This course will examine the historical development of world communications systems, with emphasis on the growth of contemporary geo-communication networks such as the Internet and the WWW, and their relationship to socio-economic and environmental geography. From world city systems to rural and marginalized places around the globe, the examination and analysis of cyberspace should prove useful in understanding a new geography characterized by many as the “death of distance.” UL Lect: 3 hrs. Restriction: Computer Science and Information Technology Mgt Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
