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MEMORANDUM
SENATE
To
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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GEOGRAPHY CGES - NEW COURSES
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Date
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NOVEMBER
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17,
1 982
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
at its meetings of November
9, 1982
and November
16, 1982
gives rise to the
following motion:-
MOTION:
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, as set forth in
S.82-119,
the proposed
New courses - GEOG
265-3 -
Geography
of British Columbia
GEOG
311-3
-
Hydrology
S
GEOG
411-5 -
Models in
Hydrometeorology
GEOG
423-5 -
Geography
of Tourism and Outdoor Recreation
GEOG
426-5 -
Industrial
Organization, Location and Planning."
FOR INFORMATION:
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of November
16, 1982
the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved change in prerequisite
for GEOG
312-3 -
Geography of Natural Hazards - and change in title and description
for GEOG
413-5.
L
Geog.
Geog.
Geog.
Geog.
Geog.
265-3
311-3
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23-5
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MIMORANDUM
To
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Sheila Roberts
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Faculty of Ar'ts.
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From
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Ida Curtis
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Departrnen.
Date .......
October
.
29, 1982
The Department of Geography has recently completed a review
of its undergraduate courses and has proposed the following
additional courses:
"Geography- -of British- Columbia"
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"Hydrology"
"Models in Hydrometeorology"
"Geography of Tourism and Outdoor Recreation"
"Industrial Organisation, Location and Planning"
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Geog. 265 has already been offered regularly under a Selected-
Regions title, and it was felt that it should have its own number.
.The two hydrology courses will be offered to take advantage
of the
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expertise of a new faculty member, W.G. Bailey.
As part of the review mentioned above, the Department has
already dropped Geog. 201 and Geog. 406. Since some Geography
courses are offered more frequently than necessary and the new
courses are intended to fill out the program, the Department does
not foresee a staffing problem.
cc: G.A. Rheumer
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1. Calendar Information
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Department
Geography
Abbreviation Code: ?
GEOG
Course Number:
265 ?
Credit Hours:
3 Vector: 2-1-0
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Geography of British Columbia
Calendar Description of Course:
An examination of the physical landscape, the migration process,
resource exploitation and the development of the settlement
patterns.
Nature of Course
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Lecture/Tutorial
Prerequjaites (or special instructions):
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None
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
None
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
Semester in which the course will first be of feréd?
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
P.M. Koroscil, G.A. Rheumer, M.L. Barker
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3.
Objectives of the Course
To
p
rovide students with a basic geographic understanding of
British Columbia.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
None
Staff ?
None
Library
No additional materials
Audio Visual
None
Space ?
None
Equipment
None
5. Approval
Date:/'7'..2 :,(
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Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
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Simon Fraser University
Department of Geography
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Fall Semester 1982
Geography of British Columbia
A geographic interpretation of British Columbia. An examination of
the impact of migration, resource expoitation and economic development
on the settlement process and an anhlysis of the rural/urban pattern.
Course Organization
There will be a lecture followed by a discussion period.
Re
q
uired Reading Material
J. Lewis Robinson (ed.) British Columbia, U. of Toronto Press, 1974.
Additional Reading and Reserve List
A list of additional references will be handed out in class.
Topics to be covered
1.
The Physical Landscape and Interacting Components.
2.
Vancouver Island.
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migration, resource exploitation and the settlement
process.
3.
Mainland - migrations, resource ex p
loitation and the sett1ennt process.
4.
Industrial landscape.
5.
Agrarian
.landscape.
6.
Utopian Settlements.
7.
TOwns and Cities - Development and Non-I\veloprnent.
The Geography of British Columbia -- Rationale
The Geography of British Columbia has been offered
fairly regularly as Geography 263--"Selected Regions."
In addition to Geography students, it also attracts
education students andit is one of the courses in
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the Certificate program in B.C. Studies. It is time
for the course to become a permanent part of the
Geography program, with a number and course description
of its own.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information ?
Department
Geography
Abbreviation
Code:
GEOG ?
Course Number:
311 ?
