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Course ID: | GEOG 4690/6690. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | Course Title: | Advanced Topics in Political Geography | Course Description: | An in-depth engagement with a major issue in contemporary
political geography. Topics are drawn from the Introduction to
Political Geography course and might include geopolitics,
legal geography, the geography of nations and nationalism,
political violence, or migrations. | Oasis Title: | Adv Topics Political Geography | Nontraditional Format: | The class contains a research and writing component. | Prerequisite: | GEOG 3690 or GEOG 3640 or GEOG 3620 or permission of department | Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course Objectives: | Course Objectives:
This course is designed to build on themes introduced in the
Introduction to Political Geography Course. Themes will differ
depending on the instructor, but could include topics such as:
geopolitics; nations and nationalism; migration; legal
geography; the geography of war and conflict; or states,
borders and territoriality. By focusing in-depth on one theme
from the broader sub-discipline of political geography, the
course gives students the opportunity to gain a firm grounding
in a specific body of theoretical and empirical literature.
Moreover, this in-depth approach helps students understand
important debates in the field. It also accentuates the ways
that academic research and writing are linked to points of
disagreement within these more specific bodies of literature.
Students will have the opportunity to contribute to these
debates by conducting independent research and writing a
substantial paper.
Learning Outcomes:
The course is intended to produce the following outcomes:
i) To give students a deep knowledge over major debates,
theoretical positions, and empirical evidence of some major sub-
theme in the discipline of political geography.
ii) To help students develop their critical thinking, research,
and writing skills by conducting independent research.
iii) To further their understanding of the ways that geography
is structured by political dynamics, as well as accentuating
that political processes are always geographic. | Topical Outline: | Topics will vary by instructor. A course focused on the themes
of “Nations and Nationalism” might cover the following topics:
- The Historical-Geographic Emergence of Nation-States
- Nations: Organic or Imagined Communities?
- The Connection between Nation, State, and Territory
- From Nation to Nationalism
- Race, Space, and Nation
- Gender, Space and Nation
- Nations and the Social Body
- National Borders
- The Post-Colonial Nation
- Post-National Formations and Globalization | |
Course ID: | GEOG 4690/6690. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. |
Course Title: | Advanced Topics in Political Geography |
Course Description: | An in-depth engagement with a major issue in contemporary
political geography. Topics are drawn from the Introduction to
Political Geography course and might include geopolitics,
legal geography, the geography of nations and nationalism,
political violence, or migrations. |
Oasis Title: | Adv Topics Political Geography |
Nontraditional Format: | The class contains a research and writing component. |
Prerequisite: | GEOG 3690 or GEOG 3640 or GEOG 3620 or permission of department |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Course Objectives:
This course is designed to build on themes introduced in the
Introduction to Political Geography Course. Themes will differ
depending on the instructor, but could include topics such as:
geopolitics; nations and nationalism; migration; legal
geography; the geography of war and conflict; or states,
borders and territoriality. By focusing in-depth on one theme
from the broader sub-discipline of political geography, the
course gives students the opportunity to gain a firm grounding
in a specific body of theoretical and empirical literature.
Moreover, this in-depth approach helps students understand
important debates in the field. It also accentuates the ways
that academic research and writing are linked to points of
disagreement within these more specific bodies of literature.
Students will have the opportunity to contribute to these
debates by conducting independent research and writing a
substantial paper.
Learning Outcomes:
The course is intended to produce the following outcomes:
i) To give students a deep knowledge over major debates,
theoretical positions, and empirical evidence of some major sub-
theme in the discipline of political geography.
ii) To help students develop their critical thinking, research,
and writing skills by conducting independent research.
iii) To further their understanding of the ways that geography
is structured by political dynamics, as well as accentuating
that political processes are always geographic. |
Topical Outline: | Topics will vary by instructor. A course focused on the themes
of “Nations and Nationalism” might cover the following topics:
- The Historical-Geographic Emergence of Nation-States
- Nations: Organic or Imagined Communities?
- The Connection between Nation, State, and Territory
- From Nation to Nationalism
- Race, Space, and Nation
- Gender, Space and Nation
- Nations and the Social Body
- National Borders
- The Post-Colonial Nation
- Post-National Formations and Globalization |
Syllabus: No Syllabus Available
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