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Advanced Courses For Current Course Listings Please Visit: Registrar 80. Seminar in Geography Arrange This course focuses on topics in advanced human geography that are not regularly taught as part of the curriculum. Course content will vary and reflect the interests and expertise of the instructor. Prerequisite: Geography 1 or permission of the instructor. Dist: SOC. In 04S, Development, Ecology and Security. Freidberg. In 04X, Race and Power: Voting Rights, Identity and Political Representation (identical to Public Policy 81.10). Forest. 81. Field Research in the Czech Republic D.F.S.P. (Prague, Czech Republic) This course involves a dozen or so lectures by members of the Charles Geography faculty. These case studies will vary depending (to a degree) on expertise, but might include topics such as: forest decline in the Czech Republic and its relation to industrial pollution, the effect of land-use on sedimentation regimes of the Elbe River and its tributaries, the impact of international migration on sending and receiving nations, comparative research on the spatial organization of industrial production in market and formally-centrally planned economies, the effects of the political division of the Czech and the Slovak Republic on service areas (medical, administrative, etc.) in the border region, the geography of Foreign Direct Investment in the Czech Republic before and after the Velvet Revolution. The goal of the course is to expose students to the research interests of European geographers and to potential topics for their own independent research topics. Fieldwork comprises a significant portion of this course with both human and physical geographical site visits. Prerequisites: Geography 1 or 3 and one course numbered between 12 and 41, or permission of the instructor. A minimum of one methods course (Geography 10, 11, 55, 58) is strongly recommended. Forest (04), Magilligan/Domosh (05S). 82. Independent Study in the Czech Republic D.F.S.P. (Prague, Czech Republic) This course offers the qualified student an opportunity to research a topic of special interest in the Czech Republic under the joint direction of a Dartmouth staff member and Charles University staff. This course is taken as part of a three course sequence by FSP participants (Geography 47, 81, 82). Prerequisites: Geography 1 or 3 and one course from 12-41 or permission of the instructor. Dist: SOC; WCult: EU. Forest (04S), Magilligan/Domosh (05S). 85. Advanced Reading in Geography All terms: Arrange This course offers the qualified student an opportunity to pursue a subject of special interest under the direction of a member of the staff. An outline for the reading program must be approved by the instructor prior to the first day of classes of the term in which it is to be taken. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor and the Chair. 87. Senior Thesis All terms: Arrange A thesis on a geographic topic selected by the student with the instructor's approval. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor and the Chair. Open to seniors, and required of honors majors. The staff. 90. Research in Geography This capstone course exposes students to the elements of conducting geographic research. Students synthesize their knowledge of geography by exploring the epistemological and methodological foundations of geographic research. The course involves the preparation of a research proposal on a topic each student chooses in consultation with the geography faculty. Prerequisites: Geography 1 or 3, two courses from Social Science 10 (or equivalent), Geography 11, Geography 55/58, or permission of the instructor. Dist: SOC. Magilligan (03F), Domosh (04F). Return to – Course Numbering
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