GEOG 140: Introduction to Cultural Geography studies the relationships between culture, space, place, and the environment. A wide variety of cultures, their landscapes, and the changes they are undergoing will be examined through a geographic lens. Through Cultural Geography we will begin to understand cultural differences and open up new possibilities for solving our own problems as well as for viewing the rest of the world in less judgmental terms.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: None
Crosslisted: None
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Credits | 3.00 |
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| Total Hours | 60 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | 3 |
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| Lab (lab, field, computer) | 1 |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- given a global or regional map, describe the spatial distributions of cultural phenomena, such as religion, language, agriculture, demographics, governance, folk traditions, popular trends and ethnicity;
- explore concepts of cultural appropriation;
- assess ideologies around ethnicity and race;
- examine aspects of human political behaviour, including territorialism, breaking up of empires, changing political landscapes, and the rise of ethnic nationalism;
- explain cultural spatial distributions using the themes of culture region, cultural diffusion, cultural ecology, cultural interaction and cultural landscape;
- utilize a variety of mapping and graphing techniques to present and analyze cultural geographic data;
- be able to identify over 100 countries and significant bodies of water;
- identify demographic trends and explore driving forces behind these trends;
- understand origins of agriculture, recent changes in agriculture and identify global patterns of agriculture;
- identify distribution of major language groups, explore the links between other aspects of culture and language;
- identify major world religions, their characteristics, distribution and interconnectedness with other cultural traits;
- distinguish between folk culture, popular culture and indigenous culture;
- explore the role of urbanization on culture; and
- examine the cultural imprint of the urban landscape.
Grading Table
| Percentage |
Letter Grade |
GPA |
| 90-100 |
A+ |
4.33 |
| 85-89 |
A |
4.00 |
| 80-84 |
A- |
3.67 |
| 76-79 |
B+ |
3.33 |
| 72-75 |
B |
3.00 |
| 68-71 |
B- |
2.67 |
| 64-67 |
C+ |
2.33 |
| 60-63 |
C |
2.00 |
| 55-59 |
C- |
1.67 |
| 50-54 |
P |
1.00 |
| 0-49 |
F |
0.00 |
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DNW |
0.00 |
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Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.