GEOG 103 Introduction to Cultural Geography
Course Information
| Course Number | GEOG 103 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Introduction to Cultural Geography |
| Description | This course is an introduction to cultural geography through the study of global patterns of many aspects of human culture, including population, migration, folk and popular culture, language, religion, ethnicity, political geography, development, agriculture, industry, services, urban patterns, and resource issues. Students will examine all of these and several other issues during the semester. Students will stress the variation in the cultural landscape and critically analyze several current problems facing modern society, such as overpopulation and differences between societies.Cultural geography is focused on those things that are human-created. Therefore, the basic theme addressed throughout the course will be to discover where and why human activities are located where they are found. Students will participate in the discussions and will exchange ideas that will help them to better understand the diversity of the cultural landscape and the similarities and differences between different social groups. (Prerequisites: Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading score 250+ OR Classic Accuplacer Reading score 77+ OR MCA Reading score 1046+ OR ACT Reading 21+ OR completion of one of the following courses with a grade of C, 2.0, or higher: READ 0099, ENGL 0099, or ENGL 100 [or equivalent].) (MNTC 5 & 8) |
| Total Credits | 3 |
| Total Hours | 48 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 3 Credits, 48 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite: Next-Generation Accuplacer Reading score 250+ OR Classic Accuplacer Reading score 77+ OR MCA Reading score 1046+ OR ACT Reading 21+ OR completion of one of the following courses with a grade of C, 2.0, or higher: READ 0099, ENGL 0099, or ENGL 100 [or equivalent].
Institutional Core Competencies
- Cultural Competence - Students will be able to demonstrate an attitude of personal curiosity, a rising knowledge of cultures, and an evolving range of skills for living and working among others with other worldviews and ways of life.
- Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility - Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to engage in the social responsibilities expected of a community member.
Course Competencies
- Demonstrate the elements of population growth and why population is changing at different rates in different countries
- Explain why people migrate, where migrants are distributed, and why people migrate within their own country
- Define folk and popular culture, where do folk and popular culture originate, and how they become diffuse
- Distinguish between language and dialects and explain the difficulties of multilingual states
- Define religion and describe where religions are distributed
- Describe ethnicity and understand why ethnicities clash
- Demonstrate the concept of political geography and explain the different structures of states
- Explain how human development is measured and know the impacts of world trade on development
- Know the types of agriculture and how agriculture is distributed
- Explain the situational factors in locating industries
- Demonstrate the differences between business services and consumer services and explain Central Place Theory
- Identify the patterns of urban areas compare and contrast urban transportation systems
- Comprehend the concept of sustainability and state the environmental challenges facing the world
SCC Accessibility Statement
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