World Regional Geography

Catalog description

This course surveys the major geographic regions of the world, considering the differences that set one realm apart from another environmentally, socially, politically, and economically. The meaning of “development” is considered and used in comparing the various regions in the context of diversity and globalization. A sampling of regions studied includes North America, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southwest Asia, Europe, the Russian Domain, and Central and East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia.