GEO 141 Introductory to Human Geography

In this course, students will explore the patterns and processes that shape and connect places around the world using human geography’s various thematic lenses, including demography, cultural geography, geopolitics, economic geography, geography of development, environmental geography, and urban geography. Students will analyze and interpret visual, demographic, and geographic data with an emphasis on space, place, scale, and the environment. By the end of the semester, students will have a familiarity with the sub-fields of human geography and the different perspectives they can offer on pressing issues of global importance. This course will equip students with the tools to investigate how wide-ranging events and processes—from  climate change to gentrification—affect everyday places and our surrounding environment. 

Credits

4

1. Students will be able to analyze the processes and effects of economic and cultural globalization at different scales, from the global to local.
2. Students will be able to examine how social and cultural difference, including race/ethnicity, gender, age, class and ability, materialize spatially.
3. Students will be able to map/visualize the interconnections and interdependence between people and places.
4. Students will be able to critically interpret demographic, geographic, and visual data.
5. Students will be able to present information and analysis in a clear and compelling manner and in written, verbal and visual forms.
    Use different geographic frameworks to understand the past and analyze the present.
6. Students will be able to use different geographic frameworks to understand the past and analyze the present.