GEOG 103 World Regional Geography

A study of the Earth's principal culture regions from a geographic perspective: Africa, Europe, Russia, North Africa and Southwest Asia, East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, Caribbean, and Latin America. These areas will be examined in light of several foundational geographic themes: the locational organization of physical and cultural features, society-land relationships, cultural landscapes, and patterns of spatial interaction among and within regions. This course introduces students to the 'Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Geography' and 'Geography for Life: National Geography Standards.'