{"id":12,"date":"2021-01-22T23:15:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T06:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-02-18T06:36:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T13:36:46","slug":"ubc-geography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/ubc-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"UBC Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As geographers we study the natural and social processes that create and shape our environments. The courses at UBC examine the interconnectedness of society and the natural world from perspectives both global and local.<\/p>\n<p>By studying the relationships between people and place, we can explore the contemporary challenges facing humanity and develop solutions to tackle these issues.<\/p>\n<p>Through my time at UBC I have had the opportunity to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use geo-spatial data analysis to understand the patterns of an increasingly complex and data driven world, from mapping flood patterns to charting inequalities<\/li>\n<li>Work across multiple disciplines from the sciences, social sciences and humanities to understand complex problems<\/li>\n<li>Develop and practice persuasive public speaking skills and written communication skills that integrate a broad range of perspectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Geography Courses taken at UBC:<\/p>\n<p>GEOB 102: Our Changing Environment &#8211; Climate and Ecosystems<br \/>\nGEOB 200: Atmospheric Environments<br \/>\nGEOB 270: Geographic Information Systems<br \/>\nGEOB 305: Introduction to Hydrology<br \/>\nGEOG 310: Environment and Sustainability<br \/>\nGEOG 312: Climate Change: Science and Society<br \/>\nGEOG 316: Geography of Natural Hazards<br \/>\nGEOG 328: Constructing Canada<br \/>\nGEOG 329: Political Geography<br \/>\nGEOG 362: Geography of Economic Development<br \/>\nGEOB 372: Cartography<br \/>\nGEOB 373: Introduction to Remote Sensing<br \/>\nGEOG 380: Geography of Asia<br \/>\nGEOB 402: Air Pollution Meteorology<br \/>\nGEOG 410: Environment and Society<br \/>\nGEOB 472: Research in Cartography and Geovisualizations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">As geographers we study the natural and social processes that create and shape our environments. The courses at UBC examine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31545,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31545"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nayanika\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}