Fall 2018  |  GEOG 4001 Section 001: Modes of Geographic Inquiry (18102)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 110
Enrollment Status:
Open (27 of 45 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Examination of competing approaches to the study of geography. Environmental determinism; regional tradition; scientific revolution; behavioral geography; modeling and quantitative geography; radical geography; interpretive and qualitative approaches; feminist and postmodern geography; ecological thinking and complexity; geographic ethics.
Class Description:
The topical focus of this course is "Oil." Thematically, however, the purpose is much broader. This is an exciting "ways of knowing" course, applicable to Geography but also to the social sciences, sciences, and humanities more generally. In the course we explore why the geographical interrelatedness of phenomena (e.g. production and consumption of oil) means we need to understand those phenomena from an integrated perspective. We need to understand though that there are profoundly different ways of achieving integrated understandings and that every "integrated" understanding has its blind spots. One of Prof. Henderson's favorite courses to teach.
Grading:
66% Reports/Papers
33% Quizzes Other Grading Information: Attendance and class participation required: no extra points are given. Students may lose points, however, if attendance and participation are poor.
Class Format:
50% Lecture
50% Discussion
Workload:
75 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Paper(s)
7 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: Two 5-7 pg papers; optional student presentations (poster session)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18102/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
7 August 2014

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