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COURSE OBJECTIVES: |
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By the end of the course, students will |
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Introduction to Geography |
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Define geography |
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Describe concepts of culture and landscape |
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Recognize spatial relationships |
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Compare and contrast spatial diffusion concepts |
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Distinguish among regional classifications |
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Demonstrate an awareness of regional uniqueness and differences |
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Describe major world regions |
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The Physical Environment |
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Discuss basic earth structure |
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Discuss continental drift theory |
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Identify and describe major landform types |
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Compare and Contrast major soil groups |
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Weather and Climate |
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Recognize the causal relationships of earth-sun, temperature, and pressure, and winds and ocean currents |
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Relate spatial variation of economic activity to climate |
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Land and People |
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Locate demographic regions |
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Discuss spatial variation effects of population patterns and problems throughout the world on environment and identify current issues |
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Political Patterns |
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Define and differentiate political regions |
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Identify the interrelationships between political regions |
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Define geopolitics |
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Analyze geopolitics and regional differences |
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Define nationalism |
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Demonstrate an ability to identify factors causing nationalism |
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Outline how political boundaries change |
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Define boundaries |
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Evaluate maritime customs and law |
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Cultural Regions |
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Understand man's impact on the natural landscape |
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Define cultural heartlands |
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Describe cultural heartlands |
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Define regional linguistics |
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Analyze regional differences and linguistics |
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Identify religious regions |
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Discuss problems associated with spatial religious regions |
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Identify cultural geography |
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Urban Geography |
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Define urban cultural regions |
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Analyze factors utilized in the study of urban cultural regions |
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Define site and situation |
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Identify site and situational factors |
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Define ecology as related to urban regions |
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Discuss and analyze ecological problems of urban regions |
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Define basic theories of the origin of cities |
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Synthesize factors of urban geographical issues by identifying the size, number, and distribution of cities and towns on the basis of selected criteria |
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Economic Geography |
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Define economic regions |
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Give examples of and identify economic regions |
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Identify economic regions established by the Industrial Revolution |
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Define industrial regions |
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Discuss the spatial arrangement of industrial regions |
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Define location theory |
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Apply location theory to industrial activities |
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Recognize the relationship of complementarity, transferability and intervening opportunity |
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Generalize the impact of resource development to regions |