GEOG 105 - Human Geography

Number of Credits: 3
Investigate diverse spatial patterns of local and global human behavior and culture through three fundamental questions: Where are human activities located? Why are they located where they are? What is the significance or implication of the location of the human activities? Prerequisite: eligibility for ENGL-101. Three hours lecture each week. Three credits. Three billable hours. GENERAL EDUCATION and DIVERSITY (Fall and Spring) Three hours lecture. Three Credits. Three billable hours.

Diversity: Meets Diversity Requirement.
GENERAL EDUCATION Category: Social and Behavioral Sciences

Pre-requisite(s): eligibility for ENGL 101.
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the ability to read and construct maps and to apply the basic geographical concepts including: location, distribution, spatial interaction of phenomenon, site, situation, density, concentration, regions, diffusion and patterns and to apply these concepts towards all semester assignments. (GE1, GE2, GE3, GE4, GE5, GE7, GE8)
2. Illustrate an understanding of the differences between folk culture, pop culture and ethnicity (identity) to explain internal and external conflict within and between political territories, and apply these concepts to semester assignments. (GE3, GE6, GE7, GE8)
3. Illustrate the importance of language in establishing cultural identity by analyzing the problems experienced by multi-language states to assess the conflict within the United States resulting from the growing number of Spanish speaking citizens. A specific emphasis will be placed on the growing Spanish speaking population in the U.S. (GE3, GE6, GE7, GE8)
4. Examine the geographical patterns created by current immigration into the United States and analyze its impact on a local, regional, and national scale. (GE3, GE4, GE6, GE7, GE8)
5. Explain the concept of local and global stratification by an evaluation of the influence of the industrialization and techni-colonization (technopoles) processes on an economy. (GE6, GE7, GE8).
6. Conduct a fieldwork study of Carroll County to determine the optimum locations for difference types of land use in the County; determine the current political situation on zoning and land-use, photograph examples of county land-use features, map the locations of these features in the county, and analyze the function of the features as part of the cultural landscape. The analysis will evaluate the influence of economic, politics and cultural preferences on human decisions concerning land-use. (GE1, GE2, GE3, GE4, GE5, GE8).