The student will be able to:

1. Understand basic geographic concepts and spatial analysis
2. Apply major geographic themes and concepts to explain the origins and development of major nations and regions
3. Compare and contrast major regions of the world with regard to their natural environments, peoples, natural resource, economies, and contemporary problems

1. Understand basic geographic concepts and spatial analysis
   1. Reading and interpreting maps and graphs
   2. Describe the field of geography
   3. Utilize and explain the methodology through which geographers examine the world
   4. Discuss the importance of place
   5. Explain the interdependence of geographic scales
2. Apply major geographic themes and concepts to explain the origins and development of major nations and regions
   1. Define culture
   2. Identify cultural groups
   3. Evaluate case studies in terms of major geographic concepts, such as regional complementarity, spatial diffusion, and sequent occupance
   4. Discuss globalization and cultural change
   5. Describe landforms
   6. Explain climate regions and major climate processes
   7. Discuss the demographic transition model
3. Compare and contrast major regions of the world with regard to their natural environments, peoples, natural resource, economies, and contemporary problems
   1. Characterize Europe
      1. Geographic setting
      2. History and current geographic issues
      3. Subregions
         1. The British Isles
         2. Western Europe
         3. Nordic Europe
         4. Mediterranean Europe
         5. Eastern Europe
   2. Characterize Russia and Central Asia
      1. Geographic setting
      2. History and current geographic issues
      3. Subregions
         1. The Russian Core
         2. The West
         3. The Transcaucasus
         4. The Muslim South
         5. The Eastern Frontier
         6. The Far East
         7. Siberia
   3. Characterize North America
      1. Geographic setting
      2. History and current geographic issues
      3. Subregions
         1. Canada
         2. New England
         3. The Rust Belt
         4. The Great Plains
         5. The Pacific Northwest
         6. Southern California and the Southwest
   4. Characterize Central and South America
      1. Geographic setting
      2. History and current geographic issues
      3. Subregions
         1. The Caribbean
         2. Mexico
         3. The Central American Republics
         4. South America
            1. The Caribbean North
            2. The Indian West
            3. The Mid-Latitude South
            4. Brazil
   5. Characterize North Africa/Southwest Asia
      1. Geographic setting
      2. History and current geographic issues
      3. Subregions
         1. The Western Maghreb
         2. The Arabian Peninsula
         3. The Eastern Mediterranean
         4. The Northeast: Turkey, Iran, and Iraq
         5. The African Transition Zone
   6. Characterize Sub-Saharan Africa
      1. Geographic setting
      2. History and current geographic issues
      3. Subregions
         1. Western Africa
         2. Eastern Africa
         3. Equatorial Africa
         4. Southern Africa
   7. Characterize South Asia
      1. Geographic setting
      2. History and current geographic issues
      3. Subregions
         1. India
         2. Bangladesh
         3. Pakistan and Afghanistan
         4. Sri Lanka
         5. The Mountainous North
   8. Characterize East Asia
      1. Geographic setting
      2. History and current geographic issues
      3. Subregions
         1. Northern and Western China
         2. Central China
         3. Northeastern China
         4. Southern China
         5. Taiwan
         6. North and South Korea
         7. Japan
   9. Characterize Southeast Asia
      1. Geographic setting
      2. History and current geographic issues
      3. Subregions
         1. Thailand and Burma
         2. Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
         3. Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei
         4. Indonesia and the Philippines
   10. Characterize Oceania
       1. Geographic setting
       2. History and current geographic issues
       3. Subregions
          1. Australia and New Zealand
          2. Island nations of Oceania

Not applicable.

Quizzes
Papers and projects involving critical thinking and analytical oral and/or written skills, including consideration of events and ideas from multiple perspectives
Midterm(s) and final exam

Lecture
Discussion
Cooperative learning exercises
Oral presentations
Electronic discussions/chat

Rowntree, L., M. Lewis, M. Price, and W. Wyckoff. Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World, 6th ed.. 2019.

1. Read assigned chapters in the text and answer end of chapter questions
2. Papers and projects involving critical thinking and analytical oral and/or written skills, including consideration of events and ideas from multiple perspectives, utilizing tools relevant to the discipline, such as maps and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)