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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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Human geography is the study of the world, 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 physical environment.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Eligibility for ENGL C1000 ( or ENGL 1A)
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Human geography is the study of the world, 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 physical environment.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Eligibility for ENGL C1000 ( or ENGL 1A)
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
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, the student will 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. Differentiate between theoretical and empirical approaches, and relationships or principles based on these approaches and cite examples of each.
4. Compare and contrast fundamental social science concepts such as cultural traits, cultural evolution, diffusion, determinism, free will, and ethnocentrism.
5. Use, analyze and interpret maps and other geographic data.
6. Explain the origins, characteristic, 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.
8. Examine relationships between birth, death, and migration statistics and calculate and interpret population sizes and growth rates.
Topics and Scope
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Topics will include, but are not be 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. Maps, map reading, and other geographical tools
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 vs. 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 physical 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. Resource extraction
a. Fishing
b. Forestry
c. Mining and quarrying
XIII. Manufacturing and Industry
a. Origins
b. Location considerations
c. Patterns and trends
d. Problems associated with
e. Global distribution
XIV. Services
a. Types
b. Hierarchy
c. Distribution patterns
XV. Human impacts on the natural environment
a. Renewable and non-renewable resources
b. Resource depletion
c. Pollution
Assignments:
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1. Assigned readings (20-40 pages per week)
2. Assignments: written homework; problem solving exercises; mapping assignments (8-16)
3. Quizzes (4 to 12)
4. Written papers (4-8, 1-2 pages in length) and/or research paper (0-1, 4-8 pages in length)
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, research paper | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
15 - 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, objective exams (multiple choice, etc.) that include short answer and essay questions | |
| 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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An Introduction to Human Geography: The Cultural Landscape, 10th edition. Rubenstein, James M. Pearson/Prentice Hall: 2011
Places and Regions in Global Context: Human Geography, 5th Edition. Knox, Paul L. and Marston, Sallie A. Pearson/Prentice Hall: 2010.
Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture, 9th edition. Fouberg, Erin H., Murphy, Alexander B., and de Blij, H.J. John Wiley & Sons: 2010.
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