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Geography 2H: Honors Human Geography
Course Description
Geography is an exciting discipline with ties to many other areas of study. Human Geography is concerned with the fundamental relationship between humans and their environment. This course emphasizes the interconnectedness of place and process--the relationship between location and the cultural, social, and economic processes occurring there. In addition to critical inquiry, basic literacy in the geography of place names and in world regional understanding will be emphasized.
As an Honors level course, emphasis is placed on developing skills of critical analysis and synthesis of theory and practice. Students are expected to be reading and writing at a college level and will engage in analysis and critique of current research in the field of geography.
Course Materials:
Lecture Power Points:
Chapter 1: The Where, Why, How and Who of Geography
Chapter 9: Development: The Geography of Wealth & Poverty
Chapter 3: Human Population
Chapter 3: Migration and Human Mobility
Chapter 2: Globalization and Culture
Chapter 4: Geographies of Language
Chapter 5: Geographies of Religion
Chapter 6: Geographies of Identity: Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 7: Political Geographies
Chapters 10 & 11: Economic Geography: Primary & Secondary Production
Chapter 12: Natural Resources
Related Readings:
New York Times: America's Middle Class Is No Longer World's Richest, April 2014
The National Geographic Interactive Population Map
Moyers & Co.: The Myth of Racial Equality in America, May 2014
Los Angeles Daily News: California's Latino Students Among the Most Segregated in the Country, May 2014
Leslie Chang Ted Talk: The Voices of China's Workers
NPR's Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt
NPR: How the Garment Industry Came to Bangladesh, Dec. 2013
Pidgin, Patois, Slang, Dialect, Creole--English Has More Forms Than You Might Expect
| Last Updated: 6/3/19 |
