This course is a study of major world regions with emphasis on prevailing conditions and developments, including emerging conditions and trends, and the awareness of the diversity of ideas and practices to be found in those regions.
Prerequisite Courses
Prerequisites
(LIBR 150 may be taken concurrently).
Competency
Behavioral and Social Understanding
Course Outcomes
After successfully completing the course, the learner will be able to:
- Define and apply the five themes of geography.
- Construct and use maps, charts and other geographic tools to understand and interpret spatial information about people, places and environments on the earth’s surface.
- Analyze how economic, political and cultural processes interact to shape patterns of human population, migration, settlement, interdependence, cooperation and conflict.
- Identify and interpret examples of current world events and how they impact the us and the rest of the world.
- Analyze and interpret a variety of materials, place concepts in a larger context and make a case for his/her interpretation.
- Produce clear, correct and coherent communication appropriate to the purpose, occasion and audience.
- Analyze and interpret various forms of communication, formulate a thoughtful response based on the ideas and information presented and understand complex instructions.
- Think and analyze at a critical level, relying on reason, evidence and objectivity.
- Use a variety of technological tools to communicate, solve problems and acquire information.