26 courses in the 1963–64 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
Faculty listed in 1963–64
R. R. Krueger, M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Indiana) Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department
A. Diem, B.A. (Wayne State), M.A. (Clark), Ph.D. (Michigan) - Assistant Professor J. T. Horton, B.A, (Wheaton), M.A. (Northwestern) - - Assistant Professor E. R. Officer, B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Wisconsin) - Assistant Professor
This one term course presents a general review of the field of Geography, its scope, approach, and basic concepts. The primary aim is to provide the student with background, material, readings, sources and ideas against which major political developments, international economic relationships, and current problems of the commonwealth and underveloped areas may be viewed. Course topics include: the development and character of modern Geography; fundamentals of physiography; population patterns and problems; resources, economic growth and industrialization; the geographic bases of political patterns and events; and urban growth and land use planning.
GEOG 100Introductory Physical and Cultural Geography
This course is designed to introduce the student to the field of modern geography, its methods, concepts, materials and point of view. A major part of the course is devoted to a systematic examination of the elements of the natural environment, (including landforms, weather, and climate), and their distribution and significance in the human habitat. Selected aspects of economic and political geography are then considered, with an emphasis on world resources and the geographic bases of economic development, international trade, and political relationships. NOTE: Geography 100, or its equivalent, is normally a prerequisite for other courses in geography.
Advanced study of the elements of climate and weather. Analysis of world climatic and weather patterns. Effects of climate on man’s activities and on distribution of natural vegetation and soils. Weather forecasting.
GEOG 210Geography of World Resources and Industries
An analysis of man’s economic activity; the nature and occurrence of resources, problems of resource development and conservation; world distribution of primary production, and structure of world trade; major industrial regions and locational factors affecting representative industries.
A survey of the major natural and political regions of the world with attention to areas of current interest in world affairs; the interrelationships of physical, economic, and cultural factors, and their implications for problems of economic growth.
Advanced study of the processes of geomorphology. Analysis of the deve opment and distribution of landforms, with emphasis on pleistocene deposits. The relationships between landforms and natural vegetation, climate, soils, water resources, and man’s economic activities.
GEOG 341Historical and Regional Geography of North America
The economic and political geography of North America at different periods of time. The geographical influences of changing patterns of human occupance. The historical-geographical approach to current economic and political problems.
An examination of the geographic aspects of the world’s political patterns; politico-territorial problems of states; contemporary international problems and their geographic backgrounds; geopolitics.
A description and analysis of the geographic characteristics and relationships of urban centers, their origin, development, distribution, functions, internal structure, economic and political organization; industrial and commercial locational factors; the effects of transportation on settlement patterns.
Urban and rural land-use problems; urban blight and redevelopment; problems of the rural-urban fringe; regional approach to land-use planning and resource management; conservation of renewable resources.
GEOG 356Urban and Regional Planning — Landscape Design and Analysis
Principles and fundamentals of design as they relate to urban and regional planning problems. Civic and landscape design; construction and layout of planning models; sketching, perspective, and projections.
Statistical data gathering and analysis; field analysis of landforms, soils, natural vegetation; urban and agricultural land-use mapping. One term of air photo interpretation.
Classification, analysis, and distribution of major soil groups, catinas, series and types. Soil capability ratings and relationships to crop and livestock. distribution, Soil Management problems. Physical and gconomic factors of agricultural production.
GEOG 456Urban and Regional Planning — Political and Administrative Processes
Historical development of planning legislation in various parts of the world. Provincial and federal legislation affecting urban, regional and resource planning in Canada. Jurisdiction of provincial government bodies and agencies, municipal planning boards and councils; economic and political problems associated with the implementation of planning policies and decisions.
Historical development of the discipline of geography contributions of German, French, British, and American geographers; current trends in the philosophy and methodology of geography.