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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GEOG 310 - Social Geography

Credit(s): 3
SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY
Component: Lecture
Some of the socio-economic, political, historical and cultural factors that have created and reinforced distinctively separate spaces for diverse groups of people in the United States are examined. Using films, novels, academic articles, media accounts, and census information about their own hometowns, students will examine attitudes and actions that socially and spatially relegate ethnic and socio-economic minorities to less-than-privileged places. Besides looking at the role of race/ethnicity in the creation of a distinctively American social geography we will address how religion, class, gender, and generational differences shape the ways that people imagine, design, regulate, defend and give meaning to the spaces that they inhabit.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
RESTRICTIONS: Not open to first year students.
University Breadth: History and Cultural Change College of Arts and Sciences Breadth: GROUP B: A&S History & Cultural Change Requirement Designations: Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall
General Education Objectives:
GE1A: Read Critically GE1B: Analyze Arguments and Information GE2A: Communicate Effectively in Writing GE4: Critically Evaluate Ethical Implications