Social Geography 2300 Instructors Dr Richard Anderson Course

Social Geography 2300

Instructors • Dr. Richard Anderson – Course director – N 412 Ross ext 22454 – anderson@yorku. ca • Kareem Sadiq MA – Teaching assistant – N 421 Ross http: //www. sadiq. ca – ksadiq@yorku. ca

What is Social Geography? • Geography of human social behaviour • Social behaviour is spatial • There are connections between – Who you are – Where you are • Place shapes society • Society shapes place

Social identity shaped by place

Place shaped by social identity

Class Schedule

Assessment • • Assignment #1 @ 25% Mid-Term test @ 20% Assignment #2 @ 25% Final Examination @ 30%

Assignments • Assignment #1 – Directed essay, explanation Sep 23, Due Oct 21 • Assignment #2 – Research report on urban statistical data – Explanation Jan 29, due Feb 28

Tests • Mid-term in December exam period – Short & paragraph answers – choice • Final in Spring exam period – Paragraph and short essay answers – choice

Readings • Course text • Other readings TBA – on-line – on reserve – in library

Course Text Gill Valentine (2001) Social Geographies: Space and Society [Prentice Hall] ISBN 0582 -35777 -2

Course Website • http: //www. yorku. ca/anderson/

Social Geography • Theme of the social use of space

Next Class • Space & Society: some approaches to social geography • read Valentine Ch 1 especially pp. 2 -7