GEOG 530 Seminar in Cultural Geography
CONTENT: This course examines the concept of culture
as it relates to the geographic landscape. Topics include the built environment, symbolic landscapes, representation of place in film, literature,
photography, music, subaltern geographies, landscapes, cultures of work, and place-situated identity. Course provides an overview of research
methods and themes in cultural geography. Field trip and field research required. This course is a foundation course for the cultural concentrations in the MS Geoscience
program. All students joining the MS program in the Fall are required to take GEOG 530 along with GEOG 500 as the foundation courses for the program.
Prerequisite: Graduate Student standing, 6 hours of cultural or the permission of the instructor. 4 hours.
OFFERED: Every Fall Semester. Last taught Fall 2006 (Algeo). Next offered Fall 2007.
Current Syllabus:
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