Sep 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

GEOG 3330 - Appalachia: Land and People


Topical and regional survey of Appalachia with emphasis on settlement and expansion, land ownership and speculation, society and culture, and the impacts of natural resource extraction.

Requisites: (Soph or Jr or Sr) and (GEOG 1100 or GEOG 1200 or GEOG 1310 or GEOG 2400)
Credit Hours: 3
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
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will appreciate the diversity, physical and cultural, that characterizes this complex region.
  • Students will gain insights into the region’s problems, both their origins and legacies.
  • Students will learn the impact that corporations and federal programs have had on the region since the turn of the twentieth century.


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