GEOG 1031 - World Geography

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course introduces students to world regions including: U.S. and Canada, Latin America, Europe, Russia and former Soviet states, East and Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Sahara Africa, and Oceania. Emphasis is on the environmental, cultural, political, and economic characteristics of each region, as well as differences and similarities from one region to another and how each is impacted by globalization.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Basic Concepts in Physical Geography
2. Basic Terms and Concepts of Geography and Development
3. East Asia
4. Europe
5. Middle and South America
6. North Africa and Southwest Asia
7. North America
8. Oceania
9. Procedural Matters and Approach to Course and Text Materials
10. Russia and the Newly Independent States
11. South Asia
12. Southeast Asia
13. Sub-Saharan Africa
14. What is Geography? What do Geographers Study?

1. use the Internet as a resource to gather and analyze geographic information about world regions
2. identify the causes of and underlying principles explaining world geographic patterns using social scientific methods
3. compare and contrast world regions based on impacts of globalization
4. describe the physical, demographic, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of major world regions

05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

05. 04. Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Competency 2 (7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.

08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.

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