Depending upon the undergraduate backgrounds, both in geography and related disciplines, individual programs will vary. Graduate students are required to attend special lectures, to participate in field trips, and to cooperate in other professional ventures as announced. Geographic analysis of the American South, with emphasis on the dynamic character of Southern development. Designed to provide an understanding of the present-day South and its potentialities. Areal patterns of modern urban regions and the focus shaping these patterns.
Emphasis is placed on American urban areas and their evolution and functional areas.
The patterns of transportation and the geographic factors that have established them. The relationship of transportation media and patterns to settlement is emphasized. Geography of the United States in past times with special attention to the westward movement. Factors of settlement and emphasis upon changing environmental interrelationships. Contemporary world political problems in their geographic context.