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This course explores intersections of literature and place in the Toronto region, exposing students to critical and imaginative works on place, culture, and representation. Close readings of a wide selection of Toronto-based literature are paired with critical scholarly works interrogating how places are invented, (re)presented, and (re)produced.

This course may be used for individualized study, in which case the student requires permission from a faculty member who agrees to supervise the program of directed reading and from the Program Coordinator or Undergraduate Program Director.

Examines the formation, distribution, structure and degradation of snow, as well as lake, river and sea ice. Normally offered in alternate years.

Prerequisite: AP//GEOG 2400 6.00 or SC/GEOG 2400 6.00.

From bodies to homes to studios to public spaces to neighbourhoods to arts districts to suburbs, how do artistic labour and creative practice function within the spaces of cities and, in turn, are shaped by them? How do artists critically engage with urban social justice, environmental, and cultural policy issues? These questions guide students' introduction to artistic labour, creative practice, cultural production and governance in cities around the world, with particular attention to the local urban context. Virtual and in-person fieldtrips to arts institutions, including art galleries, artist studios, community organizations, granting agencies, and government departments inform a critical appreciation of the complex network of urban actors that shape a city's cultural landscape. Analytical engagement with interdisciplinary urban cultural scholarship on gentrification, racialization, corporatization, and democratic participation informs classroom discussion and assignments.

Advanced course in geographic information systems (GIS), oriented around raster structures. Computer graphics for mapping introduced and work undertaken on finely divided surfaces. GIS considers both practical and theoretical questions of interpretation. Macintosh computers and raster-based software used for hands-on focus.Prerequisite: AP/GEOG 3340 3.00 or SC/GEOG 3340 3.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2013: Previously offered as: AP/GEOG 4340 3.00, SC/GEOG 4340 3.00.

This course is an exploration of climate justice definitions, theory, case studies, and policy implications. The course is organized around videos, speakers, and field trips (when possible) to provide experiential exposure to practitioners and organizations involved in various aspects of renewable energy development; fossil fuel finance, processing, transport, and policy; migrant resettlement; community-based organizing in marginalized communities and 'sacrifice zones'; and other forms of climate justice activism.

We will study peasants from Feudalism and the dawn of Capitalism, to the era of Globalization and the Digital Revolution, exploring their political, economic, social and environmental roles from diverse theoretical perspectives, analyzing their resistance/resilience, their social movements, their potential regarding food security and food sovereignty, and their proposals confronting the multiple crises of Capitalism and the Anthropocene. Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing or by permission of the Instructor. Students with Third-year standing may have access subject to space availability and approval from the Faculty.

An intermediate course in the physical principles of hydrological and water resource systems. Topics to be discussed include groundwater storage and flow, deterministic hydrological models and physical hydrological aspects of current water resource problems. Normally offered in alternate years. Two lecture hours, two laboratory hours. One term. Prerequisite: AP/SC/GEOG 2400 6.00. Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Prerequisite: AS/SC/GEOG 2400 6.00. Course credit exclusion: AS/GEOG 4400 3.00.

Media and communication technologies both shape and are shaped by cultural constructs, institutions and practices. This course will examine how the environment is framed and contested through dominant and alternative media, applying critical media, communication, and cultural studies theories (such as political economy, textual analysis, and audience reception). A variety of media forms will be explored (print and broadcast, photography and video, Web-based and digital media, spoken word and performance etc.) through active critique and creative cultural production. Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing or by permission of the Instructor. Students with Third-year standing may have access subject to space availability and approval from the Faculty.