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• GES 330: Political Geography

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  The effects of politics on geography and the effects of geographic factors on politics.
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• GES 331: Economic Geography

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examines human use and economic organization of the earth.
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• GES 344: Environmental Justice

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will teach students to evaluate situations as just or unjust according to well-understood principles of environmental justice. Students will apply this analysis to important environmental justice topics such as unequal distribution of environmental harms and resources, treatment of indigenous people, animal and ecosystem rights and international environmental negotiations.
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• GES 345: Population Analysis

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  A study of the techniques of population analysis with respect to growth, distribution, fertility, migration, and other demographic characteristics. Some background in algebra or statistics.
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• GES 355: Earth's Changing Climate

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines the interrelationship between climate and human activities. We will study the processes that control Earth's climate with a focus on the flow of energy through the Earth system and a study of the interactions between the atmosphere, the ocean, and the land surface. We will investigate climate change on variable time scales with a focus on how climate affects humans and the environment. Further, we will examine which factors influence society's decisions in response to climate change.
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• GES 356: Earth's Changing Climate Laboratory

  1.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines Earth's climate changes through an investigation of climate data and climate models. We will investigate climate change on variable time scales and in different geographic regions with a quantitative focus.
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• GES 361: Gender and the Environment

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Gender and the Environment will explore the ways that human interaction with the natural environment is shaped by gender roles and gender inequality in cultures around the world. Topics covered will include gender differences in resource access, connections between environmental degradation and women's oppression, cultural metaphors that link nature and gender (e.g. "mother earth") and the way that gender shapes environmental movements.
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• GES 362: Applications in Sustainability

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores the history of the sustainability movement, and the current and emerging science and practices of sustainability. Students will also be introduced to the research tools and methods needed to evaluate the sustainability of energy systems, technology, the built environment and environmental regulations and policy.
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• GES 363: Energy and Society

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students will develop a working knowledge of energy technologies and policies, and their impacts on both the environment and society. Discussions and case studies will include analysis of current and emerging energy sources and consumption.
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• GES 375: Geography of Intolerance

  3.00 Credits

  Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

  
  Analyzes cross-culturally the impact on resource allocation and the spatial implications of gender, racial, religious, political and class discrimination.
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