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Aug 02, 2025
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SOC 1492 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY
credits: 3.0
Crosslisted/Same As: SSC 1492
SOC 1492-SSC 1492 , Geography studies the Earth, its people and environments. It asks “where” and “why” questions about social life, about the physical world, and about the cultural meaning of places and environments. Geography thus asks questions that integrate the physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities. How have societies modified the physical environment and what effect has that had on both the environment and society? How do different societies and cultures shape and use space differently? How do opportunities and challenges differ for people living in different places? What meanings do significant places have for people who value them? Objectives: A) Develop an improved appreciation for the places and landscapes encountered in every day life; B) Demonstrate an understanding of the physical world that surrounds them; C) Describe and interpret maps; D) Demonstrate an understanding of major concepts in human geography including place, space, scale, landscape, etc.; E) Demonstrate an understanding of the geography of population, the environment, culture, identity, the economy, politics, agriculture, and of cities; F) Demonstrate an understanding of the human landscapes that they are not simply an inevitable product of nature but are planned, constructed, and contested by identifiable people working within historically and geographically specific social, cultural, political, and economic situations; G) Describe and interpret everyday landscapes and understand some of the spatial processes that help to structure them; H) Integrate knowledge about population, the environment, culture, economics, politics, and agriculture to understand specific places or types of places (cities for example); I) Assess how their lives are interrelated with the lives of people in other places. Method of Instruction: Lecture; Map assignments and quizzes; Written assignments; Midterm, and Final. Method of Evaluation: Written Assignments (20%); Map quizzes (25%); Midterm (25%); and Final (30%). Meets *GLP Distribution Requirement.
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