The request to re-establish GEOG 5240

Date: July 16, 2014
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: June 24, 2014
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Fall 2014

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GEOG 5240. Geography of Knowledge and Information. (3) Cross-listed as GEOG 4240. Examination of the factors that influence the location of economic activities in the information age. Discussions and lectures explore the geographic aspects of the transition away from manufacturing to information processing as the primary mode of production. The transition is examined in terms of technology development, urban and regional development, information flows and the location of quaternary industry. Replaces GEOG 6303/GEOG 8303. (Fall, on demand).