GEOG 0341 Research in Geography
This course provides students with experience in the research process. Students will design research, collect data, produce analyses, and present their findings. The course will be integrative by giving students the opportunity to put into practice theory, methods, and substance from the department's other course offerings. (GEOG 0339) (J. Howarth, A. Knowles)
GEOG 1003 The Cartography of Climate Change
In this course we will examine how U.S. media sources portray climate change and its impacts through visual imagery. The focus of our investigation will be on 1) the power of maps to influence the public’s geographic imagination regarding our changing global environment and 2) the specific challenges that climate change presents to effective visual communication. Readings will draw from cartography, media studies, climate science, and human geography. Students will learn to apply visual analysis techniques to current print and online media sources and will design their own final projects. We will also visit several newsrooms and graphics departments of local media sources. SOC (M. Holmberg, a visiting winter term instructor)
Marjorie (Molly) Holmberg, ’01, is a freelance cartographer and a PhD student in geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has received a Watson Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to pursue the relationship between popular cartography and the human dimensions of global change.
GEOG/ENVS 1012 Environmental Justice
Who has the right to pollute? Who decides where pollution goes? Is it just or fair for minorities and the poor to bear a greater burden of the waste? In this course we will explore the foundations of the environmental justice (“EJ”) movement, current and emerging issues, and the application of environmental justice analysis to environmental policy and planning. Through reading various EJ theories, perspectives, and case studies, we will critically analyze social and political issues that have important environmental dimensions. Although we will focus mainly on the United States, we will also consider international issues and perspectives. SOC NOR (S. Strife, a visiting winter term instructor)
Susie Strife, 01’, is a doctoral candidate and an affiliate faculty in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado. She is an EPA Star Fellow investigating the physical, emotional, and psychological impacts that environmental degradation has on children and youth in environmental justice communities.