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Fleeing The Fifties. The Geography of Race, Poverty and Settlement

Fleeing the Fifties. The geography of race, poverty and settlement; Suburbanization, Whiteness and New York television.

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Trophic Dynamics and Biogeography

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Island Biogeography and Invasive Species

Geography is very important in ecology. Two major systems have been designed to model this, island biogeography and metapopulations. The idea of metapopulations is more recent, and has emerged as the dominant theory. Metapopulations are populations in multiple neighboring areas. The population of a species in any individual area may go extinct, but the metapopulation […]

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The Basic Principles of Political Geography

The basic principles of political geography; the “red and blue” map of the United States; different ways of mapping U.S. presidential elections; differences in voting behavior between national elections and state and local elections; electoral geography in selected foreign countries.

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Geography of United States Elections

Led by Martin Lewis, this map-intensive course will explore the geography of US elections (both past and present), and challenge the suggestion that we are simply divided into a Red America and Blue America. Its really much more complicated than that.

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Geography of US Elections Course Introduction

This lecture provides an introduction to and overview of the Geography of United States Elections course.

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Online Master’s in Environmental Science

The field of environmental science seeks to limit the negative effects of humans on the natural world. Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, environmental scientists help policymakers understand and regulate anthropogenic impacts. Combining geography, chemistry, biology, and economics, environmental professionals mitigate the most deleterious effects of human development and inspire others to preserve and […]

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Online Bachelor’s in Environmental Policy

Those interested in the environment and how policy making organizations affect the quality of natural resources may consider the bachelor’s in environmental policy. Students enroll in courses that cover ecology, environmental policy, geography, physics, chemistry, geology, and worldwide health issues. The scientific components of the degree focus on skills in sustainability, pollution control, and waste […]

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Online Bachelor’s in Hospitality Management

Hospitality management is a career many individuals interested in travel and leisure pursue. Hospitality management’s educational programs teach students how to become managers in hotels, travel agencies, restaurants, and in an array of other business settings. Hospitality management bachelor’s programs discuss the management, business law, and food and beverage skills needed to work in today’s […]

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Elizabeth Bishop

The early poetry of Elizabeth Bishop is discussed. The poet is positioned as an endpoint to modernism, and in her essay “Dimensions for a Novel,” a response to Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” Bishop is shown to transfer Eliot’s concept of “tradition” to the construction of literary works. The poem “The Map” is presented […]