Course analyzes regions of the world. Content includes looking at patterns and distributions of economic, political and social organizations of different nations, to gain global perspective on current world events; focus is on aspects of development and underdevelopment using representative regions as examples.
Course studies contemporary world cultures and their interrelationships with geographic structure and regions, to gain a global perspective on current world events. Content includes human origins and distribution; population, migration,health, climate, culture, language, settlement, industry and agriculture.
Course introduces economic geography. Course explores global patterns of economic activity including the exploration and analysis of production, exchange and consumption patterns. Stages of economic development and country and market forces are explored. Includes the adaptation of humans and their physical environment including differences in economic development. International alliances, globalization and technological innovation explored due to the economic interdependence among people, regions, and nations.
Course explores major issues in the field of geography. Topics will be selected from subspecialties such as: elements of the environment; population geography; the rainforest; and development and industrialization. Course has different focus and/or scope from other courses currently offered in the department and may be taken for credit up to four times on different topics. Fee varies. Prerequisite may vary by topic.