Spring 2024 - GEOG 221 OL01
Economic Worlds (3)
Class Number: 2053
Delivery Method: Online
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Online
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Exam Times + Location:
Apr 13, 2024
Sat, 4:00–4:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Leanne Roderick
leanne_roderick@sfu.ca
Office: RCB 7138
Office Hours: Office hours will be conducted online through Zoom. Book via www.calendly.com/leanne_roderick
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Prerequisites:
GEOG 100.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The fundamentals of economics geography, the study of the forces that shape the arrangement of economic activity in the real world. Breadth-Social Sciences.
COURSE DETAILS:
How do economic systems, ideologies, and practices shape our world? At what scale does ‘the economy’ take place, and how might this impact and challenge spatial processes and interconnections? In this class, we will introduce the starting points of a critical economic geography. The central learning objectives focus on developing key concepts and frameworks for analyzing economic geographies, with special attention paid to how we understand and position ourselves (and others) relationally through. Topics include: colonial economic geographies, uneven development, manufacturing, gendered divisions of labour, and, financial geographies.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- Gain a clear understanding of economic geography that you can use to better understand your own life, and the world around you
- Formulate sufficient levels of understanding about the history, legal basis, traditions, and ethical considerations of economic geography
- Apply course knowledge to real-world case studies
- Gain the tools and critical thinking skills necessary for reflecting upon, and engaging with, economic systems
- Improve your reading, writing, and communication skills in preparation for upper-division undergraduate courses
Grading
- Class Engagement Assignments - 5 x 10% (approx. 1000 words each) 50%
- Midterm (multiple choice, short answers) 15%
- ‘Mythbusters’ Assignment (2000 words or equivalent) - 5% P/F Proposal + 15% 20%
- Final exam (essay-style, ’take home’, asynchronous) 15%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Economic Geography: A Contemporary Introduction, 3rd Edition, by Neil Coe, Philip Kelly and Henry Yeung (Wiley, 2019) - available via Vitalsource / SFU Bookstore
Doughnut economics: seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist by Kate Raworth (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2017)
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
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