Credit Hours:
3 ?
Vector:2-0-2
Title of Course:
Hydrology
Calendar Description of Course:
An introduction to hydrology; examination of the global
hydrological cycle and its components; description and
analysis of the processes of water movement and storage.
Nature of Course
Lecture/ Laboratory
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
At least 30
credit hours, including GEOG ill.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
None
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
once per year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
83-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
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W.G. Bailey, M.C. Roberts, E.J. Hickin, R.B. Sagar
3.
Objectives of the Course
To introduce students to: a) the global hydrological
cycle and its components
b) the processes ofwater.
movement and storage, and the
techniques used in their study.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty ?
none
Staff ?
none ?
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Library
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no additional materials
Audio Visual
none
Space ?
none
Equipment
none
S. Approval
Date:
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—Chairman
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Dean
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Chairman, SCLJS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
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Simon Fraser University
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Geography
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Department of Geography
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W.G. Bailey
Course Outline
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HYDROLOGY
Descriptions This course provides an introduction to hydrology.
The storage and movement of water through the
global hydrological cycle will be examined.
Description and analysis of the processes of water
movement and storage will form the central theme,
Lecture Topices 1.
2.
;3.
5.
Properties of water
Global hydrological cycle and the water balance
Precipitation
Evaporation and transpiration
Runoff and rivers
Draina
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7.
boll moiuiur
8.
Lakes and oceans
9.
Snow and ice
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Groundwater
Textbooks Ward, R.C., 19
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Princi
p
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M
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drolo.
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McGraw-Hill,
Toronto, 403pp.
Organizations The lecture portion of the course involves one 2
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hour lecture per week. In addition, there is a 2
hour laboratory session each week.
Evaluation Schemes Mid-term examination
20
Laboratory assignments
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40
Final examination
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100
Geography 311
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Hydrology
Rationale:
A new 300-level course in hydrology is proposed.
This course will be an addition to the present theme
courses already offered in physical goegraphy (Geog. 313,
314, 315, 317, 318). It will complement these courses
and is intended to provide an introduction to the scientific
study of water. It will be fundamentally concerned with
the global hydrological cycle and its components and the
processes important in water movement and storage. In
addition, the importance of water is becoming increasingly
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more apparent. This course will provide students with an
introductory background to the study and nature of water
that may be applicable in many other avenues of study.
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information
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Department
Geography
Abbreviation Code:
GEOG
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Course Number:
411 -
Credit Hours:
5
Vector:
2-3--0
Title of Course:
Models in Hydrometeorology
Calendar Description of Course:
Introduction to current research efforts in hydrometeorology;
application of mathematical models to describe and analyze
processes of water transfer.
Nature of Course
Lecture/Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
At least 60 credit hours including GEOG 313, GEOG 311, and
MATH 151 6 152 or MATH 15
1
4
6 155.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
None
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
?
once per year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
84-1
Which of your. present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
W.G. Bailey, R.B. Sagar
3.
Objectives of the Course
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To provide students with' a working understanding and knowledge
of' current modelling approaches used in the study of water
transfer processes in the atmosphere and at the earth's
surface.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
none
Staff'
none
Library
no additional materials
Audio Visual
none
Space ?
none
Equipment
5. Approval
Date:
Depa1jent-€-hatruian
fUcr\r.
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Dean
Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions seeMemorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
Arts 78-3
Simon Fraser University
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Department of Geography
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W.G. Bailey
Course Outline
MODELS IN
Descriptions Hydrometeorology is concerned with the study of the
atmosphere and land phases of the hydrological
cycle and the processes involved in water transfer.
This course will acquaint the student with current
research efforts in hydrometeorology. The focus of
the course will oe the application of mathematical
models to both describe and analyze processes of
water transfer.
Lecture topicss 1.
2,
3.
4.
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6.
5.
Mathematical models and their application to
natural processes
Precipitation processes
Evaporation and transpiration
Turbulent transfer exchange
Soil moisture movement
Effects of changing spatial and temporal
scales on modelling approaches
Reading materials 1. Textbooks Bruce, J.P. andR.H. Clark, 19661
Introduction to Hydrometeorology.
