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Senate Committee .•nUnde.graduate 

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Subject .

New ..ourse Proposa1: GEOG385. 

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78/04/21 

Action taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies 

at its meeting of 78-04-11 gives rise to the-following 

motion: 

MOTION 

That the proposed new course GEOG, 385-3 

(Introduction to Agricultural Geography), as 

set forth in 

S.78-46, 

be approved and 

recommended to the Board for approval. 

Note - SCUS approved waiver of the time lag requirement 

so that the course could first be offered in the fall 

semester 1978-3 should the timing of Senate and Board 

approval permit its being so scheduled. 

D.R. Birch 

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The attached New Course, Geography 385-3 "Introduction to Agricultural 

Geography" was passed by the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee at 

its meeting of March 16, 1978. I have forwarded it to the Chairmen 

of the Faculty Curriculum Committees for overlap consideration, and 

have received replies from each of the three other faculty 

curriculum committees that no overlap has been brought to their 

attention between Geog. 385-3 and courses in their faculty. 

Would you please put this course on the agenda of the next SCUS 

meeting. 

S. Roberts 

c.c. M. Roberts, Geography 

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Department: 

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Course Number 

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Ti tle 

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Introduction

to

Agricultural Geography

Cilendar 

Description 

Course: 

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A critical 

examination of 

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current

theories 

and

issues in the 

study

of the patterns 

and processes underlying the

agricultural landscape. Emphasis will be placed on the

Canadian

agricultural scene. 

A problem

oriented 

approach will be used

which stresses decision

Natuie

of

Course 

making behaviour on the part of actors in the agricultural production

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

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process

and

translation of this

behaviour into the Canadian

At least 30 credit hours including Geog. 121.

agricultural landscape. (See attached.)

Lecture-Tutorial

Th3t

course (courses), if 

any,

is being 

dropped from the calendar if this course is 

approved: 

None 

Scheduling,

How frequently will the course be offered? Once yearly 

Semester in which the course will first be offered? 78-3 

Which of your present faculty would be available to make 

the

proposed offering 

possible? ? 

J. T. Pierce, R. C.

Brown

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Objectives of the Course 

(1) To 

introduce the

student

to

the

field of 

agricultural geography as

the critical

study

of man's 

relationship

with the land within a spatial context. Attention will

be focussed on the impact of consumers,

fanrers

and the government (as units of

decision making) upon

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over space. ? 

(2) To 

studygicultura1

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geography

within the 

Canadian agricultural

.4. Budgetary 

and

Space Requirements 

(for information only) 

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system. 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty 

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None

Staff 

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None

Library ? 

None ? 

Other 

courses in Economic Geography will

Audio 

Visual

None

offeed less frequently.

Space ?

None 

Equipment ?

None

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Department 

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Chairman 

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SCUS 

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,:- (When completing 

this

form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a. 

Attach course outline). 

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Course Outline 

Introduction to Agricultural Geography 

Objectives 

The dominant theme in agricultural geography is the study of the areal 

variation in agriculture. Munton notes that the "interest in the spatial 

patterns of agricultural activities provided one of the earliest and most 

firmly established foci of study in human geography." While there is some 

agreement over the philosophy of agricultural geography less consensus 

exists over its methodology. The shift from regional to systematic concerns, 

• from environmental to economic emphases and from economic to behavioural. 

interests exemplifies these differences as it does the complexity of the 

subject matter. 

Given these historical developments and given our own interests in the 

Canadian agricultural scene the following objectives are proposed: 

1)

To introduce the student to the field of agricultural geography 

• as the critical study of man's relationship with the land with- 

in a spatial context. Attention will be focussed on the impact 

of consumers, farmers and the government (as units of decision 

making) upon the behaviour and organization of agricultural 

activities over space. 

2)

To study agricultural geography where possible within the Canadian 

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agricultural system. 

LectUre 'Topics 

A) 'Concepts and Approaches 

1)

Problems facing agricultural production. 

2)

Economic concepts and principles central to agricultural geography. 

3)

Decision. making behaviour and the actors in the agricultural pro- 

duction process. 

B. .'Agricultural Production in Rural Regions 

1) Input-output relationships. 

.2) Environmental impact upon agricultural production. 

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B. Agricultural Production in Rural Regions cont'd. 

3) Demand, scale and the growth of industrial agriculture. 

Technical change and innovation. 

5). Changes in social structure of farms. 

6) The decline of the family farm and the regulation of the market 

mechanism. 

C. Agricultural Production in the Urban Regions 

1)

The rural urban fringe and the competition for land from non- 

agricultural sources. 

2)

Agricultural responses to change. 

3)

Agricultural uncertainty and the increase of government intervention. 

D. COnclusions 

1) Summary of main issues. 

2) Prospects for the future. 

General Reference Texts 

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1. Clout, H.D., Rural Geography, Pergarnon Press: Toronto, 1976. 

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2. Pound, W. C., A Theoretical Approach to Rural Land Use Patterns, Edward 

Arnold: London, 1971. 

.3. Gregor, H., Georaphy of Agriculture, Prentice-Hall Inc.,: Englewood 

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Cliffs, N.J., 1970. 

4.

Hodder, B.W., and R. Lee, Economic Geography, Methuen C Co. Ltd.: London, 

1974. 

5.

Metcalf, D., The Economics of Aricu1ture, Penguin Books Ltd.: London, 

1970. 

6.

Morgan, W. B. and RJ. C. Munton, Agricultural Geography, Mehtuen & Co. 

Ltd.: London, 1974. 

7.

Whitby, M.C. et al., Rural Resource Development, Methuen: London, 1974. 

