Geography
Geography
205 Carolina Hall, CB #3220
(919) 962-8901
First Session, 2023
GEOG 110 The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth’s Environmental Systems (3)
MAYMESTER. Emphasizes geographic patterns and interrelationships in energy, climate, terrain, and life. Develops integrative view of how atmospheric, hydrologic, geomorphic, and biotic processes create global patterns in the environment. Incorporates influence of human activities on earth. This course will help understand the natural environment, both globally and in North Carolina. This Maymester section of the course will be a hands-on course, and the UNC Campus will be the learning laboratory.
GEOG 115 Maps: Geographic Information from Babylon to Google (3)
MAYMESTER. Introduces the science and art of map making and will lay the conceptual foundation necessary to understand how and why maps are made and used.
GEOG 120 (PWAD 120) World Regional Geography (3)
A survey of the geographic structure of human activity in major world regional and nations. Emphasizes current developments related to population, urbanization, and economic activity.
GEOG 121 Geographies of Globalization. (3)
MAYMESTER. This course examines places and the connections between places to build critical understandings of the role of human geographies in global economic, political, social, and cultural systems.
Globalization is sometimes understood as the worldwide integration of national economies or experiences of “cultural diffusion,” but it is much more. In this course we will consider how seemingly unrelated people and places are connected in order to understand how globalization works and who it works for. We will cover some of the things that make globalization possible, the everyday impacts of globalization, as well as alternative ways of envisioning and enacting global relationships.
Take this course if you are interested in:
- How global power structures create unequal relationships between people and places
- How globalization impacts gender, race, and class inequality
- Different ways of envisioning global relationships and contesting inequality
- Considering how globalization impacts your everyday life and your relationships to others across the world
- The origins of global interconnection
- The unique methods and approaches Geographers use and how you can apply them
We will cover a wide range of topics including global migration patterns, music and art, social movements, and housing inequality. Course flyer.
GEOG 264 (ENEC 264) Conservation of Biodiversity in Theory and Practice (3)
MAYMESTER. This course will give students a multidisciplinary introduction to growing field of biodiversity preservation. There is a mandatory week-long trip to Tampa Bay during the second week of the course. There are additional costs to this course estimated at $500 that will cover transportation, lodging, and food during the field trip.
GEOG 390 Contemporary Topics in Geography (1-12)
MAYMESTER. Agroecology: Principles and Practice (GEOG 390) is an experiential course that explores the intersection of food cultivation, culture, and ecology. In it, we study the history, principles, and practices of Black and indigenous agroliberation movements (past and present); to put principle to practice, we will study and work on a Black-run freedom farm, which fulfills the APPLES service-learning components of this course. Instructor permission required
GEOG 429 Urban Political Geography: Durham, NC (3)
MAYMESTER. An interdisciplinary exploration of urban social problems, bridging the literature on urban geography with that on urban politics. Students will be required to complete 30 hours of service for an organization that works on an urban social issue. Course flyer.
Second Session, 2023
GEOG 120 (PWAD 120) World Regional Geography (3)
A survey of the geographic structure of human activity in major world regional and nations. Emphasizes current developments related to population, urbanization, and economic activity. Course flyer.
GEOG 121 Geographies of Globalization (3)
This course examines places and the connections between places to build critical understandings of the role of human geographies in global economic, political, social, and cultural systems
GEOG 215 Introduction to Spatial Data Science (3)
This course will introduce students to data science with a focus on spatial (geographic) data, data that are referenced to a location on Earth’s surface. Students will learn concepts and techniques to apply various facets of data science practice, including data collection, management, and integration, descriptive modeling, exploratory spatial data analysis, and communication. via visualization and mapping. Real world examples and datasets spanning physical, social, and health sciences will be used throughout the course. Course flyer.