67 courses in the 1967–68 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
GEOG 211Economic Geography — World Industries
World patterns of population and industry; analysis of major industrial regions; location factors underlying selected primary and secondary industries; structure of world trade.
This course studies in depth selected areas of the world’s climatic regions, emphasizing characteristic problems of these regions as well as their physical, cultural and economic interrelationships. Among the many factors which are discussed are the utilization of natural resources, the effects of increasing population density, the occupance and utilization of urban and rural land, and the effects of man’s tools, techniques, and institutions on the earth’s surface.
A description and analysis of the geographic characteristics and relationships of urban centres, their origin, development, distribution, functions, internal structure and economic, social and_ political organization. Analysis of selected urban problems and policies.
The technique of air photo interpretation as applied primarily in the field of geography and resources inventory. Interpretation of landforms, geological features, soils, natural vegetation, drainage patterns, and rural and urban land use.
Prerequisite: Honours Geography or Planning students only.
3 hours laboratory, seminar and field work (Given in spring term — normally this course will follow 260*).
A study of landforms and their origins. Basic geomorphologic processes, the influence of climate, vegetation, soils and geology, and the general significance of landforms to man.
Prerequisite: Honours Geography students, or consent of instructor.
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 the distribution of natural vegetation and soils. Weather forecasting. Applied climatology.
Prerequisite: Honours Geography students, or consent of instructor.
2 lectures, 2 hours lab. (Given in spring term — normally this course will will follow Geography 300*).
Analysis of man’s use of the earth’s surface as revealed by a geographic study of selected examples of cultures, culture areas, cultural landscape and human geography.
Note: Geography 330 is designed particularly for students majoring in Geography (General Course) and for students in other disciplines. 3 lectures.
GEOG 341Historical Geography of Canada and the United States
The changing geographies of settlement and resource use from the Discoveries to the present. Emphasis upon Canada and Canadian-American interrelationships. Prerequisite: Geography 100*-101*, or consent of instructor.
A study of differences from place to place in political phenomena. Subjects covered include, the interrelationships of states and nations, centripetal and centrifugal “forces” within states, electoral geography, boundary and frontier problems, the location of capital cities, internal organizations of states, external relations, and geo-politics.
The nature of geographical research; selected field research methods; student field projects; geographic bibliography; report writing; sample research projects, descriptive and inferential statistics as applied to problems in geography. At least one half of the course will be devoted to the use of statistics in geographic research.
Prerequisite: Honours Geography and Planning students only.
Seminar discussion on the major subfields of geography not covered in the mandatory core of courses; inventory, and prospects of geographical research. Guest lectures will be arranged. Review of Senior Honours Essay and selection of topics.
Advanced Geomorphology. Advanced study of geomorphologic processes, morphometric analysis, and applied geomorphology. Specific problem areas will be subject to field and laboratory investigation.
Prerequisites: Geography 275*, 300* and Earth Sc. 130.
Basic photogrammetric principles including mensuration, radial line plotting, the use of stereo plotters, mosaic and map construction. Detailed air photo interpretation, micro feature analysis and problem studies in geographic and geomorphologic fields, will be emphasized. Prerequisites: Geography 275*, 300* and Earth Sc. 130.
GEOG 404Seminar on Quantitative Methods in Geography
Advanced study of selected models of locational structure and methods used in locational analysis. Emphasis on the analysis of geographical data using multivariate statistical techniques and the computer.
Prerequisite: Geography 375, or equivalent, and consent of instructor.
A detailed analysis of a selected region in Canada or the United States with major emphasis upon a field examination of the region (2-3 weeks duration) in the spring.
Prerequisite: Fourth year Honours Geography students, or consent of instructor. 2 hours seminar.
The geography and problems of rural land use. The classification of soils and applied soil classification systems. Physical and economic factors affecting agricultural production.
Historical development of the discipline of geography contributions of German, French, British and American geographers; current trends in the philosophy and methodology of geography. Prerequisite: Honours Geography students only.
GEOG 491Field Research: Methods and Projects. One-week field camp session:
preparatory assignments and follow-up seminars with presentation of research papers.
Prerequisite: Honours Geography students only.
2 hours seminar (Given in fall term).
B. Planning Courses
156%. Introductory Urban and Regional Planning. Planning concepts and principles; the nature, purpose, and scope of Jand-use planning; elements of economic and social planning theory; introduction to planning survey, analysis and synthesis in rural and urban area; basic principles of design and aesthetics as applied to planning; elementary exercises in planning and design.
Prerequisite: Honours Planning students, or consent of instructor.
2 lectures, 2 hours studio. (Given in spring term — normally this course will follow Geography 101*).
Methods of land-use mapping in urban and rural area; development of land-use capability classification; land-use classification for special purposes; regional and national resource inventory; use of census data, government documents, soils reports, engineering and transportation studies; guidelines for preparing pre-planning reports.
Prerequisite: Honours Planning students only, or consent of instructor.
Goals, objectives, standards of design; principles of aesthetics as applied to urban and regional planning; architectural composition, civic and landscape design; the functional requirements of space and buildings in relation to their distribution, size, arrangement, form and relative cost; articulation of design in a master plan; social economic
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and political problems in implementing good design; construction and layout; models sketching, perspective, proportions, presentation technique. Prerequisite: Honours Planning students only, or. consent of instructor.
2 lectures, 2 hours studio. (Given in spring term — normally this course will follow Planning 255*).
The relationship of economic planning to regional planning; principles of planning and development in urbancentred, broad economic and frontier regions; Canadian and international case studies; study of Canadian agencies such as A.R.D.A., and A.P.E.C.; research projects.
Prerequisite: Honours Planning students, or consent of instructor.
GEOG 456Political and Administrative Processes in Urban and Regional Planning
Historical development of planning legislation in various parts of the world; the provincial and federal legislation affecting urban, regional and resource planning in Canada; the statutory planning systems in the provinces; the jurisdiction of provincial bodies and agencies.
Prerequisite: Honours Planning students, or consent of instructor.
A research project involving field work, analysing statistical data; written, graphic and cartographic presentation must be in form suitable for publication.
Advanced studies of geomorphologic processes with associated research. Geomorphology applied to resources survey, regional planning, and developmental studies.
A study in depth of the geographic factors pertaining to urban and rural development problems in various regions of the world. One or two problem regions will be studied in depth each year.
An analysis of concepts and theory in urban geography, including regional interaction of cities and city regions, economic base
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study, central place theory and city classification; urban functions and land use; methods of urban research with emphasis on the use of statistical measurement and computers.
Physical and human problems associated with agricultural land use in Canada and other selected areas. The role of land-use planning in agriculture, its technique and implementation. The role of geographical research in agricultural and other rural development problems. Original research projects.
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es. international, fational, and provincial resource planning policies and programmes; legislation dealing with resource allocation and planning; the structure and programmes of national and international agencies; Canadian federal-provincial resource development agreements.
Forecasting recreational demands: methods of classifying recreational resources; methods of recreational resource inventory; principles of recreational land management and conservation.
Advanced study and handling of projects and problems in actual situations refiecting contemporary practice; examination of methodology of planning and its principles.
Principles and problems of regional development programs. International case studies. Projects related to Canadian regional development and land-use problems.
GEOG 680Seminar on the Philosophy and Methodology of Regional Planning and Resource Development
The conceptual framework of urban, regional, and resource planning; historical development of concepts and recent trends in methodology; relationship of the discipline of geography to the regional planning concept.