{"id":9653,"date":"2014-05-26T09:43:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T13:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/geography\/?page_id=9653"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:28:54","slug":"first-year-seminars-fysm-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/first-year-seminars-fysm-2\/","title":{"rendered":"First Year Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        First Year Seminars\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"First-Year Seminars: A Professor\u2019s Perspective\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7WM6KXtneU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/first-year-seminars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First-year&nbsp;seminar<\/a> (FYSM) courses are small classes (usually with 30 students) designed to give students the opportunity to discuss and research topics of interest in a core subject area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies offers three first year seminars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 lg:grid-cols-3 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Location is Everything<\/strong><\/span><br>FYSM 1101 (1.0 credit)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Where we live affects who we are. The role of geographic location and environment on human perception, behaviour, and well-being, viewed at scales ranging from local to global; methods of collecting and interpreting information about location.<br><br> Seminars three hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Social Justice and the City<\/strong><br><\/span>FYSM 1107 (1.0 credit)<br><br>Struggles over social and economic inequality in the city, and their relationship to processes of urbanization and global change. Theories and case studies explaining how urban lives and form are shaped by social movements and urban politics. Broad introduction to critical urban geography.<br><br>Seminars three hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Sustainable Environments<\/strong><\/span><br>FYSM 1108 (0.5 credit)<br><br>The causes and consequences of environmental change; emphasis on the interactions of nature and human behaviour. Ways in which the environment can be protected and restored. Environmental issues that affect our own communities.<br><br>Seminars three hours a week.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First-year&nbsp;seminar (FYSM) courses are small classes (usually with 30 students) designed to give students the opportunity to discuss and research topics of interest in a core subject area. 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