I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Cultural Geography
2. Course Prefix & Number:
GEOG 1459
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course examines cultural phenomena as they relate to the world’s peoples and places. Cultural Geography studies world population and immigration, folk and popular cultures, the world’s great religions, agriculture, political space, economic development and urban and industrial patterns. Connecting these phenomena to the landscapes they create is one of the key features of cultural geography.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
GEOG 1459 - Cultural Geography
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
GEOG 1459 - Cultural Geography
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
St. Cloud State University, GEOG 270 Cultural Geography, 3 credits
Normandale Community College, GEOG 1102 Human Geography, 3 credits
III. Course Purpose
MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
- Goal 5 – History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Goal 8 – Global Perspective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Answer essay questions related to course content. Write a research paper on a topic related to the course. |
| Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Correctly answer multiple choice questions based on course content; write essay answers and/or course papers that examine and assess a current world issue and offer a critique of alternative solutions to said problem. |
| Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Answer multiple choice questions regarding diverse cultures and environments; write essay answers and/or course papers that address questions regarding diverse cultures/environments |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome |
MnTC
Goal Area |
|
Analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface. |
5 |
|
Analyze the ways in which culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions. |
5 |
|
Analyze the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface. |
8 |
|
Analyze the characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics. |
8 |
|
Analyze the patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface. |
8 |
|
Analyze the ways in which the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface. |
8 |
|
Examine how human actions modify the physical environment. |
5 |
|
Understand how to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future. |
5 |
|
From National Geography Standards NCGE.org |
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Introduction to Cultural Geography:
- space
- place
- landscape
- cultural regions
- hearths
- diffusion
- cultural ecology
- globalization
- World Systems Theory:
- colonialism
- imperialism
- development and underdevelopment
- Population and Migration
- distribution; relation to natural environment
- demographic data
- population movements
- history of, reasons for and problems related to migration
- Folk and Popular cultures
- location and spatial connections
- development of regions
- characteristics and influences
- landscapes
- place and placelessness
- World Religions
- introduction to concepts in religion
- student led presentations of the world’s major religions centered on the themes of cultural geography listed in introduction:
- region
- diffusion
- cultural ecology
- globalization
- landscape
- Political Geography
- states and their shapes
- growth over time
- political divisions
- voting patterns
- ethnicities
- separatism or unity
- Agriculture
- connections with environment,
- lifestyle,
- different types of products and where and how produced;
- small farms vs. industrial agriculture
- sustainability
- Economic development
- measures of development
- economic sectors
- change over time
- modes of production
- manufacturing and distribution
- outsourcing, competitiveness
- resource use and depletion
- overconsumption and happiness
- Urbanization and industrial location
- Urban vs. rural
- growth of cities
- urban functions
- world cities
- locational decision-making
- neighborhoods
- urban functions
- cities of the future
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Cultural Geography
2. Course Prefix & Number:
GEOG 1459
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course examines cultural phenomena as they relate to the world’s peoples and places. Cultural Geography studies world population and immigration, folk and popular cultures, the world’s great religions, agriculture, political space, economic development and urban and industrial patterns. Connecting these phenomena to the landscapes they create is one of the key features of cultural geography.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Reading College Level CLC or Reading College Level |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
GEOG 1459 - Cultural Geography
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
GEOG 1459 - Cultural Geography
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
St. Cloud State University, GEOG 270 Cultural Geography, 3 credits
Normandale Community College, GEOG 1102 Human Geography, 3 credits
III. Course Purpose
2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
- Goal 5 – History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Goal 8 – Global Perspective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Answer essay questions related to course content. Write a research paper on a topic related to the course. |
| Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments |
Answer multiple choice questions regarding diverse cultures and environments; write essay answers and/or course papers that address questions regarding diverse cultures/environments |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome |
MnTC
Goal Area |
|
Analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface. |
5 |
|
Analyze the ways in which culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions. |
5 |
|
Analyze the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface. |
8 |
|
Analyze the characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics. |
8 |
|
Analyze the patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface. |
8 |
|
Analyze the ways in which the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface. |
8 |
|
Examine how human actions modify the physical environment. |
5 |
|
Understand how to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future. |
5 |
|
From National Geography Standards NCGE.org |
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Introduction to Cultural Geography:
- space
- place
- landscape
- cultural regions
- hearths
- diffusion
- cultural ecology
- globalization
- World Systems Theory:
- colonialism
- imperialism
- development and underdevelopment
- Population and Migration
- distribution; relation to natural environment
- demographic data
- population movements
- history of, reasons for and problems related to migration
- Folk and Popular cultures
- location and spatial connections
- development of regions
- characteristics and influences
- landscapes
- place and placelessness
- World Religions
- introduction to concepts in religion
- student led presentations of the world’s major religions centered on the themes of cultural geography listed in introduction:
- region
- diffusion
- cultural ecology
- globalization
- landscape
- Political Geography
- states and their shapes
- growth over time
- political divisions
- voting patterns
- ethnicities
- separatism or unity
- Agriculture
- connections with environment,
- lifestyle,
- different types of products and where and how produced;
- small farms vs. industrial agriculture
- sustainability
- Economic development
- measures of development
- economic sectors
- change over time
- modes of production
- manufacturing and distribution
- outsourcing, competitiveness
- resource use and depletion
- overconsumption and happiness
- Urbanization and industrial location
- Urban vs. rural
- growth of cities
- urban functions
- world cities
- locational decision-making
- neighborhoods
- urban functions
- cities of the future