Tentative Reading List 

Lecture Topic 

A. 1) Centre for Resources Development, Planning for Agriculture in 

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A. 1) 

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cont'd. 

• Southern Ontario, ARDA Report No. 7, University of Guelph, Guelph, 

1972, Chapters 1 and 3. 

Heady, E., Roots of the Farirt Problem, Iowa State Press: Demoines, 

1965, Chapters 1 and 2. 

Harvey, D.W., "Theoretical Concepts and the Analysis of Agricultural 

Land Use Patterns in Geography". AMG, Vol. 56, 1966, 

pp.

• 3613714. 

2)

Metcalf, D., The Economics of Agriculture, Penguin: London, 1970. 

Chapters 1 and 2. 

Morgan, W. B. and R. J. C. Munton, Agricultural Geography, Methuen: 

London, 1971, Chapters 1 and 2. 

Found, W. C., A Theoretical Approach to Rural Land-Use Patterns, 

Edward Arnold: London, 1971, Chapter 1. 

3)

Morgan 6 Munton, Agricultural Geography, Chapter 3. 

Hodder, B. W. and Roger Lee, Economic Geography, Methuen: London, 1974, 

Chapters 3 through 5. 

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Found, W. C., A Theoretical Approach to Rural Land-Use Patterns, 

Chapters 6 through 9. 

Whitby, M. C. et al., Rural Resource Development, Methuen: London, 19 

Chapter 1. 

B. 1) Found, W. C., A Theoretical Approach to Rural Land-Use Patterns, 

Chapter 2. 

BarlcMe, R., Land Resource Economics, (Second Edition)., Prentice- 

Hall, Inc.: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1972, Chapter 5. 

Morgan and Munton, Agricultural Geography, Chapter 5. 

2)

Morgan and Munton, Agricultural Geography, Chapter 4. 

3)

Morgan and Munton, Agricultural Geography, Chapters 6 and 7. 

Found, W. C., A Theoretical Approach to Rural Land-Use Patterns, 

Chapter '4. 

Gregor, H., Geography of Agriculture, Chapter 4. 

Clout, H.D., Rural Geography, Perganon: Toronto, 1976, Chapter 7. 

4)

Metcalf, D., The Economics of Agriculture, Chapter 3. 

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B.

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cont'd. 

Found, W. C., A Theoretical Approach to Rural Land-Use Patterns,. 

Chapter 8. 

Wolpert, J., The Decision Process in a Spatial Context, AAAG, 

Vol.

514, pp. 537-558. 

5)

Gregor, H., Geography of Agriculture, Chapter 5. 

Clout, H. 1)., Rural Geography, Chapter 2. 

Abramson, S.A. Rural to Urban Adjustment, ARDE Research Project, 

No. RE-4, Ministry of Forestry and Rural Development: 

Ottawa, 1968. 

6)

Grey, C., Preliminary Paper on Canadian Agricultural Land-Use Policy, 

School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education, 

University of Guelph, 1976. 

Cixizn, R.W. and Heady, E.O., Policy Integration in Canadian Agricul- 

ture, Iowa State Press: Ames, Iowa, 1973, Chapters 1 and 2. 

Morgan and Munton, Agricultural Geography, Chapter 8. 

C. 1) Krueger, R., "Urban and Rural Competition for Land", in The Shape of 

Things to Come, Anberj, Iowa Soc. /Conservation Society of 

America, 1971, pp. 247-250. 

Wibberley, G.P., Agriculture and Urban Growth, M. Joseph: London, 

1960. 

Hushak, L.S., "The Urban Demand for Urban-Rural Fringe Land", 

Land Economics, Vol. 51, No. 2, 1975, 

pp.

112-123. 

Hind-Smith, J., "The Impact of Urban Growth on Agricultural Land:. 

A Pilot Study". In Resources for Tomorrow, Supplementary 

Volume, The Queen's Printer: Ottawa, 1961. 

Clouts, H.A., "Influence of Urbanization on Land Values at the Urban 

Periphery", Land Economics, Vol. 146, No. 4, 1970, 

pp.

1489-1497. 

2) Gasson, R., The Influence of Urbanization on Farm Ownership Practice, 

Studies in Rural Land Use, Report 7, Ashford Kent: Dept. of 

Agricultural Economics, Wye College, 1966. 

Sinclair, R., "Von Thunen and Urban Sprawl", APAG, Vol. 57, pp. 72-87, 

1967. 

Mattingly, P. F., "Intensity of Agricultural Land-Use Near Cities: A 

Case Study", The Professional Geographer, Vol. 2 

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4, No. 1,. 

1972. 

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Lessinger, J., "Exclusive Agricultural Zoning: An Appraisal- 

Agricultural Shortages", Land Economics, Vol. 34, 

pp. 149180, 1958. 

isswthm, L.H., The Surroundings of Our Cities, CorlTnunity Planning 

Press: Ottawa, 1977. 

Arous, P., "New Directions in Land-Use Control in B. C.", Journal of 

Agriculture]. Economics, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 1-11, 1974. 

Gaffrey, M., "Contairunent Policies for Urban Sprawl", in Approach 

to the Study of Urbanization, Laurence, Kansas: University 

of Kansas Press, 1964. 

Hoffman, D.W., Preservation of Arable Land: Problems arid Policy 

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Responses in Ontario, Unpublished Paper, 1977. 

Clout, H. D., Rural Geography, Chapter 6. 

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We have reviewed the reading list for this new course proposal 

and related materials now in the general collection of the Library. 

We find the Library is fully prepared to support this course. 

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