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Nov 23, 2024
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2024-2025 College Catalog
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GEO 102 - Human Geography
Credits: 3
Lab/Lecture: Three Lecture.
Thematic approach towards the study of global attributes to provide a bridge between the social and environmental sciences that considers how trends, patterns, and interactions developed within and between countries. Emphasis consists of comparisons and contrasts of the physical, socio-cultural, economic, and political aspects among regions of the world and application of geographical concepts and theories that explain or predict the cause and effect leading to the development of specific aspects for a country or region.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- critically analyze and evaluate the various theories and interpretations within geography;
- identify the major regional divisions of the earth;
- locate and identify the basic societal, cultural, and political attributes of the world;
- identify prominent environmental issues of the earth on a regional basis;
- describe the world’s socio-economic areas and their contributing elements at local, regional, and national levels;
- discuss the integration and interactions of cultural and physical geographies into a comprehensive look at regional differences and similarities;
- compare thematically the variety of social, religious, cultural and physical landscapes on the earth.
General Education: Social/Behavioral Sciences.
Special Requirement(s): Contemporary Global/International and Historical Awareness.
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