Pergamon Press, Toronto, 319pp.
2. Other readings from the scientific literature
will be assigned during the course.
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OrganizatiOns The lecture portion of the course involves one
2 hour lecture per week. In addition, there will
be a
3
hour seminar session each week.
Term papers A term paper will be required for the course. A list
of topics and general guidelines will be provided
during the first week of class.
Evaluation schemes
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Seminar assignments ?
30
Term paper
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40
Final examination
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30
100
Geography 411
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Models in Hydrometeorology
Rationale:
A new 400-level course in hydrometeorology is proposed.
Hydrometeorology is concerned with :the study of the
atmospheric and terrestrial parts of the hydrological cycle.
The central theme of the course will be the description and
analysis of processes of water movement and storage. Hence
it will draw upon the prerequisites of Geog. 311 (Hydrology)
and Geog. 313 (Climatology). As current research and
application concerns can no longer be addressed in a non-
quantitative fashion, the course will introduce mathematical
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modelling approaches. it is intended that the course will
introduce students to the nature and application of models.
Focus will be given to familiarizing students with the
application of mathematic models to both the description
and analysis of processes of water transfer and storage.
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information ?
Department GEOGRAPHY
Abbreviation Code:
GEOG ?
Course Number:
423 -
Credit Hours:
S
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Vector:
2-3-0
Title of Course:
GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM AND OUTDOOR RECREATION
Calendar Description of Course:
Factors underlying the changing geography of tourism and outdoor recreation on a
regional, national, and international scale. Case studies from a variety of
cultural settings illustrate planning strategies designed to cope with economic,
social, and biophysical impacts.
Nature of Course
Lecture/Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
At least 60 credit hours, including Geog. 121, 1
1
41 and 12 hours of courses from
Geography, Division A.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
2.
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
At least once every 2 years
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
84-1
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
M.L. Barker, P.L. Wagner
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3. Objectives of the Course
To provide a framework for understanding: (1) the changing
concept of leisure, and the historical evolution of supply and demand for outdoor recre-
ation and tourism opportunities; (2) traveller characteristics and factors influencing
participation; (3). the provision of outdoor recreation and tourism opportunities in
rural and urban settings; (4) the concept of changing capacity and problems associated
with the biophysical, economic, and social imports of outdoor recreation and tourism; and
4.
Budgetary.and Space Requirements (for information only)
(5) management responses and
"itrategies developed to
What additional resources will be required in the
cope with specific
Faculty ?
None ?
problems.
Staff ?
None
Library ?
Limited acquisition of most recent texts. (Good journals collection.)
Audio Visual ?
None
Space ?
None
Equipment ?
None ?
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5.
Approval
Date: ?
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(jt,-i.i. ?
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D.p1tmenthairman
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Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCLJS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
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GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM AND OUTDOOR RECREATION
A new 400-leve1 course is proposed in order to provide a rigorous basis
for: (1) understanding the changing patterns and impacts of tourism and
outdoor recreation at the regional, national, and international scale; and
(2) evaluating strategies that have been developed in response to emergent
problems.
Dramatic increases in discretionary income and nobility in industrialized
nations have resulted in an exponential growth in demand for outdoor recreation
and tourism opportunities since the 1950
1
s. Such opportunities range across a
very broad spectrum that includes such diverse activities as the use of urban
neighbourhood parks, second home ownership, packaged vacations on cruise ships
or at tropical island resorts, visiting National Parks, and trekking in remote
Himalayan valleys.
Some regional and national economies
- (e.g.
- Hawaii, Mexico, Austria) have
become critically dependent on tourism revenues. In such cases, strategies
developed to offer protection against congestion, changes in consumer pre-
ferences, and the impact of international currency fluctuations have met with
varying degrees of success. Elsewhere, the tourism sector is less highly
developed but the recent rapid growth in visitor numbers has resulted in signi
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ficant impacts on the physical environment, land-use patterns, and cultural
traditions (e.g. the
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Himalayas). Here it is necessary to ensure that
the capacity of the biophysical environment and culture to absorb such impacts
is not exceeded.
