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2017-2018 Official General Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

GEO 120 - World Cultural Geography


Description and analysis of human or cultural use of physical space, economics, religious, linguistic, and political phenomena in major world areas.  A regional approach is used to highlight the phenomena.

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify major concepts in cultural geography including place, region, mobility, and cultural landscape.
2.  Identify and discuss some of the elements of cultural geography, including the geographies of population, language, race and ethnicity, religion, and political geography.
3.  Demonstrate an understanding of the relation of geography to such phenomena as urbanization and globalization.
4.  Apply geographical knowledge to the analysis of contemporary local, regional, national, and international issues.