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Jul 09, 2025
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GEOG 5340 - Historical Geography of the United States
Systematic and regional survey of past human geographies of the area that became the United States from 1450 until the present. Focus on the development of regional identity over time and space, and manifestations of regional identity in the cultural landscape.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture, 1.0 research
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Gain a fuller understanding of the development of regional cultural landscapes of the trans-Rocky Mountain West during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Gain a fuller understanding of the establishment of the United State within the context of global geopolitical patterns and processes during the period 1580-1800.
- Gain a fuller understanding of the settlement of the major culture regions of the East Coast by various European and African populations, and the development of distinctive regional cultural landscapes in these regions, during the (pre)colonial eras.
- Gain a fuller understanding of the various national patterns and processes relating to the settlement of the trans-Appalachian West during the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Students will gain a fuller understanding of the subfield of historical geography, its major themes, research methodologies and theories, and its position within the academic field of geography.
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