In the Canadian context, a number of issues have emerged as a consequence
of increased participation in outdoor recreation and tourism during the last
two decades. One can cite as examples Canada's two billion dollar travel.
deficit, growing conflicts between recreationists and other resource users
(e.g. hikers and loggers) or between environmental groups and tourism promoters
(e.g. Banff National Park), and localized disputes between different groups
of recreationists (e.g. snownobilers and cross-country skiers).
The proposed course would be arranged around a number of coherent themes
in order to encompass key trends in such a broad spectrum. It is the intention
to draw upon two geographic traditions of studying man-land-relations and
spatial relations to provide a framework for understanding:
1.
the concept of leisure, and the historical evolution of supply and
demand for outdoor recreation and tourism opportunities;
2.
the nature and pattern of participation: implications of the spatial
and temporal pattern of demand, traveller characteristics and demand
forecasting;
3.
the provision of outdoor recreation and tourism opportunities in
rural and urban settings: recreational land caissification, scenic
quality and landscape attractiveness, etc.;
. the concept of carrying capacity and problems associated with the
biophysical, economic, and social impacts of outdoor recreation and
tourism;
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5. Management responses and planning strategies developed to cope with
specific problems.
Case studies drawn from a variety of cultural settings will be used
throughout the course. Examples may include tourism impacts in the Himalayas
and the Caribbean, tourism planning strategies in the Alps, ski resort invest-
ment policies in western Canada, and wilderness management approaches in Canada
and the United States.
Required Reading
The course is intended to integrate a number of themes drawn from a
broad spectrum, using sources from the geographic literature and other disci-
plines. While no single text can cover all the material, .contributors to this
rapidly-developing field have written a number of volumes which should be made
available to the students. The Library collection meets the essential require-
ments of the course but it would be necessary to add some of the most recent
publications.
The most useful volumes in the existing library collection include:
Drnuel de Kadt, 1979. Tourism: Passport to Development? (Perspectives on
the Social and Cultural Effects of Tourism in Developing Countries.)
N.Y.: Oxford University Press (published for the World Bank and UNESCO).
I. C. Simmons, 1975. Rural Recreation in the Industrial World. London: Edward
Arnold.
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Lloyd E. Hudman, 1980. Tourism: A Shrinking World. Columbus, Ohio: Grid Inc.
Douglas M. Knudson, 1980. Outdoor Recreation. N.Y.: MacMillan Pub. Co. Inc.
C. Frank Brockman, et al., 1979. Recreational Use of Wildlands. N.Y.: McGraw-
Hill. 3rd. ed.
The reserve readings would include a range of specialised texts in the
field, and articles from the following journals:
Journal of Liisure Research
Annals of Tourism Research
Recreation Canada
Recreation Management
Journal of Environmental Management
Environmental Conservation
Biological Conservation
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
(luiai. I Ian Geographe
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Geographical Review
Annals, Association of American Geographers
Professional Geography
Economic Geography
Ontario Gegoraphy ?
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Alternatives
Environment
Environment and Behaviour
Revue de Géc)graphie Alpine
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G&graphische Rundschau
Geogmphica. Helvetica
Geogrfiska Annaler
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Land Economics ?
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American Economic Review
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Journal of American Institute of Planners
Plan (Canada)
Audubon
Wildlife Review
Nature Canada
Natpa ?
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Journal of Forestry
Forestry Chronicle
Fore stalk
Sierra Club Bulletin
B.C. Outdoors
Conservationist
Science
Research Paper Series, U.S. Forest Service, Intermountain
Forest and Range Experiment Station
For the
purposes of this course, the periodicals collection is good.
The only significant additions that I would like to see are:
Mountain Research and Development (1980-)
and the publications of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of
Nature and Natural Resources) e.g. UN List of National Parks and Related
Reserves.
