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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
GEOG 7 | Title:
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY |
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| Full Title:
Introduction to Human Geography |
| Last Reviewed:9/23/2024 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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In this course, students will learn about human geography. Human geography is the study of the world and its people, communities, and cultures. Topics include human population, ethnicity, culture, agriculture, development and settlement patterns, and social, political, and economic systems. Emphasis is placed on spatial patterns and the interactions between humans and the natural environment.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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In this course, students will learn about human geography. Human geography is the study of the world and its people, communities, and cultures. Topics include human population, ethnicity, culture, agriculture, development and settlement patterns, and social, political, and economic systems. Emphasis is placed on spatial patterns and the interactions between humans and the natural environment.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Spring 1982
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | D
| Social and Behavioral Sciences
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | D | Social Science | Fall 2012 | |
| | D5 | Geography | | |
| | D | Social Science | Fall 1991 | Summer 2012 |
| | D1 | Anthropology and Archeology | | |
| | D3 | Ethnic Studies | | |
| | D5 | Geography | | |
| | D6 | History | | |
| | D | Social Science | Fall 1981 | Summer 1991 |
| | D1 | Anthropology and Archeology | | |
| | D3 | Ethnic Studies | | |
| | D6 | History | | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 4 | Social and Behavioral Science | Fall 1981 | |
| | 4E | Geography | | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Spring 1982 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Spring 1982 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
| CID Descriptor: GEOG 120 | Introduction to Human Geography | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): GEOG7 |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Apply geographic methods and tools to observe and understand the distribution of human cultural characteristics at the local, regional, and global scale.
2. Synthesize information interpreted from maps and statistical data in order to recognize patterns and interpret spatial relationships between human activity and the natural environment.
3. Describe how human actions modify the natural environment and how the natural environment affects humans.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Recognize and identify relationships between human geography and other disciplines.
2. Compare and contrast models, hierarchies, and classification schemes and apply them to geographic issues.
3. Compare and contrast fundamental social science concepts such as cultural traits, cultural evolution, diffusion, determinism, free will, and ethnocentrism.
4. Use, analyze, and interpret maps and other geographic data.
5. Examine relationships between birth, death, and migration statistics and calculate and interpret population sizes and growth rates.
6. Explain the origins, characteristics, processes, and distribution of the world's major economic and political systems, and culture areas.
7. Identify fundamental commonalities of human experience in diverse environments, and the role of tradition, gender, education, technology, and globalization in human response to environmental change.
Topics and Scope
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Topics will include, but are not limited to:
I. Core Geographic Concepts
A. Social science methods
B. Location and place
C. Regions
D. Scale: local, regional, and global patterns
E. Space: distribution of features
F. Connections between places
G. Map reading and interpretation
H. Geographic technology: remote sensing, global positioning systems (GPS), and geographic information systems (GIS)
II. Population
A. Demographic indicators
B. Demographic transition
C. Population pyramids
D. Distribution
E. Density
F. Controls
III. Migration
A. Patterns
B. Types
C. Controls
IV. Ethnicity
A. Race versus ethnicity
B. Ethnic diversity
C. Distribution
D. Conflicts
E. Impacts on the landscape
V. Language
A. Origin and diffusion
B. Classification
C. Distribution
D. Modifications
VI. Religion
A. Classification
B. Origin and diffusion
C. Major world religions
D. Global distribution
VII. Folk and Popular Culture
A. Origin and diffusion
B. Influence of the natural environment
C. Material culture
D. Impact of globalization
E. Environmental impacts
VIII. Political Geography
A. States, nations, and nation-states
B. Evolution of the modern state
C. Shapes, boundaries, and locations
D. Distribution
E. Cooperation among states
F. Terrorism
IX. Urban Patterns
A. Urbanization
B. Origins of cities
C. Functions
D. Structure
E. Global distribution
F. Changes
X. Agriculture
A. Origin and diffusion
B. Classification and forms
C. Distribution
XI. Development
A. Economic, social, and demographic indicators
B. Distribution
XII. Manufacturing and Industry
A. Origins
B. Location considerations
C. Patterns and trends
D. Associated problems
E. Global distribution
XIII. Services
A. Types
B. Hierarchy
C. Distribution patterns
XIV. Human Impacts on the Natural Environment
A. Renewable and non-renewable resources
B. Resource extraction and depletion
C. Pollution
D. Climate change
Assignments:
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1. Assigned readings (20-40 pages per week)
2. Assignments (6-16): written homework; homework problems; problem solving exercises; mapping assignments
3. Quizzes (4-12)
4. Written papers (2-8, 1-2 pages each) and/or research paper (0-1, 4-8 pages)
5. Exams (3-5)
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
15 - 40% |
| Written homework, written papers and/or research paper | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
10 - 40% |
| Problem solving exercises, homework problems, mapping assignments | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 70% |
| Quizzes and exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 10% |
| Participation and attendance | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Contemporary Human Geography. 5th ed. Rubenstein, James. Pearson. 2023.
Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture. 12th ed. Fouberg, Erin and Murphy, Alexander. John Wiley & Sons. 2020. (classic).
The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography. 13th ed. Rubenstein, James. Pearson. 2020. (classic).
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