GEOG& 207 - Economic Geography

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Introduces students to the changing locations and spatial patterns of economic activity, such as production in agriculture, manufacturing, retail trade, and services; the geographic dynamics of technical change, employment, business organization, resource use, and divisions of labor; principles of trade and transportation; urbanization; regional economic development; and globalization.
Recommended: READ 088 or higher.
Course Outcomes:

Articulate a theoretical understanding of capitalism as a social and geographical system.
Demonstrate knowledge of key economic geography concepts.
Apply a geographic framework to understanding and explaining economic activity.
Develop and apply an analytical framework that explains patterns of industrial location.
Critically analyze and interpret contemporary theories of the global economy.

Course Topics:

The geographical organization of economic activity.
Uneven development.
Labor markets, spatial inequality.
Urbanization and industrialization.
Regional economic development.
International trade.
Transportation.
Globalization.

Course Attribute(s): Social Science