{"id":11,"date":"2022-11-02T18:17:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/darrenruddell\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2023-10-16T09:18:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:18:39","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/darrenruddell\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses Taught"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n                    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          SSCI 201: Principles of Geodesign\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This introductory course into Geodesign provides students with an intellectual grounding into the key concepts, theories, and wide-ranging applications of geodesign at varying spatial contexts. Students participate in a local, self-directed geodesign project over the course of the semester to gain experience and insight in conducting field work, researching and selecting a study site, while working through the Steinitz geodesign framwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/darrenruddell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/309\/2023\/10\/201-resized-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/darrenruddell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/309\/2023\/10\/201-resized-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          SSCI 301: Maps and Spatial Reasoning\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>This course examines how spatial literacy can be used in a variety of fields such as health care and medicine, economics and engineering, architecture and planning, environmental science and sociology, among many others. 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