GEOG 5440 - Studies in Economic Geography

Presents world patterns of agriculture, manufacture, or transportation which link global production and consumption. In any term, the course focuses upon one of these three economic sectors. 1. Agriculture. Describes and analyzes agricultural systems throughout the world; focuses on selected crop-livestock systems and the changing character of agricultural land use in the United States. 2. Manufacture. Examination of theories and strategies of industrial plant location, the relationship of industrialization to regional economic growth and development, and selected industry case studies evaluating the interrelations of locational, economic, technological, and political factors in the respective industry’s historic evolution. 3. Transportation. Examination of the historic evolution of transport systems in developed and developing nations, transport factors in location theory, techniques of transport analysis, the urban transport dilemma, and competitive and complementary characteristics of the different transport modes.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: GEOG 2050 or 2440 or consent.

Credits 2-3 hrs.

Notes:
Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students. Prerequisites applicable to all 5000-level courses in Geography are 14 credit hours of geography, including the specific prerequisite for each course, or consent of advisor and/or instructor.