Fall and Spring. Problem solving methods are explored. Focus on issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, deforestation, extinction, pollution, wetland loss. This course will provide significant background in physical geography in the context of today's most pressing environmental concerns and with reference to the societal implications and management strategies. A survey of the geographic structure of human activity in major world regions and nations.
Emphasis is upon current developments related to population, urbanization, and economic activity.
Fall and Spring. A study of the factors influencing the characteristics and spatial patterns of the world's major economic activities with a particular focus on the distinctions between developed and developing nations. How population, environment, and human culture as expressed in technology and organization interact over space and time. Urban Social Geography Explores the evolution,development and maturation of the U.S. urban system. Emphasis on the origin, growth, and spatial distribution of cities and on the internal spatial organization of activities within cities.