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  • GEOG 3290: Water Resources

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The availability of water is changing in Utah, the western US, and globally due in part to climate change and population demands. In this course we explore examples ranging from: the shrinking Great Salt Lake, Colorado River compact renegotiation, changing timing and amounts of snowpack runoff, depletion of groundwater, shrinking mountain glaciers as a water resource downstream, etc. We will take a holistic view of these topics to understand both the physical science as well as the social science aspects and impacts of these changes. We will use a variety of methodologies and tools to investigate these changing resources. Satellites can measure snowpack extent, volume, and melt timing, glacier changes, groundwater induced land subsidence and other forms of remote sensing (drones, airborne snow surveys, GPS networks, etc.) can also observe water resources. Various types of computer models and projections will be discussed: weather prediction models, Global Climate Models (GCMs), IPCC projections, population/demographic dynamics, global urbanization. These models can provide estimates of availability and demands on water resources over various spatial and temporal scales needed for assessment of societal impact of changing water resources. Field measurements are also critical to our understanding of water resources (stream flow gauges, automatic weather stations, snowpack analysis, etc.) and may be experienced through optional fieldtrips. Prerequisites: 'C' or better in GEOG 1000 OR IB Geography-higher level score of 5+
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  • GEOG 3385: Federal Land Mgmt

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 5385 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. The course explores the concept of federal public lands system, including its evolution, types and extents of public lands, and agency stewardship and develop an understanding of the ethical, socio-political, and scientific forces that continue to shape our management of public lands. Discussion of the principles of multiple-use, integerated resource management, and tools that agency professionals use to manage public lands and resources. Discuss and understand current key issues in the federal land management arena.
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  • GEOG 3400: Fertil, Mort, & Migrtn

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Students in this course explore domestic and international distributions of population growth, fertility, mortality, and migration. Historical evidence dating from the industrial revolution onward exposes dynamic local, regional, and global changes in many demographic characteristics of societies. On topics including health inequalities, urbanization, natural resource use, migration politics, and environmental sustainability, among others, students encounter interdisciplinary perspectives and conduct novel original research about social challenges facing communities around the world. Furthermore, students use individual- and population-level theories of human behavior to consider solutions to urgent issues facing society.
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  • GEOG 3440: Global Economic Geog

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Globalization ' the integration of societies and their economies worldwide ' is not new. From European colonization centuries ago to today, communities in all regions often faced considerable challenges that were a result of changes in the world economy. Globalization continues to transform our lives at a rapid pace. Economic inequality, political marginalization, and contentious trade relationships are all contemporary international issues. While many traditional economics courses are oriented toward abstract principles and general theory, our course reading and lecture material will be grounded in real-world production, trade, and demographic trends. Students in this course study a wide range of important topics, including food insecurity, labor exploitation, legacies of colonialism in developing regions, and sustainable development, among others. A broad question about our so-called 'borderless world' is central to our discussions in this course: When, and for who, do the benefits of economic integration outweigh the costs?
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  • GEOG 3600: Geography of Utah

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Geography of Utah explores human and physical phenomena that make Utah distinctive. Lectures and labs examine webs of relationships among Utah's people, places, and environments. Students examine Utah's contrasting physical and social environments. They explore what is meant by a sense of place.
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  • GEOG 3610: World Cities

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course focuses on world cities in the context of globalization. Today over half of the world's population lives in cities and the rate of urbanization greatly outpaces global natural increase. The course studies the major cities of eleven world regions, focusing both on those of global significance and those that exemplify regions' distinctive characters.
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  • GEOG 3620: North America Geog

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course examines North America from three points of view: its physical character, the human societies that constitute it, and its distinctive regions. Interwoven in the course is a focus on how discrimination and oppression have affected different groups of people in North America and how those experiences shape contemporary social inequalities. The course canvasses each region comprising North America with a primary focus on the United States, considering the physical setting, processes of political and economic development, and the emergence and dynamism of distinctive identities, values, cultural characteristics, and social and environmental problems. The course encourages each student to appreciate diversity and challenges them to deepen their understanding of how privilege in North American society shapes their perceptions of, and interactions with, people who have different perspectives.
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  • GEOG 3635: SE Asia Enviro Politics

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Should the Mekong River be dammed for development? Should Indonesian forests be cleared for industrial plantations? Who will control the natural resources of the South China Sea? Who will capture and consume the benefits of natural resource development, from electricity to timber, rubber to palm oil to fish fillets? Who manages the conservation schemes? Who will bear the costs, and when? These questions bridge key concerns from Southeast Asian studies as well as from Political Ecology and Human and Environmental Geography. This course seeks to draw insights from both fields in order to ground contemporary debates and struggles over resource control in the landscapes and institutions of a diverse and globally connected region. Aimed at both Asian Studies majors and students with interests in global environmental politics, development, and sustainability, this course uses case studies from a range of landscapes across mainland and island Southeast Asia to examine a range of pressing problems. The course is organized into multi-week modules focused on grounding key concepts, the governance of the Mekong River, agrarian landscapes, and transnational connections.
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  • GEOG 3640: Geog of China & Asia

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    A comprehensive study of the important population, development, and environmental issues in China and Asia, with a focus on the reform process and rising tensions in China and China's geopolitical and geo-economical relations with its neighbors.
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  • GEOG 3670: Latin America

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    An exploration of modern Latin America's development, problems, and issues in a physical, human, historic, economic, and political context. The place of Latin America in today's global economic and geopolitical system is also examined; that is to say, Latin America's relationships with North America and Europe as well as its association with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and other economic organizations.
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