2012-2013 Academic Catalog 
    
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2012-2013 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GEOG 318 - Explanation in Geography

Type of Course: Seminar
This seminar explores the main types of explanation in geography and other social sciences, including positivist, existentialist, realist, Marxist, feminist and postmodernist approaches. The seminar focuses on tensions between structural and nonstructural explanation and the integration of theory with empirical facts. Meets first-year core course requirement for geography graduate students.