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UCSB is Spatial ! http://www.spatial.ucsb.edu

Specialist Meeting on Spatial Thinking across the College Curriculum

10‐11 December 2012

Mike Goodchild, director emeritus of spatial@ucsb “spatial@ucsb aims to change what people think

• f spatial thinking – from something that only

experts need to know about, to something that everyone should use.” Integrating a campus‐wide community of spatial thinkers at UCSB

CENTER FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SACRED SPACE

UCSB is Spatial

Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Geographies of Place 2010–2011

http://ncgia.ucsb.edu/ www.csiss.org/ www.csiss.org/SPACE www.csiss.org/GISPopSci http://spatial.ucsb.edu/ http://teachspatial.org/

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:

• Geog 12: Maps and Spatial Reasoning

Focus A. Spatial Thinking

• Core: Geography & Psychology
• 26 courses listed from 10 departments

Focus B. Space and Place

• Core: Art, Geography, and History of

Art & Architecture

• 44 courses listed from 12 departments

Focus C. Spatial Science

• Core: Geog 12, plus . . .
• 96 courses listed from 21 departments

Requirements:

5 upper‐division courses, maximum of 3 from a single discipline

Goals:

• Complement majors with spatial reasoning

skills

• Engage spatial perspectives to:
• transcend disciplinary boundaries
• unite quantitative & qualitative
• engage multi‐media graphic display for

communication

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