Sample Focus Area Courses for Community, Regional & Global Development Concentration (in consultation with advisor)

Biodiversity

  • BIO 4550. Nature Study
  • GHY 3110 Vegetations, Soil and Landforms
  • GHY 3130 Geography of Biodiversity
  • GHY 3140. Mountain Geography (3)

Climate Change

  • GHY 1011 Global Climate Change
  • GHY 1012 Global Change of the Biosphere
  • GHY 3100 Weather and Climate

Cultural Diversity

  • ANT 2020 Gender Race and Class
  • SOC 4560. Race and Minority Relations (3).F.
  • SOC 4750. Social Stratification (3).F.
  • PS 3531 Race and Politics
  • PHL 3050. Philosophy of Race (3).F.
  • HIS 3235. Mexican American History
  • HIS 2604. African American History Since Emancipation

Energy

  • ANT 3535 Anthropology of Energy
  • TEC 3601 Energy Issues and Technology
  • TEC 4607, Wind and Hydro Power Technology (3 s.h.)
  • TEC 4608, Photovoltaic System Design and Construction (3 s.h.)
  • TEC 4700, Biofuels Technology (3 s.h.)

Environmental Policy

  • ECO 2620 Environmental and Resource Economics
  • PLN 4460: Environmental Policy & Planning
  • PS 4670 Environmental Politics
  • PS 3280 Public Policy Analysis

Food and Agriculture

  • NUT 2351 Global Nutrition
  • SD 3450 Farmworkers
  • SD 4100 Agroecology
  • WS 3400 Women, Food and Nature
  • (SD agroecology, various)

Health

  • ANT 4600. Medical Anthropology (3).
  • HP 3130. Environmental Health (3).S.
  • COM 2131 Communicating Health
  • SOC 3600. Medical Sociology (3).
  • PHL 3015. Medical Ethics (3).S.

Labor

  • HIS 3528. Comparative Labor History
  • MGT 4630 Labor Relation
  • SOC 3550 Sociology of Work and Organizations

Social Change

  • ANT 3539 Anthropology of Democracy
  • HIS 3305. Comparative Revolutions (3).
  • THR 2017. Theatre for Social Change (3)
  • SOC 3320. Sociology of Conflict Resolution (3).F.
  • SOC 4250. Collective Behavior and Social Change (3)

Technology

  • TEC 3601 Energy Issues and Technology
  • HIS 3926 Science, Technology and Society in the Atomic Age
  • WS 3300 Women and Technology
  • (TEC, various)

Transportation and Housing

  • GHY/PLN 4240 Transportation Geography and Planning
  • TEC 4604, Sustainable Transportation (3 s.h.)
  • TEC 4618, Sustainable Building Design and Construction (3 s.h.)
  • PLN 3531 Housing Policy and Planning

Urban and Regional Policy

  • ECO 3800 Urban and Regional Economics
  • GHY 4200. Urban Geography (3).
  • PLN 3730: Land Use Regulations
  • PLN 2410: Town, City and Regional Planning (3) F;S.
  • PS 3330. Urban Politics (3).
  • SOC 4710 Rural and Urban Communities

Water

  • TEC 4606, Sustainable Water and Wastewater Technology (3 s.h.)
  • GLY 1104 Mountains to Sea (Gen Ed)
  • GLY 1105 Oceanography (Gen Ed)
  • GHY 4820. Geographical Hydrology (3)
  • GLY 4630. Hydrogeology (3).
  • IDS 3300 H20: We Are Water