Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

SAYA-0044

Organization's ID:

GEOG101: World Regional Geography

Organization:

Saylor Academy

Location:

Online

Length:

34 hours

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Introduction to Geography

Description

Objective:

Upon the successful completion of this course, the student will be able to use a regional approach and spatial perspective to study the Earth's physical features and atmosphere, including landscape development, weather, climate, and geology, by exploring how humans' cultural, economic, and political activity are related to those features.

Learning Outcomes:

Locate the world's regions and identify the geographic features that define them
Use world regions to explain how a spatial perspective distinguishes geography from other disciplines
Use maps to interpret human and physical phenomena
Describe the tools and methods geographers use to visualize, explore and understand the world
Name the factors that influence population distribution
Explain the impact of colonialism on human geography and territorial borders
Outline the role location plays in terms of communication and economic development
Describe the interconnectedness of world regions in terms of natural hazards and environmental issues
Describe conflict from a human geography perspective
Apply geographical concepts such as diffusion, distance decay, centrifugal and centripetal forces, core and periphery, globalization, and rural-to-urban migration to understand places
Explain how internal and external processes affect the physical landscape