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(B.A.)
Geography is a broad-ranging subject. As a social science it is concerned with the spatial patterns of human activity and the character of regions and places. It is a subject which is well placed to explore the complex relationships between society and the natural environment as well as the social and economic problems of human land use and settlement. It therefore complements other Programs such as: City Studies, Society and Environment, Environmental Science, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics for Management Studies and Development Studies. Geography courses are also listed as options in several college Programs including Society and Environment and the Co-op Program in International Development.
The Major Program in Human Geography requires a total of 7 F.C.E. This program includes requirements in the areas of social science theory, methods, applications, and an advanced seminar. Among these 7 F.C.E., the student must include:
GGRA01Y Global Processes and Local Environments
GGRB27H Location and Spatial Development
GGRA30H GIS and Empirical Reasoning
STAB22H Statistics (or equivalent)
GGRD01H Human Geography Case Study
EES courses presume a background in physical sciences and mathematics. It is recommended that freshman students take EESA01H, EESA06, GGRA01Y, and at least one F.C.E. from among BGYA01Y, CHMA01Y, PHYA10H or either MATA26Y or MATA29Y. Students who combine the Major Program in Physical and Human Geography with another Major Program in Science (e.g. Environmental Science) are eligible for the Early Teacher Project.
An introduction to human geography through the examination
of the changes and problems of global restructuring and their
relationships to local and regional scales of activity. Concepts
and methods of human geography will include geo-politics, human-nature
relations, spatial analysis, the production of space, regionalism,
landscape and place. These will be applied to the critical analysis
of how the globalization of agribusiness, manufacturing, tourism,
finance and trade, political institutions, popular culture, demographic
and environmental changes interact with the growth of cities and
metropolitan regions and the quality of urban and rural environments.
Particular attention will be paid to the sustainability of these
interactions. Two-hour lecture per week and one-hour tutorial
every second week.
Exclusion: (SOEA01), GGR101, GGR107
M. Bunce/E. Relph
This course is divided into three sections. In the first section, students review notions of theory and model, dependence and causation, induction and deduction, map as model, and the roles of space, place, location, and metric in our understanding of social processes. In the second section of the course, students are introduced to basic geodesy, the structuring of spatial data, data sources and their geographic interpretation, GIS components, tools and applications, spatial data transfer, and data accuracy. In the third section, students learn about empirical methods in spatial analysis and exploration.
Two hours of lectures per week.
Exclusion: This is a first course in GIS. Students
may not enrol in this course if they have already completed any
other university-level course in GIS: e.g. (SOSA01), EESC03, GGR272
T.B.A.
This course will develop understanding of the geographic nature of urban systems and the internal spatial patterns and activities in cities. Particular emphasis is placed on the North American experience, although some examples will be drawn from other regions of the world. The course will explain the location and growth of cities; explore the internal organization of cities, especially with regard to residential, social and economic activities; and shed light on the major issues and problems facing contemporary urban society.
Two hours of lectures per week.
Exclusion: GGR124
Prerequisite: GGRA01 (SOEA01) or IDSB01 or alternative
prerequisite with permission of the instructor
T.B.A.
After reviewing the history of urban and regional planning in Canada, this course considers alternative ideologies, models of public choice, the role of the planner, the instruments of planning, tools for the analysis of planning, and planning in the context of the space economy. This course provides an understanding of planning as currently practiced, and introduces students to the principal tools used by planners.
Two hours of lectures per week.
Exclusion: JGI346
T.B.A.
Cities exist, grow and prosper (and perhaps even decline) in part because of the way that they are organized to facilitate and regulate the operation of real estate markets. This course explores connections between aspects of the real estate market (e.g. abatement, appraisal, approval, demographics, demolition, pro forma, permit, reinsurance, redevelopment, turnover, take-up, vacancy rate, zoning) to concepts thought to characterize or shape a city's economic prospects: e.g. the operation of property, stock and accommodation markets; liquidity risk, price risk and asset pricing; long swings; sub-nucleation; housing finance, construction, and operation; retailing and store location; metropolitan office and industrial property markets; property taxation; regulation; other impacts of local government.
Two hours of lectures per week.
Exclusion: GGRC31H
Prerequisite: One of ECMB01H, ECOB02H, (ECMB03),
(ECMB04), GGRB05H, GGRB06H, GGRB27H
T.B.A.
The history and current status of environmental problems
and conservational responses. The course deals with two main topics:
the origins of environmental problems in the rise and subsequent
global spread of industrial capitalism, and environmental conservation,
movements, and policies. Themes include: changes in human-environment
relations, trends in environmental problems, the rise of environmental
awareness, ideologies of preservation and conservation, environmental
activism and organizations, environmental policy from the local
to the international scale, problems of sustainable development.
Two hours of lectures per week.
