Course Description
The student will be introduced to the various conceptual and practical concerns that figure prominently in Geography as disciplinary craft. The student will also be introduced to the epistemological foundations of geography and the basic methodological tools used by disciplinary practitioners. Course content and skill building exercises will be delivered to the student via a series of on-line learning modules.
After completing assigned readings and studying selected demonstration models, the student will engage series of short assignments whereby the student will exhibit competence with or mastery of the subject, concept or procedure introduced in the reading and demonstration model.
Some semesters, this course will be offered on-line and in other semesters it will be offered in the standard classroom format.