Geog 621:  Current Trends in Geography

Winter 2001 -- University of Oregon
Prof. Pat McDowell

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Syllabus
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Week 1 M 1/8 Introduction; writing a research proposal
W 1/10 Pre-twentieth-century roots of American geography
Week 2 M 1/15 No class -- M. L. King J. Day
Research questions version 3 due Tues. morning
W 1/17 Foundations of 20th-century American geography (through the early 1950s)
Week 3 M 1/22 Impacts of the quantitative revolution on human geography, 1955-1970s
W 1/24 Resurgence of physical geography, 1950s-1970s
Week 4 M 1/29 Alternatives to positivism in geography, 1970s-1980s
W 1/31 The geographic information systems boom, 1960s-1990s
Week 5 M 2/5 Recent developments in biogeography (Cathy Whitlock)
W 2/7 Recent developments in ethnic geography (Susan Hardwick)
Week 6 M 2/12 Recent developments in global change (Pat Bartlein)
W 2/14 no class meeting
Week 7 M 2/19 Recent developments in cyberspace geography (Joe Searl)
W 2/21 Recent developments in feminist geography (Lise Nelson)
Week 8 M 2/26 Recent developments in fluvial geomorphology (Pat McDowell)
W 2/28 No class meeting  (AAG)
Week 9 M 3/5 Recent developments in geographical study of ethno-territorial conflict (Ron Wixman)
W 3/7 Recent developments in GIScience (Aileen Buckley)
Week 10 M 3/12 Recent developments in urban geography (Shaul Cohen)
W 3/14 Recent developments in political ecology (Peter Walker)
F 3/16 Term paper (thesis or dissertation proposal) due to Pat McDowell

Syllabus | Books & Journals | Term Paper Assignment | P. McDowell home page | Dept. of Geography

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