Curriculum

The geography core course requirements must be fulfilled in addition to the curriculum listed for the area of emphasis.

The curriculum of the People, Place and Region AOE in the Geography Graduate Group consists of the following coursework: (1) a relevant core course, (2) two methods course, and (3) elective courses. M.A. students are encouraged to take 15 units of coursework in this AOE if they do NOT do a concentration; otherwise the minimum is 8 units. Ph.D. students are encouraged to take 18 units of coursework in the AOE.

People, Place and Nature – AOE Required Courses

Core Course (choose one)
CRD 245. The Political Economy of Urban and Regional Development
CST 214. Studies in Political and Cultural Representations
LDA 201. Theory and Philosophy of the Designed Environment
LDA 250. Life-Place: Bioregional Theory and Principles
SOC 215. Economy, Polity, and Society

Methods course (choose one)
EDU 200. Educational Research
LDA 202. Methods in Design and Landscape Research
POL 211. Research Methods in Political Science
SOC 201. Social Research

Electives as best associated with subfield:
CRD 240. Community Development Theory
CRD 241. The Economics of Community Development
CRD 242. Community Development Organizations
CRD 246. The Political Economy of Transnational Migration
CRD 247. Transformation of Work
CRD 248. Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities
CRD 248A. Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities I
CRD 248B. Social Policy, Welfare Theories and Communities II
AAS 204. Methodologies in African American and African Studies
CST 206. Studies in Race Theory
CST 208. Studies in Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Late Capitalism
CST 212. Studies in the Rhetorics of Culture
ECL 210. Advanced Topics in Human Ecology
ECL 211. Advanced Topics in Cultural Ecology
ECL 212A. Environmental Policy Process
ECL 213. Population, Environment, and Social Structure
ECL 217. Conservation and Sustainable Development in Third World Nations
ECL 222. Human Ecology of Agriculture
LDA 200. Citizenship, Democracy, & Public Space
LDA 204. Case Studies in Landscape Design and Research
LDA 205. Physical Planning and Design
LDA 220. Public Space and Culture
LDA 230. Landscape and Memory
LDA 240. Historic, Cultural Landscapes: Concept, Perception, Preservation
LDA 260. Landscape and Power
LDA 270. Environment and Behavior
POL 201. Urban Government and Politics
POL 207. Environmental Public Policy
POL 246. Policymaking in Third-World Societies
SOC 225. Cultural Sociology
SOC 227. Sociology of Reproduction
SOC 230. Ethnic (Race) Relations
SOC 233. Gender, Culture, and Local/Global Transformation
SOC 234. Gender, Family, and Society
SOC 243. Urban Society
SOC 245. Developing Societies
SOC 248. Social Movements
SOC 280. Organizations and Institutions
SOC 295, Special Topics: Environmental Sociology, Social and Political Ecology, Environmental Philosophy