Course Description
Advanced theoretical and empirical issues in economic geography, such as impacts of globalization, regional development, trade patterns, and labor issues. Topics will vary.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional readings, assignments, and questions on tests.
Athena Title
Advanced Economic Geography
Prerequisite
GEOG 3620 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
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.
Topical Outline
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