Undergrad Area of Concentration

Human Geography

You may choose to follow a general geography major/minor or choose to concentrate your studies in one of four optional tracks, such as Human Geography.

Population, political, urban, social, and cultural geography

Human geography first and foremost involves the study of human beings--more specifically, of the organization of human activity and of spatial patterns as they affect and, in turn, respond to the world about us. The processes under study derive from distinct, but interactive, substructures: pursuit of livelihood (economic), social interaction (socio-political), and historical inertia and meaning (cultural). The products are change, conflict, diffusion, differentiation, and repetition in the human organization of the land. These same human processes will interact with biophysical processes, (e.g., air quality or plant introductions) to shape humanized landscapes and regional character. Human geographers typically investigate problems associated with locational strategies and human decisions. Such problems cut through subjects as diverse as analysis of regional markets, racial segregation in cities, migration flows, hazardous sites, international development, medieval landscape patterns, or formulation of impact statements.

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Undergrad Courses Applicable to a Concentration in Human Geography

One of the following four courses are prerequisites to all upper division courses listed further below.

GEOG 1982 World Regional Geography
GEOG 1992 Human Geographies
GEOG 2002 Geographies of Global Change
GEOG 2412 Environment and Culture

Upper Division Courses. Additional prerequisites are listed.

GEOG 3672 Gender and Global Economy**
GEOG 3682 Geography of International Development
GEOG 3742 Place, Power, and Contemporary Culture**
GEOG 3812 Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
GEOG 3822 Geography of China**
GEOG 3862 Geography of Africa
GEOG 4023 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Human Geography (Prereq: GEOG 3023)
GEOG 4292 Migration, Urbanization, and Development
GEOG 4622 City Life**
GEOG 4712 Political Geography
GEOG 4722 Field Methods in Human Geography*** (Prereq. 15 credit hours in human geography)
GEOG 4732 Population Geography
GEOG 4742 Environment and Peoples**
GEOG 4812 Environment and Development in South America** *** (Recommended Prereq: GEOG 3812 or 3422)
GEOG 4822 Environment & Development in China**
GEOG 4892 Geography of Western Europe**

**core curriculum course

Undergrad Courses in other Departments Related to Human Geography

Caution: These courses do not count as hours in the Geography Major.
Check with the appropriate department for the prerequisites for these courses.

ANTH 1030 Principles of Anthropology 1
ANTH 1040 Principles of Anthropology 2
ANTH 2100 Frontiers of Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 4510 Applied Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 4520 Symbolic Anthropology**
ECON 4514 Economic History of Europe**
ECON 4524 Economic History of the United States**
HIST **** Any course related to a geographic area
PSCI 2012 Intro. to Comparative Politics **
PSCI 3143 Problems in International Relations
PSCI 3163 American Foreign Policy**
PSCI 4183 International Law
PSCI 4703 Alternative World Futures**
PSCI 4272 Capitalist Democracies in a Global World Economy**
PSYC 2606 Social Psychology **
SOCY 2001 Introduction to Sociological Theory
SOCY 3002 Population and Society
SOCY 4022 Population Studies: Fertility & Mortality

GEOG courses related to Human Geography.

Caution: These lists are incomplete.

Summer 2013

Num	Num	Sect	Title	Hrs	Instructor
1982		001	World Regional Geography	3	Williams
1982		200	World Regional Geography	3	Norlund
3682			Geography of International Development	3	Cowley
3742		002	Place, Power, Culture	3	Jan
4501	5501	100	Wtr Resources/Mgmt in the US West	3	Lander
4712			Political Geography	3	Bialasiewicz
4742		001	Environments and Peoples: Landscape, Society & Meaning	3	Foote

Spring 2013

Num	Num	Title	Hrs	Instructor
1992		Introduction to Human Geographies	3	Jan
2412		Environment and Culture	3	Yeh
3402		Natural Hazards	3	Travis
3612		Geography of American Cities	3	Spielman
4023	5023	Quantitative Methods	4	Spielman
4501	5501	Wtr Resources/Mgmt in the US West	3	Lander
4632	5632	Development Geography	3	Bryan
4712	5712	Political Geography	3	O'Loughlin
4742		Environments and Peoples - Food	3	Dunn

Fall 2012

Num	Num	Sect	Title	Hrs	Instructor
1982			World Regional Geography	3	Bryan
2002			Geographies of Global Change	3	Riosmena
3023			Statistics for Geography	4	Spielman
3672			Gender and Global Economy	3	Smith
3682			Geography of International Development	3	Skog
3742			Place, Power, Culture	3	Jan
3822			Geography of China	3	Klingberg
3930	5930		Internship	3	Travis
4712			Political Geography	3	Holland
4732	5732		Population Geography	3	Root
4742		002	Environments and Peoples: Hazards and Risk Assessment	3	Travis

Faculty teaching and/or performing research in human geography

Joe Bryan	Indigenous Politics in the Americas; Human Rights; and Critical Cartography.	Human
Elizabeth Dunn	Post Socialism; Industrial Management; Development; Cultural Anthropology; Eastern Europe	Human
Kenneth Foote	American & European Landscape History; GIScience & Internet Techniques; Geography in Higher Educ,	Human GIScience
Mara Goldman	Political Ecology; Science and Technology Studies; indigenous knowledge; Nature-Society Relations	Human Env-Society
Najeeb Jan	Political Islam, South Asia; Poststructural & Postcolonial Theory; Biopolitics, Critical Ontology	Human
Claudio Minca	Cultural and postcolonial geography and theories of geographical representation	Human
John O'Loughlin	Political; Former Soviet Union; Post Communist Societies; Nationalism	Human
Timothy Oakes	Cultural Politics; Economic and Social Change; China	Human
Fernando Riosmena	International migration, informal economy, and population dynamics; social demography, Latin America	Human
Elisabeth Root	Medical Geography, Spatial Epidemiology, Quantitative Methods	Human
Seth Spielman	Urban Geography, Medical Geography, Spatial Statistics, GIScience	Human GIScience
William Travis	Natural Resource Conservation; Environment & Society	Human Env-Society
Emily Yeh	Nature/society geography; political ecology; cultural politics; development; Tibet; China	Human Env-Society