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Geography
1. Calendar Information ?
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Department
Abbreviation Code: CEOG
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Course Number: 426
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- Credit Hours:
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5 Vector: 3-2-0
Title of Course: Industrial Organisation, Location and Planning
Calendar Description of Course: ?
Relationships between corporate and regional
planning and methods for assessing. the effectiveness of locational incentive schemes.
Nature of Course Lecture, seminar/workshops and fieldwork.
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
?
GEOG. 323 and GEOG. 383
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
2. Scheduling ?
.
? . ? .
How frequently will the course be offered?
?
At least once every two years
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
?
84-1
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? ?
Roger Hayter, ?
T. I.
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Gunton ?
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3.
Objectives of the Course
(1) ?
to provide an understanding of the extent and nature to which the structure and
policies of industrial organisationsréspond to and constrain
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the goals and
priorities of regional economic planning.
(2)
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to provide a practical appreciation of primarily survey based methods used to evaluate
the local economic impacts of industrial organisation and the effectiveness of
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
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industrial incentive programmes.
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff ?
- ? -
Library
Audio Visual
Space
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.
Equipment ?
Course will require use of one, possibly two, departmental vehicles for a
4 - 5 day period.
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S.
Approval ?
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Date:
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Dean
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Chairman, SCUS
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SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see. Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
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rndustrial Organisation, Location and Planning
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Course Outline
1.
Overview of the nature and extent of industrialisation in
peripheral areas in terms of organisational, geographical
and industrial characteristics with particular reference to
the Western Canadian context.
2.
The spatial structure of corporate systems and the nature
and stability of inter-firm linkages.
3.
Flexibility in location, the role of locational incentives
and assessing "footloosedness'.
4.
Methods for assessing theextent to which locational incen-
tive schemes generate "incremental effects".
the-- entry of
resource processing and secondary manufacturing activities
on labour supply, local labour markets and income•.
• 6. Methods for assessing the contribution of externally con-
trolled investments in manufacturing activities on regional
structural change.
7. Coping with uncertainty: corporate and community responses.
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Rationale
The rationale for the proposed course, in terms of its potential
contribution to existing undergraduate courses, is twofold. First, it
offers to systematically explore the relationships between the organisation
of industry, the location of economic activity and regional economic planning
with particular reference to Canadian conditions. Second, particular
attention will be given to the problems of evaluating the local economic
impacts of decisions made by individual organisations in response to locational
incentive schemes. As such the proposed course is a logical extension and
(partial) integration of Geog. 323 and Geog. 383 which focus on the dimensions
of regional industrial change and regional planning respectively. The
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proposed course will also complement the land use and primary resource
orientation of existing 4th year rural planning and resource management
courses.
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UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
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GEOG 312-3 Geography of Natural Hazards (2-1-0)
CHANGE OF PREREQUISITE
FROM: At least 30 credit hours, including GEOG
Ill or 112.
TO: ?
At least 30 credit hours. including GEOG
111 or 112. Students with credit for
CJEOG 212-3 may not take this course for
further credit.
RATIONALE: GEOG 312 Geograph
y
of Natural Hazards
replaces GEOG 212 Geography of Natural
Hazards). Students who already have
GEOG 212 should not be able to take GEOG
312 for further credit.
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p. 165
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GEOG 413-5 Geomorphology II (2-1-2)
CHANGE OF COURSE TITLE
FROM: The Hydrology and Geomorphology of Drainage Basia
TO: ?
Geomorphology II
CHANGE OF DESCRIPTION
FROM: The morphology and evolution of drainage basins:
analysis of surface and sub-surface flow in the
drainage basin; stream-hillslope erosion and
sedimentation.
TO: ?
Advanced theory and analysis of landform
development, with emphases on fluvial processes
and the geomorphology of amine environments.
RATIONALE: This recommended change in the title and
course description for GEOG 413 is necessary
because of overlap and duplication of course
material with the new proposed courses in
Hydrology (GEOG 311.) and Hydrometeorology
(GEOG 411).
Approval of this change is contingent on the
approval of these two courses.
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