Successful completion of this course will provide the following learning outcomes:

A basic understanding of the economic geography of the topic under consideration and
how this geography has been historically shaped

An ability to think critically about how this geography came about and its
implications for contemporary social, political, and cultural processes and 
practices

A greater cognizance of the importance of understanding spatial relations in the
everyday functioning of economic geographies


This course meets the following General Education Abilities by accomplishing the
specific learning objectives listed below:

Communicate effectively through writing.  This is met by a series of writing 
assignments associated with supplemental reading and data analysis.
 
Communicate effectively through speech.  This is met by oral presentations, 
discussion leading, and classroom participation.

Critical Thinking is central to the learning objectives of this class, and is
developed through homework assignments, lecture, classroom discussion, and inquiry-
based learning efforts.

Moral Reasoning (Ethics) is an important element of this course, as it explores 
linkages among economies, polities, culture, and the forces of globalization.  
Moral reasoning is developed through lectures, writing assignments, classroom 
discussion, and inquiry-based learning activities.

The ideology of economics: Neo-classical versus Marxist approaches 

Methodological and ontological debates in economic geography

Approaches to practicing economic geography

Understanding political economy and geography of capitalism

Capital accumulation, uneven development, and regional growth

Discourses of Globalization

Economic Restructuring and the politics of Deindustrialization

Fordism and the Transition to post-Fordism?

Class, gender and the economy

Political Economy of the State