UCSB is Spatial ! http://www.spatial.ucsb.edu Specialist Meeting on Spatial Thinking across the College Curriculum 10 ‐ 11 December 2012
Integrating a campus ‐ wide community of spatial thinkers at UCSB CENTER FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SACRED SPACE Mike Goodchild, director emeritus of spatial@ucsb Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Geographies of Place 2010–2011 “ spatial@ucsb aims to change what people think of spatial thinking – from something that only experts need to know about, to something that everyone should use.” UCSB is Spatial
http://ncgia.ucsb.edu/ www.csiss.org/ http://spatial.ucsb.edu/ www.csiss.org/SPACE http://teachspatial.org/ www.csiss.org/GISPopSci
Undergraduate Minor in Spatial Studies since January 2011 • Proposal development and review (2009–2010) • Engage the campus – Open forums to review options; set goals and strategies – Consult/coordinate with host department (Geography), Deans, and spatial aficionados in the arts, sciences, and engineering • Recognize different spatial traditions • Use existing resources – Identify candidate courses • Document frequency of offerings, ease of student access • Consult departments on spatial content and approval for listing – Adapt administration and implementation strategies to match resource availability
UCSB Minor in Spatial Studies Common Required Course: Requirements: • Geog 12: Maps and Spatial Reasoning 5 upper ‐ division courses, maximum of 3 from a single discipline Focus A . Spatial Thinking • Core: Geography & Psychology Goals: • 26 courses listed from 10 departments • Complement majors with spatial reasoning skills Focus B. Space and Place • Core: Art, Geography, and History of • Engage spatial perspectives to: Art & Architecture • transcend disciplinary boundaries • 44 courses listed from 12 departments • unite quantitative & qualitative • engage multi ‐ media graphic display for Focus C. Spatial Science communication • Core: Geog 12, plus . . . • 96 courses listed from 21 departments http://spatial.ucsb.edu/programs/academic ‐ minor.php
Building Campus Awareness of its Multiple Spatial Traditions – T h i n k S p a t i a l Brown ‐ bag forum – Newsletter – Annual Spatial ‐ Local conferences – Specialist research meetings
UCSB undergrads display research for annual spatial-local conference
Build Awareness among Students • Information Dissemination – Spatial minor webpage – Brochure – Student newspaper – Student radio – interview – Invitations to T h i n k S p a t i a l sessions Suggested Spatial Pathways • – Geographies of Place, – Operations Research – Planning and Design – Spatially Integrated Social Science – Global Patterns – Spatial Information Technologies Freshman Seminar: Thinking Spatially in the Arts and Sciences •
Course Content: INT 94PN
Discipline of Major Number Completed Minor Number Expressing Interest Anthropology 1 Art 1 Black Studies and Chicano Studies 1 Biology (e.g. Aquatic) 5 6 Bio ‐ psychology 4 Chemistry 1 Communication 1 1 Environmental Studies 8 11 Film and Media Studies 1 Geography 1 8 Geology 1 2 History 1 History of Art and Architecture 1 6 Literature CCS 1 Mathematics 2 2 Mechanical Engineering 1 Philosophy 1 Political Science 1 Psychology 2 Sociology 1 1 Statistics 1 Theater 1 Unknown 6
Recommend
More recommend
