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G 100 World Regional Geography3
Fall/Spring This course introduces you to the discipline of Geography and to a regional geographic approach to understanding our world. The class explores concepts and tools to understand the discipline as well as the relationship between humans and the natural environment. It is important to recognize that this course is not an empirical survey of place names and national statistics. Rather, this course is an exploration of several key issues shaping our world today. By understanding patterns and processes associated with major political and cultural regions of the world, you will have a more nuanced understanding of the world and your place in an increasingly global society. 3 credit hours
Fall This course examines how we understand and try to control human and environmental interactions, focusing on land use to protect humans and environmental quality over multiple generations. Special attention is given to urbanization and settlement, land use in metropolitan settings, and certain aspects of environmental management and sustainability. Selected applications, tools, and techniques are used in teaching this as an applied course. 3 credit hours
Spring This course offers a broad introduction to the historical geography of the United States through analysis of distinctive elements of regional landscapes. Archival and contemporary photographs, cartographic representations, and many secondary sources are utilized to develop and extend themes presented in the course textbook. Upon completion of this course, students will have a deeper understanding of the issues involved in the analysis of place at a variety of spatial scales. Students will also have a better sense of the historical layering of landscapes you encounter on a daily basis. This course is crosslisted as HIS 386 . 3 credit hours
G 241 International Service Learning: Making a Difference in a Globalizing World1
This course is the first in a two-part series that integrates academic perspectives on how to make a positive difference in a globalizing world with the experience of doing local and international service work. The objective of this semester is to understand contemporary perspectives on globalization, development, and social change in an international context. This course will prepare students to travel to an international destination. Permission of instructor required. 1 credit hour
Summer This course is a field study of the human and physical geographies of a particular international destination (a specific destination will be chosen each year). Topics to be covered include: globalization, sustainable tourism, cultural, political and historical geographies, architecture, economic development, climate, landforms, topography, and environmental conservation. Permission of the instructor is required. 3 credit hours
G 261 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems3
Fall/Spring This course describes and explains the principles of Geographic Information Systems. The course will provide an overall introduction about the specific characteristics of spatial data and how our earth is measured and mapped. It will then focus on how to input, store, analyze and display geographical data using GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Skills from this class have application in a variety of disciplines such as business, marketing, entrepreneurship, history, government, biology, criminal justice, public health and sustainability studies. 3 credit hours
Summer This course is a field study of the human and physical geographies of a particular international destination (a specific destination will be chosen each year). Topics to be covered include: globalization, sustainable tourism, cultural, political and historical geographies, architecture, economic development, climate, landforms, topography, and environmental conservation. Permission of the instructor is required. 3 credit hours
G 241 . Permission of the instructor required. 2 credit hours
G 332 Globalizing Economic World3
Spring Analysis of world patterns of economic activity and their implications for the global economy. Emphasis is placed on natural resources, population, food supply, trading patterns, and manufacturing and commercial activities. Not open to freshmen. 3 credit hours
A geography internship requires that students engage in supervised academic study through participation in an applied setting. The internship is designed to introduce students to the broad range of geography opportunities available in public or private agencies within the community. Department approval is required in advance. Grading will be Pass/Fail.
Students are required to spend a minimum of 120 hours work on site. Students must have earned 60 or more credits and a minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application. 3 credit hours
A geography independent study offers students an opportunity to undertake a well-defined research project. While these students conduct their work under the guidance of a faculty member of their own choosing, the project is carried out in an independent manner without regular class meetings. Effective independent study is characterized by a reduction in formal instruction and an increase in the individual student’s responsibility and initiative in the learning process.
Students must have earned 60 or more credits and minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application and G 100 or permission of the instructor. 1-3 credit hours
G 482 Independent Study1-3
A geography independent study offers students an opportunity to undertake a well-defined research project. While these students conduct their work under the guidance of a faculty member of their own choosing, the project is carried out in an independent manner without regular class meetings. Effective independent study is characterized by a reduction in formal instruction and an increase in the individual student’s responsibility and initiative in the learning process.
Students must have earned 60 or more credits and a minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application and G 100 or permission of the instructor. 1-3 credit hours
G 492 Internship3
A geography internship requires that students engage in supervised academic study through participation in an applied setting. The internship is designed to introduce students to the broad range of geography opportunities available in public or private agencies within the community. Department approval is required in advance. Grading will be Pass/Fail.
Students are required to spend a minimum of 120 hours work on site. Students must have earned 60 or more credits and a minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at the time of application. 3 credit hours
Source: York College of Pennsylvania's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
