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Majors and Courses of InstructionGeographyform of shanty towns and Favelas — to an increase in the polarization of wealth and the rise of CivilSociety groups throughout the region, to name a few. No prerequisites, open to all students. S.334. Cultural Geography of Africa (Fusch)The human (cultural) geography of Africa. Origin and diffusion of cultural groups; resourcedevelopment, settlement history, and land use. The cultural ecology and environmental impactof African peoples; colonial influence on economic and cultural change. Development of presentcultural and economic activities of the various political divisions. Emphasis in the last third of thecourse focuses on problems of African development including Apartheid (S. Africa); agriculture;urbanization; and political economy. F.345. Geographies of the Global Economy (Fusch, Walker)We are constantly bombarded with news of “globalization” and the “global economy.” As thesewords suggest, economic processes, relationships, and institutions play a powerful role in howhuman societies alter the face of the earth and create interconnectivity on a global scale. Thebuilding of great cities, the extraction of the earth’s resources, the migration of populations insearch of economic opportunity, and the creation of vast networks (both physical and virtual) ofcommunication and transportation are all examples of economic phenomena that shape and definethe landscapes we inhabit. This course is an introduction to economic geography and the geo-spatialdimensions of global economic change. Over the course of the semester we will examine the ways inwhich the world we live in has given rise to – and in turn been shaped by – economic forces. Issuesand themes include: (1) Competition over and management of natural resources and the socialand environmental impacts of resource extraction; (2) Spatial patterns of economic interaction,including directional flows of goods (trade), labor (migration), and consumers (tourism); (3) Forcespromoting global economic interconnectivity, including transnational corporations, trade routes,trading blocks, and technologies that mitigate the economic impact of distance and internationalborders; (4) Geographies of development and underdevelopment, shifting geographical patterns ofwealth, poverty, and economic growth. No prerequisites; sophomores, juniors, and seniors only;Diversity course. S.347. Environmental Alteration (Hickcox)Examination and analysis of the interaction of major world culture systems with the naturalenvironment. Environmental alterations are examined historically (e.g., the early hydrologicsocieties) but with emphasis on contemporary human impacts on natural landscape (e.g., theimpact of strip-mining on natural landscapes and on the hydrologic cycle-groundwater system;the greenhouse effect and human-induced climatic change). Long-term environmental impacts oncultural change are explored. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. F.353. Cartography and GIS (Krygier)Geography 353 reviews essential elements of cartographic design and visualization in the contextof geographic information systems (GIS). The core of this course is the laboratory project: studentswill locate data on the world wide web (WWW), process the data so it can be mapped in ArcView(GIS and mapping software), and design and produce a series of maps based on the data. Studentswill learn to construct basic HTML pages, containing the project maps, which will be placed onthe WWW at the end of the semester. Lab work is informed by lectures that focus on the concepts,frameworks, and technical issues of cartographic design and visualization. No prerequisites. F.136