This university level course in economic geography emphasizes the need for control of the spatial allocation of our resources, and strives for heightened student awareness of the world as a complex. It may thus be considered an introduction to geocybernetics, the study of man/machine relationships in the control of spatial organization. A systems analytic technique within behavioral and cybernetic contexts is emphasized showing how a geographer can tackle a problem, and presenting a general framework or philosophy. It is a convenient organizing technique because of: 1) the treatment of large complexes as wholes, not as mechanistic parts; 2) the encompassing of concepts of interaction and spacial relationships within socioeconomic systems; and, 3) the inclusion of values, goal-seeking, decision-making, and symbolic cognitive processes important to human behavior and landscape patterns. 1) The course begins with the pure, abstract notion of a general system, and considers why the system concept is operational; 2) then links it with other concepts using interaction models; 3) examines the economic elements in the global system including: agriculture, resources, manufacturing, service systems, transportation; and, 4) finally produces the concrete concept of the terrestrial spatial system. Interwoven are concepts of order and regularity, the theories to explain order, and the analytical procedures used to test them. An appendix describes the mathematical models. (Author/SBE)