GEOGRAPHY Urban, Regional & Global Studies
Are you curious about‌ Social conflict in cities across the globe? The Middle East as a geostrategic hotspot? Why people risk their lives crossing international borders? How to plan the green city of the future? China and India’s might on the world stage?
Overview of Specialization You will tackle real-world problems and theoretical issues familiar to political scientists, sociologists, economists, urban planners, and anthropologists – but from a geographic perspective. You will analyze social issues as explicitly spatial issues - where political, social, cultural, and economic activities take place; why these activities take place where they do; how location influences these activities and how activities are interconnected across space. You will master a comprehensive assortment of qualitative and quantitative skills such as research design and implementation, policy and archival research, statistical analysis, and mapping/geovisualization. You will have the opportunity to pursue internships for classroom credit and undertake independent research. You will find careers in: Urban planning International development Conflict resolution Law and public policy analysis Community organizing Location planning for private firms Health services management
Preview Urban, Regional, and Global Studies Life and Death Geographies: Global Population Dynamics (Geog 470) Understand global population trends and their causes and consequences. Challenge your assumptions about the ‘population explosion.’
Required Prerequisites None
Required courses Human Geography 205 Geographic Inquiry 600 Undergraduate Research and Professionalization Seminar 695
Electives Choice of two of the following methods courses: Map Reading and Interpretation 480 Elements of Cartography 580 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 607 Computer Cartography and Geographical Visualization 680 Quantitative Geographical Methods 683 Intermediate Geographic Information Systems 685 Choice of three more introductory courses: Economic and Social 240 Geography of North America 400 Geography of Ohio 401 Transportation Security 445 Making the Modern World 450 Cities and their Global Spaces 455 Space, Power, and Political Geography 460 Modern Geopolitical Imagination 465 Life and Death Geographies: Global Population Dynamics 470 Water Security in the 21st Century Earth Sciences 411 Choice of three advanced courses: Geography of Latin America 505 Geography of the European Union 510 Geography of Eastern Europe 511 Geography of the Former Soviet Union 512 South Asia: Ecology, Economy, Polity 513 World Urbanization 597.01 New Worlds of Latin America 605 South Africa: Society and Space 608 Economies, Space and Society 640 Geographies of Governmentalities 643 Geography of Transportation 645 Urban Spaces in the Global Economy 650 Social Cities 652 Land Use Geography 655 Conflict, Power, and Politics in the City 660
Schedule an appointment to begin your career in geography: Rick McClish Undergraduate Advisor Department of Geography Room 1085 Derby Hall 154 North Oval Mall Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 292-3553 mcclish.10@osu.edu www.geography.ohio-state.edu
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