4/19/2024 3:28:00 PM	GEOG 7 Course Outline as of Spring 1982	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  GEOG 7	Title:  CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
Full Title:  Cultural
Last Reviewed:12/10/2018

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
		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:

Introductory study of the cultural landscape, including the human population and its migrations, races, languages, religions, agricultural systems, and settlements, and an overview of social, political, and economic systems related to human perceptions and uses of the environment. Map and airphoto interpretations.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

The cultural landscape. Population densities, migrations & settlements; races, languages & religions; patterns of land use & environmental perceptions. Map & airphoto interpretations.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
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
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
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 1981
	4E	Geography
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1982	Inactive:
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

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The successful student will

--Recognize relationships between cultural geography and other

 disciplines.

--Perceive geographic knowledge to be the result of an ongoing process

 of contributions by individual personalities.

--Appreciate the utility of models, hierarchies, and classification

 schemes.

--Recognize the differences between theoretical and empirical approaches,

 and relationships or principles based on these approaches, and be

 able to cite examples of each.

--Acquire fundamental social science concepts such as cultural traits,

 cultural evolution, diffusion, determinism, free will, and

 ethnocentrism.

--Develop and practice analytical skills for interpretation of maps,

 airphotos, and remote sensing images.

--Acquire and demonstrate usage of a vocabulary of several hundred

 terms, with emphasis on more sophistication in the usage of such

 terms as Russian, Scandanavian, Caucasian, Christian, and Moslem.

--Recognize cultural realms, based on history, race, language, and

 religion, while also demonstrating awareness of cultural diversity

 within regions and within nations.

--Perceive fundamental commonalities of human experience in diverse

 environments.

--Apply relationships between birth, death, and migration statistics

 to calculate and interpret population sizes, growth rates, and future

 potentials.

Topics and Scope

History of geography and geographical ideas:  leading personalities in

ancient and modern times; major concepts of the relationship between

humans and the environment; early maps as reflections of geographic

knowledge.

The human population:  demographic variables, distribution of the

human race, migrations, relationships with health and nutrition.

Inventory of world cultures:  problems of definition of race; genetic

classification of languages; origins and relationships of religions;

cultural realms.

Settlements and cities:  central-place theory, settlement types and

hierarchies, urgan geography, land use analysis.

Agricultural systems:  theories of cultural adaptation and cultural

evolution, land use systems, ownership patterns, agricultural

techniques, plants and animals of economic importance.

Environmental perception:  designative and appraisive perceptions in

popular culture and geographical research.

Assignments:

Weekly reading assignments in text.

Review of notes of lectures which parallel, but do not duplicate, the

text.

Supplementary materials including charts, outlines, and articles from

publications are distributed for study.  These total over 50 pages.

Short papers involving library research.

Attendance and written reports of lectures, films, or other presentations

related to course topics, which are given on campus or at nearby

institutions.

Map and airphoto analysis exercises, both in-class and as homework.

Homework exercises in data analysis, with preparation of maps and

written reports of findings and conclusions.

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 25 - 50%
Written homework, Essay exams, Term papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 40%
Homework problems, Exams
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 25 - 50%
Multiple choice
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

de Blij & Muller, Human Geography

Jordan & Rowntree, The Human Mosaic

Harries and Norris, Human Geography

All of the above texts are common adoptions at two-year and four-

institutions throughout the United States.

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