| Originator: | Velickovska, Vanja Status: Approved Department: GHY Geography |
| Date Created: | 03/07/2017 Submitted: 03/07/2017 Completed: 09/12/2017 |
| Effective Semester: | Fall |
| Catalog Year: | 2018-19 |
| Course Prefix: | GHY |
| Course Number: | 240 |
| Course Full Title: | World Regional Geography |
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| Reason for Evaluation: | Prerequisite Change Description Change Goals, Competencies and/or Objectives Change |
| Current Credit: | 3 |
| Lecture Hours: | 3 |
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| SUN Course?: | No |
| AGEC Course?: | Yes |
| Articulated?: | Yes |
| Transfer: | ASU NAU UA |
| Prerequisite(s): | Appropriate score on placement exam or completion of PCS 021 and TRE 089 with an "S". |
| Corequisite(s): | N/A |
| Catalog Course Description: | Provides an understanding of World Geography through the five themes of location, place, region, movement, and human-environmental interaction. The course provides an understanding of human geography that can be analyzed through political, social, and economic perspectives. The course will also focus on understanding cartography as related to earth science, political divisions, resource distribution, and major world biomes. |
| Course Learning Outcomes: | 1.Analyze geographic data of the five themes of geography: location, place, regions, movement, and human-environmental interactions. (3,4,5,6)
2.Identify how political, social, and economic factors affect creation of world cultures and the conflict and interactions that develop between regions and societies; including global issues such as glacial melting and climate change. (2,3,4) 3.Implement the scientific method with empirical research and data collection for exploring questions and solutions in the science of geography. (3,4,5) |
| Course Competencies: | Competency 1. Formulate the five major themes of geography.
Objective 1.1 Examine the overall location by applying both relative and absolute location. Objective 1.2 Analyze the human and physical characteristics of a place. Objective 1.3 Outline the common elements that determine formal, functional, physical, and perceptional regions. Objective 1.4 Describe the movement of people, goods, and ideas in regional and global perspective. Objective 1.5 Evaluate how environment influences the development of human cultures and impacts on global environment. Competency 2. Appraise the formation and change of the world cultures over time. Objective 2.1 Outline the development of religious and social roles in world cultures. Objective 2.2 Assess resource distribution through supply and demand that create economic traits. Objective 2.3 Identify the development of political thought and advances through history with emphasis on rural and urban development. Competency 3. Apply the scientific method to generate empirical research projects. Objective 3.1 Integrate geographic data in scientific writing and expression. Objective 3.2 Analyze human perception and bias in data as related to the scientific method. Competency 4. Evaluate Western regions and culture. Objective 4.1 Describe the human and physical factors that separate the Western and Eastern Cultures with emphasizing historical development. Objective 4.2 Evaluate modern development on movement of ideas, goods, and people into a more global world. Objective 4.3 Assess the importance and impact of manufacturing in the Western World in relation to colonialism and Western economic dominance. Competency 5. Evaluate Eastern regions and culture. Objective 5.1 Outline the human and physical characteristics that have created the Eastern culture in comparison with the Western culture. Objective 5.2 Evaluate the rapid modernization of the Eastern World and its impact on current cultures. Objective 5.3 Appraise the impact of human development on the environment in both the Eastern World and globally, such as the Three Gorges Dam in China and extensive pollution in Asia. Competency 6. Differentiate between first world and third world nations. Objective 6.1 Outline the importance of currencies and their impact on institutions such as the United Nation, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. Objective 6.2 Analyze resource distribution across the globe related to exploration and development of new economic opportunities. Objective 6.3 Describe the impact of the third world development related to world concerns such as global warming. Competency 7. Appraise conclusions made from maps and geographic data resources. Objective 7.1 Evaluate political maps and relationships between nations and cultures. Objective 7.2 Compare human populations and physical maps with natural resources on modern and future abilities to meet human demands. Objective 7.3 Analyze demographic charts to understand local and global problems and possible solutions. Competency 8. Formulate factors leading to the acceptance of diversity of world cultures. Objective 8.1 Assess the push and pull factors that have lead and are currently impacting immigration and emigration of people around the globe. Objective 8.2 Evaluate the influence of religions and cultures on modern social problems of diversity. Objective 8.3 Evaluate the impact of diversity through architectures, language, and artistic expression in modern mediums. |