TOPICS IN GEOGRAPHY
Explores emerging topics in human geography (e.g., economic geography, urban geography, political geography) and people-environment geography (e.g., political ecology, environmental history).
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain foundational concepts in human geography and people-environment geography. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify social scientific theories and methods and apply them to geographical issues. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Connect pressing social and ecological issues to human and people-environment geographical theory and methods. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain foundational concepts in human geography and people-environment geography. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify social scientific theories and methods and apply them to geographical issues. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Connect pressing social and ecological issues to human and people-environment geographical theory and methods. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027