Exclusion: (SOEB01), GGR233
Prerequisite: GGRA01 (SOEA01) and one other A-level
course (EESA01 is strongly recommended)
M. Bunce
Refer to International Development Studies for course
description.
Micro and macro perspectives on urban residential geography are presented in this course with an emphasis on North American Cities. At the micro level, topics include the search and location behaviour of individuals and families as consumers of housing, and suppliers of labour and domestic production. At the macro level, topics include commuting, social ties, neighbourhood environments, structure and segregation, changes in the social and physical structure of neighbourhoods. In light of these the course will examine the changing role of land use planning and public policy.
Two hours of lectures per week.
Exclusion: GGR357
Prerequisite: University-level half-course in data
analysis and one of ECMB01, ECMB02, (ECMB03), (ECMB04), GGRB05,
GGRB06, GGRB27, POLB60
T.B.A.
The problems and policies of countryside conservation in Western Europe and North America. Particular attention will be paid to the origin of conservational and preservational attitudes to the natural and human landscapes of rural areas, and to their impact on rural planning. Topics will include urban containment, agricultural land preservation, land protection, conservation of natural environments and rural heritage, and the management of countryside recreation. Field work and case studies will be an integral part of the course.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: GGRB20 (SOEB01) and one of GGRB05,
GGRB06
M. Bunce
This course examines a geographical approach to the politics of contemporary cities. Emphasis will be placed on North American, and especially Canadian cities. Much of this course will involve an exploration of the theoretical underpinning of urban politics that structure and are used to legitimate particular urban political policies and practices. Topics will include the nature and organization of local government, the political powers of the property industry, of big business, and community based organizations. Throughout, emphasis will be placed on the ways in which the geography of the cities and local government have shaped, and been shaped by, urban political activity. The course will employ urban political literature published in North America and Britain.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Exclusion: GGR339
Prerequisite: GGRB05
T.B.A.
This course examines current problems in urban transportation planning using policy analysis. Topics include setting of community goals, economic and social cost-benefit analysis, evaluation of redistributive impacts, impacts of transport projects on land values, mass transit subsidies, and regulation / deregulation. The course examines insights gained from contemporary empirical research.
Two hours of lectures per week.
Exclusion: GGR324
Prerequisite: University-level half-course in data
analysis and one of ECMB03, ECMB04, GGRB05, GGRB06, GGRB27, POLB60
T.B.A.
The changing social, economic and environmental relations of agriculture in the late twentieth century. The course pays particular attention to the expansion of the global agribusiness system, to the ways in which this has affected the economic, social and environmental conditions of agriculture, and to the problems of achieving socially and environmentally sustainable agricultural systems in a international development context. Selected themes and issues will be discussed in detail, including the industrialization of agriculture, the corporatization of global food systems, agricultural protectionism and free trade, the problems of family and peasant farms, food security, urbanization of agricultural land, chemical dependency, bio-technology, soil and water resource degradation, impacts on natural ecosystems, organic farming and other alternative farming systems. Students will have the opportunity to explore a selected theme in depth in both individual research projects and group workshops.
Two hours of lectures per week.
Prerequisites: One of ANTC63, ANTC64, IDSB01, IDSB02,
GGRB20, (these courses may be taken as co-requisites)
M. Bunce
Processes and issues of urban change, growth and planning in the Toronto region. Planning practices and proposals at the local level and the regional scale will be examined critically. Current trends in population, urban form and structure, and urban design in the Great Toronto Area will be compared with other rapidly changing urban regions in North America and elsewhere.
Two hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: GGRB05
T.B.A.
Examination and discussion of current trends and issues in human geography, with particular emphasis on recent developments in concepts and methods. Specific content will vary from year to year. Seminar format with active student participation.
Two hours of lectures per week.
Limited enrolment: 30
Prerequisite: GGRA01 & one B-level full-course
equivalent in Human Geography
T.B.A.
Each year, an appropriate case study will be selected
and, under the guidance of the instructor, students will choose
their own topic and method of investigation with respect to the
issue to be addressed. Classes will be timetabled to introduce
the case study and to discuss the topic and methods of inquiry
to be pursued by each student. Original data collection and/or
research will be encouraged. Key informants and visiting lecturers
(for example, from the community) will provide additional information
and ideas. Teamwork is key to the project's success, but each
student will submit their own work for individual assessment in
a format negotiated with the instructor. The course will culminate
in a mini-conference where students from the course will each
present and defend their findings for all students and faculty
in the program. Two hours of classes weekly.
Prerequisite: Open only to students in the Major
Program in Human Geography who have already completed program
requirements in (1) Introduction, (2) Theory and Concepts, and
(3) Methods.
T. Dawson
| GGRB27H3 | Location
and Spatial Development
Exclusion: GGR220 Prerequisite: ECMA02 (ECOA02) |
| IDSC09H3 | Issues
in Rural Development
Prerequisite: One of GGRB20, IDSB01, IDSB02 Full Listing of Courses Not Offered |
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