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Introduction to Human Geography

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  • Introduction to Human Geography
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This course is a study of diverse human populations, their cultural origins, diffusion and contemporary spatial expressions. Topics include: demography, languages and religions, urbanization and landscape modification, political units and nationalism, and economic systems and development.


At some colleges this course is referred to as “Introduction to Cultural Geography”.

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  1. The distribution of the human population and the processes (both historical and contemporary) that shape this distribution;
  2. The origins, diversity, and distribution of basic cultural patterns, with particular attention given to: language, religion, urbanization, political and economic patterns, and human-environment interactions; and
  3. Basic concepts used in the geographic study of human patterns including: diffusion, cultural landscapes, cultural ecology, and cultural regions.

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

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the distribution of the human population and the processes (both historical and contemporary) that shape this distribution;
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the origins, diversity, and distribution of basic cultural patterns, with particular attention given to: language, religion, urbanization, political and economic patterns, and human-environment interactions; and
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of basic concepts used in the geographic study of human patterns including: diffusion, cultural landscapes, cultural ecology, and cultural regions.

Objective and subjective midterm and final examinations.  Reports or projects, homework problems, and/or laboratory reports.

Human Mosaic (Bychkov-Jordan)
Introduction to Human Geography (Rubenstein)

Or other college level text as selected by instructor.

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