Nov 14, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23
[Archived Catalog]
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GEOG 1300 - World Regional Geography
Course covers economic, political, social, and cultural characteristics that form major world regions. The course addresses the interrelationships and tensions between world regions based on these themes. Course includes, but is not limited to, studies of Anglo America, Latin America, Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States, Subsaharan Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Australia/Oceania.
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Pillar: Social or Behavioral Sciences
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2SS
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: OTM course: TMSBS Social & Behavioral Sciences
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
- Concept of regions as social and physical constructions.
- Regional boundaries as porous or fluid; regions as deeply interconnected within globalizing processes, but also in tension as globalization is resisted locally.
- Understanding of world regions based on fundamental characteristics like language, religion, politics, agriculture, and economic production.
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