World Regional Geography

Catalog description

This course introduces the regional approach to the study of human geography and the world’s major culture realms. Interpreting the cultural landscape employs the essential concepts in a geographic survey of the world in spatial terms, places and regions, the physical environment, diversity, and society and environment interactions. Students will learn to recognize the role that culture plays in incidents of cooperation and conflict in contemporary global, social and economic issues. Students reflect on their culture and ethnic origins on how it shapes their views of the world.