2010-2011 Academic Catalog 
    
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2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GES 017 - Culture, Place and the Environment

Type of Course: Lecture
Ecological and historical approach to cultures and cultural change in a global and spatial context. Broad themes and problems of North America are emphasized: adaptation to “natural” environment; culture in prehistory; migration; creation of cultural areas; fire as a cultural artifact; world views of primitive, traditional and industrial culture; cultural landscape; cultural geography of the United States. One weekly discussion section. Fulfills the Global Comparison Perspective.

Cross Listed: COMM 017, GEOG 017 

Instructor: Mr. Johnson

When Offered: Offered every year

Faculty: Douglas Johnson, Ph.D. Professor of Geography