Title: WORLD AND REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
Course: GEO 133 RTZ

Welcome to World and Regional Geography (GEO 133)

HOW TO GET STARTED:

Fully read the syllabus for course instructions by clicking on the Syllabus Tab on the left side on the homepage.

CLASS TIMES / INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK:

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LOG IN, PARTICIPATION/ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:

As this is an online course, students must maintain participation requirements set by the college and instructor which consists of regularly checking emails, completing and submitting assignments by the posted deadlines, and completing online exams if assigned.

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CONTENT RESOURCES:

To access content material for this course to help you learn and review key concepts, please refer to the Student Resources link provided with your textbook to access power point lecture presentations and interactive exercises made available online and in the electronic or hard copy text assigned for the course.

Map downloads used to complete course mapping assignments are also found at the Student Resources link provided with your textbook and at the assignments tab on the left under the Course tools column.

Please note that all course material resources must be accessed through the online links provided with your textbook. Again, refer to the Syllabus link under the Course Tools Column on the left for complete course instructions!

PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE:

The objectives for this course are for students to:

- Critically analyze and evaluate the various theories and interpretations within geography.
- Identify the major regional divisions of the earth.
- Locate and name the basic regional and political divisions of the world.
- Identify physical features of the earth on a regional basis.
- Describe the world's cultural areas and their elements at a national and regional level.
- Discuss the integration and interactions of cultural and physical geographies into a comprehensive look at regional differences and similarities.
- Compare and contrast cultural and physical landscapes on the earth

EVALUATION FOR DETERMINING GRADES:

FOUR ESSAY RESEARCH PAPERS WORTH 70%  (INDIVIDUAL ESSAY PAPERS WORTH 17.5 % EACH)

MAP WORK EXERCISES WORTH 30%

RESEARCH PAPER DISCUSSIONS WORTH 10% (OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT FOR COURSE WORTH ONE LETTER GRADE)

OVERALL GRADE 100% = RESEARCH PAPER 70% + MAP WORK 30%  and EXTRA CREDIT BONUS WORTH 10%

RESOURCE DOWNLOAD INFORMATION:

Download the Adobe Shockwave Player

- The Shockwave Player is required for some of this course's content, such as Flash Cards.

COURSE CONTENT AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

By clicking on the Student Resources link provided in your textbook, you can access the base maps for the required map identification exercises as well as several learning tools to help in your research essay preparation and map work exercises.  Each chapter of the text has a Power Point Lecture and several other Course Features that provide various learning opportunities. The following is a short description of each Course Feature:

- PowerPoint Lecture: lecture material presented by Power Point (you must disable pop-up blockers and may have to re-log on to course to access lecture if kicked out),

- Working with maps: provides animated and thematic concept maps,
- Map learning exercises: interactive maps that help students learn and locate country names and physical feautres,
- Blank outline maps: pfd maps you may download for your map work identification exercises,
- Selected readings: supplemental resource material and references,
- Flashcards: interactive presentation of terms and concepts that will be tested in the quizzes,
- Pronunciation guides and cultural extras: how to pronounce words in different languages and various cultural specifics to a region.

[Your college/institution name here] COURSE OUTLINE

A. Identification:
1. Subject Area: Geography
2. Course Number: GEO 133
3. Course Title: WORLD/REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
4. Credit Hrs: 3
5. Catalog Description:
Physical (climate, vegetation, landform) and cultural (ethnic, religious, political, economic) attributes of the world's major regions and the interplay between them. Includes a study of world place-name geography. General Education: Social and Behavioral Sciences. Special Requirements: Contemporary Global/International Awareness or Historical Awareness. Three lecture.
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B Course Goals:
Students will develop an understanding and appreciation of the cultural and physical characteristics of major regions of the       world and how they interact. Meets Global/International Awareness criteria

C. Course Outcomes:
Students will:
1. Critically analyze and evaluate the various theories and interpretations within geography.
2. Identify the major regional divisions of the earth.
3. Locate and name the basic regional and political divisions of the world.
4. Identify physical features of the earth on a regional basis.
5. Describe the world's cultural areas and their elements at a national and regional level.
6 Discuss the integration and interactions of cultural and physical geographies into a comprehensive look at regional  differences and similarities.
7. Compare and contrast cultural and physical landscapes on the earth.
D. Course Outcomes Assessment:
Assessment will include:
Students will present and discuss in clear written and/or oral form the above outcomes.

E. Course Content:
Will include:
1. Elements of Physical Geography:
a. geological and tectonic processes
b. meteorological and climatic concepts
c. biomes and landforms
d. environmental sustainability
2. Elements of Human Geography including studies of thematic data characteristics:
a. culture, ethnic, and religion
b. political
c. demographic
d. socio-economic
3. Geographic and Political divisions and boundaries
4. Map reading , identification, and interpretation of cultural and physical features
5. Regional study of the Socio-cultural, Geopolitical, and Economic
aspects of the following: .
a. Europe
b. Russia
c. Middle East
d. Africa
e. Asia
f. North America and Canada
g. South and Central America
h. Australia and the Pacific Realm