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UGST 109 FIG Seminar
TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 1 Credit
Set aside to protect natural and cultural resources, US National Parks and Monuments are places where people have sought refuge, inspiration, and livelihood for millennia. From well before tourists in Yellowstone National Park were taken hostage in 1877, during the flight of the Nez Perce from the US Army, these landscapes have reflected the complex demands for the preservation, exploitation, and enjoyment of the ‘natural’ environment placed upon extraordinary locations.
In the Mapping Mountains seminar, we use a geographic and cartographic perspective to explore the development of outdoor tourism in US National Parks and Monuments.
Earth 213 Geography of National Parks
Science (>3) | TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 4 Credit
Examines selected geologic features in United States national parks/monuments and the processes that form them within a historical approach to the development of the North American continent. Focuses on parks and monuments throughout the conterminous 48 states.
Geography 250 Geography of Outdoor Adventure
Social Science (>2) | TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 4 Credit
Introduces cultural geography by tracing the emergence and contemporary significance of outdoor adventure sports. Their global development since the late 1800s coincides with changing ideas about nature, wilderness, and the utility of play, and reflects modern social disparities and environmental challenges.