Course Description
The regional basis of economic growth and industry case studies. The impact of product and process innovation, entrepreneurship, globalization, and the service economy on the spatial distribution of industry.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional readings, assignments, and questions on tests.
Athena Title
Industrial Geography
Prerequisite
GEOG 3620 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Learning Objectives: 1. Overview industrial location theories 2. Overview recent historical patterns of industrial geography 3. Engage contemporary issues surrounding the geography of global industry 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. Computer Literacy is addressed through course administration, student-faculty electronic interaction, and data analysis activities and assignments. 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 industrial activity, economic development, globalizing forces, and human welfare. Moral reasoning is developed through lectures, writing assignments, classroom discussion, and inquiry-based learning activities.
Topical Outline
Introduction Neoclassical Theories of Economic Location Behavioral Theories of Economic Location Structural Theories of Economic Location Post-Structural Theories of Economic Location Development of the Industrial Heartland Crisis and Deindustrialization New Industrial Division of Labor New Industrial Centers High Technology Location Regional Competition and Government Incentives Rise of the Creative Class Globalization China