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GHY 240
WORLD REGIONAL
GEOGRAPHY
PRESENTED AND APPROVED: DECEMBER 7, 2012
EFFECTIVE: FALL 2013-14
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1. Communicate effectively.
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2. Demonstrate effective quantitative reasoning and x problem
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geographic understanding of concepts and
cartography.
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empirical thought using the scientific method
and the use of critical thinking and higher order
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3. Demonstrate effective qualitative reasoning skills. x
4. Apply effective methods of inquiry.
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from varied sources, analyzing data and organizing
information into a coherent structure.
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b. Employ the scientific method.
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5. Demonstrate sensitivity to diversity
a. Experience the creative products of humanity. x
b. Describe alternate historical, cultural, global
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COURSE INFORMATION
Initiator: Jonathan L. Hammon & John Cawley, Academic Chair North Mohave Campus
Date of proposal to Curriculum Sub-Committee: 12-07-2012
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Prefix & Number: GHY 240
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World Regional Geography
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World Regional Geography
Catalog Course Description: Provides an understanding of World Geography though the five themes of
location, place, region, movement and human-environmental interaction. The course will also require
an understanding of human geography that can be analyzed through political, social, and economic
perspectives. The course will also focus on understanding cartography as related to earth science,
political divisions, resource distribution, and major world biomes.
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Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
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Prerequisite(s) Appropriate score on assessment test or successful completion of PCS 021 and TRE
089
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Intended Course Goals
By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
1. Analyze geographic data in order to understand the five themes of geography: Location, Place,
Regions, Movement, & Human-Environmental Interaction.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of how political, social and economic factors affect the creation of
world cultures and the conflicts and interactions that develop between regions and societies based
upon these factors.
3. Exhibit an understanding of Geography as a social science with emphasis on empirical research
and data collection utilizing the scientific method for exploring questions and determining solutions.
4. Describe the contributing factors and interactions between human needs and natural sciences that
lead to global issues such as glacial melting, global climate change, etc.
5. Demonstrate an appropriate comprehension of cartography and be able to draw data from the use
of maps, graphs, and internet sources such as Google Earth and other satellite data.
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Course Competencies and Objectives
By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
Competency 1 List and describe the 5 major themes of geography.
Objective 1.1 Examine how location is determined by both relative location and absolute location.
Objective 1.2 Analyze the human and physical contributing characteristics that determine a place.
Objective 1.3 Define the common elements that determine formal, functional, physical, and perceptional regions.
Objective 1.4 Describe the movement of people, goods, and ideas in a regional and global perspective.
Objective 1.5 Explore how environments influence the development of human culture and how human development
impacts global environments.
Competency 2 Analyze how world cultures are formed and change over time.
Objective 2.1 Explain the development of religious and social roles in world cultures.
Objective 2.2 Analyze resource distribution through supply and demand that create economic traits.
Objective 2.3 Detect the development of political thought and advances through history with an emphasis on rural and
urban development.
Competency 3 Conduct research projects with focus on empirical research and the use of the scientific method of inquiry.
Objective 3.1 Use Geographic data in scientific writing and expression.
Objective 3.2 Analyze human perception and bias in data in relation to observation, hypothesis, and conclusion in the
scientific method.
Competency 4 Demonstrate an understanding of Western Region and Culture.
Objective 4.1 Describe the human and physical factors that separate Western and Eastern Culture with emphasis on
historical development.
Objective 4.2 Discuss modern development with emphasis on movement of ideas, goods, and people into a more global
world. Examples should be like the Islamic and Arabic growth in modern France.
Objective 4.3 Explain the importance and impact of manufacturing in the Western World in relation to colonialism and
western economic dominance.
Competency 5 Demonstrate an understanding of the Eastern Region and Culture.
Objective 5.1 Analyze the human and physical characteristics that have created Eastern Culture with focus on
comparisons and contrasts with Western culture.
Objective 5.2 Discuss the rapid modernization of the Eastern World and its impact on current culture.
Objective 5.3 Explain the impact of human development on the environment in relation to both the Eastern World and
Global concerns. Examples would be the Three Gorges Dam in China and extensive pollution in Asia.
Competency 6 List and explain the differences between first world nations and the development of third world nations.
Objective 6.1 Explain the importance of currencies and the impact of institutions like the United Nations, the World
Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.
Objective 6.2 Analyze resource distribution across the globe with emphasis on exploration and development of new
economic opportunities.
Objective 6.3 Describe the impact of third world development on local and world ecosystems and world concerns such as
global warming.
Competency 7 Analyze and draw conclusions from the use of maps and geographic data resources.
Objective 7.1 Read political maps and understand the relationships between nations and cultures.
Objective 7.2 Compare and contrast human population maps with physical maps and natural resources with emphasis
on modern and future ability to meet human demands.
Objective 7.3 Analyze demographic charts to understand local and global problems and identify possible solutions.
Competency 8 Detect the factors leading to an acceptance of diversity on world cultures.
Objective 8.1 Describe the push and pull factors that have lead and are currently impacting immigration and emigration
of people around the world.
Objective 8.2 Compare and Contrast the influence of religion and culture on modern social problems of diversity.
Objective 8.3 Express the increased diversity in world cultures by understanding factors such as architecture, language,
and artistic expression in modern mediums.
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Textbook(s)
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Title
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Publisher
Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts
H.J. de Blij, Peter O. Muller, & Jan Nijman
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.2012
2012 ISBN #: 978-1-118-09360-3
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Internet Access Required
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