Society and Space

Society and Space:

The correlate sequence in geography with a concentration in regional analysis is intended for students interested in area studies. It offers a succinct program in world regional geography for students interested in social studies education, international studies, or foreign language or area study. The six courses taken from this concentration may be selected from the following recommended list:

• GEOG 102 - Global Geography: People, Places, and Regions
• GEOG 220 - Cartography: Spatial Data Visualization with GIS
• GEOG 224 - GIS: Spatial Analysis
• GEOG 230 - Research Methods: Studying Sustainability at Vassar
• GEOG 238 - Environmental China: Nature, Culture, and Development
• GEOG 242 - Brazil in Crisis: Continuity and Change in Portuguese America
• GEOG 250 - Urban Geography: Space, Place, Environment
• GEOG 252 - Cities of the Global South: Urbanization and Social Change in the Developing World
• GEOG 266 - Population, Environment, and Sustainable Development
• GEOG 272 - Geographies of Mass Violence
• GEOG 276 - Economic Geography: Spaces of Global Capitalism
• GEOG 304 - Senior Seminar: Issues in Geographic Theory and Method
• GEOG 340 - Advanced Urban and Regional Studies
• GEOG 372 - Topics in Human Geography