World Geography: Global Context

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Class Hours: 3 Lab/Discussion: 0 Credits: 3 Prerequisite: None Corequisite: None Restriction: None Description: Relates theories of the discipline of geography to current world issues and global patterns. Emphasizes local versus global strategies of resource management, spatial legacies of colonialism, contemporary multiscale issues with workforce migration, urban structure, disease, and globalization. Focuses on global patterns of development through comparative approaches and understanding of human and physical geographic characteristics of world regions. Cross-Listed: No