Fall 2017  |  GEOG 3379 Section 001: Environment and Development in the Third World (35588)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
GLOS 3303 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/04/2017
Tue 05:00PM - 07:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 230
 
12/05/2017
Tue 05:00PM - 07:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 10
 
12/06/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue 05:00PM - 07:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 230
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Concepts for analyzing relations between capitalist development and environment in Third World. Historical geography of capitalist development. Case studies. Likelihood of social/environmental sustainability. prereq: Soph or jr or sr
Class Description:
This course has three objectives: (a) to advance students' knowledge of the dynamics of capitalism as a global system, its insatiable appetite for resources, and effect on human development; (b) to give students analytical tools to understand the relationship between this expansive system, its enormous productive and destructive capacity (social and ecological); (c) to enable students to gain substantive knowledge about how this system impacts on Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and the social and ecological struggles in those regions. Topic covered include: Dynamics and patterns of economic development; Uneven global consumption of natural resources; Poverty and over-consumption as the twin sources of environmental degradation; Population and development, Urban environment in the South; Gender-class and environmental struggles; waste and the global commons. Teaching methods: There are lectures and one discussion session per week. Several students will lead each weekly discussion of current environment/development topic. We watch and critique several documentaries. Authors include: Bina Agarwal, Barry Commoner, Michael Watts, P. Blaike; Dharam Ghai; David Harvey. Intended audience: Social and natural science undergraduates.
Grading:
30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
5% Special Projects
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: class participation, examinations
Class Format:
60% Lecture
20% Film/Video
20% Discussion
Workload:
45 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Writing involves summaries of some of the readings for the course
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35588/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
16 April 2013

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