| Course Descriptions - 200
Level Courses
GRY
215: Geography of Travel and Tourism
(C) The spatial analysis of international
travel and tourism. The use
of such geographical techniques as mapping and quantitative
analysis to describe and predict the origins and destinations
of the
world's tourists. The study of physical and cultural landscapes
as
major tourism resources in countries around the world. (3
cr. hr.)
GRY
221: Social Geography
(B) Geographical analysis of social groups,
institutions in United
States. Emphasis upon spatial qualities of cultural and social
assimilation process experienced by racial and ethnic minorities.
(3 cr. hr.)*
GRY
229: Special Topics in Geography
Selected Topics: May be taken more than
once as subtitle changes.
Prerequisites: Designated by department as appropriate
for content and academic level of credit. (1-4 cr. hr.)
GRY
240: Economic Geography
(F) Spatial analysis of production, transportation,
market destina-
tion of commodities. Introduction to the use of computer-assisted
location-analysis techniques. (3 cr. hr.)*
GRY
250: Urban Geography
(B) Factors in establishment, growth of
urban places; analysis of
function, internal patterns, hinterland interrelationships;
urban
land use, problems of clustered settlements. (3 cr. hr.)*
GRY
251: Cities of the World
(C) Geographical analysis of patterns
in world urbanizations, with
an emphasis upon non-U.S. cities. Examination of the internal
and
external character of the world's major cities with a focus
on urban
areas as tourism resources and their role in the regional
develop-
ment of tourism. (3 cr. hr.)*
GRY
260: Geography and Film
(O) Select problems in cultural geography
as exhibited through film.
May be repeated with different subtitle: Social Geography
of
England, Comparative Cultural Geographies - India and Brazil,
Race issues in Southern Africa. (Also listed as AAS 260, CIN
260.) (3 cr. hr.)*
Related Links: African-American
Studies | Cinema
Studies
GRY
270: Geopolitics
(C) Geographical foundation of international
political phenomena;
geographic factors in development and orientation of states
and
power blocs. (3 cr. hr.)* |
