THEORIES OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Define and use theory as a way of knowing, and differentiate it from other forms of knowledge. Audience: Graduate 2. Compare and contrast explanatory and normative theory, and discuss the kinds of issues in which each is applied. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe the contributions of the scientific framework and humanist approaches to major issues in landscape studies. Audience: Graduate 4. Compare different theories of landscape change with regard to their positions on ontology, epistemology, methodology, and universality. Audience: Graduate 5. Discuss various perspectives and explanations as to how landscapes change. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Define and use theory as a way of knowing, and differentiate it from other forms of knowledge. Audience: Graduate 2. Compare and contrast explanatory and normative theory, and discuss the kinds of issues in which each is applied. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe the contributions of the scientific framework and humanist approaches to major issues in landscape studies. Audience: Graduate 4. Compare different theories of landscape change with regard to their positions on ontology, epistemology, methodology, and universality. Audience: Graduate 5. Discuss various perspectives and explanations as to how landscapes change. Audience: Graduate