG 2412. GEOG 4852 and 5852 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Critically examines the politics of human-environment relationships across cultures and societies. Focuses on environmental degradation, change and management from the perspectives including political economy, cultural politics, STS and post structural theory. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: 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. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
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. Department enforced prereqs., GEOG 4023 or GEOG 5023. Requisites: 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. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
