Physical processes acting at the Earth's surface; water cycle; landforms; human impacts. Please consult the Faculty of Science Credit Exclusion Lists: https://vancouver.calendar.ubc.ca/faculties-colleges-and-schools/faculty.... [3-2*-0] Credit will be granted for only one of GEOB_V 103 or GEOS_V 103. Equivalency: GEOB_V 103.

Environmental geography has experienced a renaissance in recent years. This survey course introduces students to current debates, key conceptual approaches, and outstanding recent research within human geography, focusing on political ecology. Specifically, we will explore the ways in which political ecology has been challenged and “othered” in various ways, particularly given the fact that the both the “material turn” and the “cultural turn” have destabilized concepts like “environment” and “nature”–with significant consequences for political ecologists. Topics to be covered include: environmental racism; social construction of nature; animal geographies; and posthumanism and biopolitics.

The politics of North-South solidarity in theory and practice through community service learning models.

Formulation of key elements of urban studies theory, concepts, and methods to a community-engaged urban challenge. Credit will be granted for only one of GEOG 451 or URST 451. Prerequisite: One of GEOG 250, URST 200 and all of PLAN 211, PLAN 231, GEOG 371. Equivalency: URST 451

Decolonial theory and practice through an examination of critical Indigenous and critical race scholarship and activism. Prerequisite: Restricted to students with 3rd year standing or higher. GEOG 121, or equivalent, is strongly recommended for students with 3rd year standing.