GEOG 1300 - World Regional Geography

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Geography

Description:

The study of different places, countries, and regions of the world. Addresses topics relating to natural environment, ethnic diversity, and regional differences in subjects related to culture, gender, age, class, social structure, spatial organization, and economic activities. Current social conditions within the world's major culture realms are analyzed and compared. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Understand and apply four key concepts -- location, place, link, and region -- to geographical issues of spatial organization. 2. Understand the language of maps -- scale, projection, symbolization -- and map types -- reference & thematic -- for use in problems of spatial analyses. 3. Understand and use basic ideas about basic physical-human processes that interact geographically in the world: environmental settings, population and settlement, cultural patterns, geopolitical frameworks, economic and social development. 4. Apply these concepts and understandings to describe and analyze the basic physical and human characteristics of a region. 5. Examine the global consequences of the basic physical-human geographic forces while understanding persistent geographic diversity. SP

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

General Education

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