CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHY HONORS

Catalog description

This course provides a broad overview of the state of California in terms of its physical landscape and cultural environment. The state is divided into specific geographic regions; and those regions are analyzed in terms of their physiography, climate, vegetation, water resources, human history, agriculture, mineral resources, manufacturing, transportation, economic development, urbanization, and geographic problems. Students learn to interpret and construct basic maps, the foundation for spatial analysis. This honors course will be enriched with smaller class size, seminar format, and more extensive reading and analysis using primary sources, culminating in a final research paper and oral presentation. Attendance at field trips may be required. Credit may be earned in either GEOG 38 or 38H, but not both.