Expected Outcome Course Title: Cultural Analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Geography Earth's surface. Credits: 3 Analyze the ways in which culture and experience influence people's Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 perceptions of places and regions. Analyze the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations Term: Spring Semester 2016 on Earth's surface. st th 501 West College Drive Sections: 1 period and 5 Analyze the characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural Brainerd, MN 5640 period mosaics. Analyze the patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's Prerequisites surface. None Analyze the ways in which the forces of cooperation and conflict among Course Description people influence the division and control of Earth's surface. Examine how human actions modify the physical environment. This course examines cultural Understand how to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the phenomena as they relate to the future. world’s peoples and places. From National Geography Standards NCGE.org Cultural Geography studies world population and immigration, folk and popular cultures, the world’s great College-Wide Learning religions, agriculture, political Outcomes space, economic development and urban and industrial College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies patterns. Connecting these Demonstrate written communication skills Aitkin High School phenomena to the landscapes 306 2nd St. N.W. they create is one of the key features of cultural geography. Aitkin, MN 56431 Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments Course Purpose MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course Topical Outline GEOG 1459/ fulfills the following goal Course Syllabus area(s) of the MN Transfer 1. Lecture Sessions Cultural Curriculum:Goal 5 – History Introduction to Cultural and the Social and Behavioral Geography: Geography Sciences| Goal 8 – Global space Perspective place Course-Specific Learning landscape Instructor: Dustin Outcomes cultural regions Richters hearths Email: 1. 2. Course diffusion Specific [email protected] cultural ecology Office: Room 302 Outcomes - Students globalization will be able World Systems Theory: Office Phone: (218) to achieve colonialism 297-2115 ext. 3302 the Office Hours: 7:30 – following imperialism 8:20 MTWTHF measurable development and goals upon underdevelopment completion of the Population and Migration Course Information course: distribution; relation to Page 1 of 5 natural environment manufacturing and the course students will ◦ demographic data distribution need to pass with a C ◦ population movements outsourcing, competitiveness average. A grade of F will become part of your ◦ history of, reasons for and resource use and depletion permanent academic problems related to overconsumption and record. Grade scales are migration happiness as follows: 4 Folk and Popular cultures Urbanization and industrial ◦ location and spatial location Final Grades are calculated by total number of points. connections Urban vs. rural Average Score ◦ development of regions growth of cities 94 and above 90 to 93.99 ◦ characteristics and urban functions 87 to 89.99 influences world cities 84 to 86.99 ◦ landscapes locational decision-making 80 to 83.99 ◦ place and placelessness neighborhoods 77 to 79.99 5 World Religions urban functions 74 to 76.99 ◦ introduction to concepts in cities of the future 70 to 73.99 religion 67 to 69.99 ◦ student led presentations of Required/Recommende 64 to 66.99 the world’s major religions d Textbooks, 60 to 63.99 centered on the themes of Materials/Supplies 0 to 59.99 cultural geography listed in Textbook: The Human Mosaic: introduction: A Cultural Approach to Late/Missed Assignments and Exams: ▪ region Human Geography W.H. th ▪ diffusion Freeman and Company: 12 Late work is accepted, but only Edition: Domosh-Neumann- at 50% of its original value, ▪ cultural ecology Price-Jordan-Bychkov ISBN #: unless pre-approved by the ▪ globalization 978-1-4292-4018-5 instructor. Missed work will ▪ landscape need to be made up within the 6 Political Geography Materials: You are expected to time allotted by Aitkin School ◦ states and their shapes bring a notebook, working District’s absence policy. ◦ growth over time pencil, and the textbook to class daily. Failure to do so may Student Requirements ◦ political divisions affect your final grade. ◦ voting patterns ◦ ethnicities Students are expected to attend class at all scheduled meetings. It is very important that students attend ◦ separatism or unity Grading Criteria/Course class in order to keep up with the schedule and course 7 Agriculture Evaluation materials. If you must miss a class it is YOUR ◦ connections with responsibility to ensure that you find out what needs environment, Students will be assessed in a to be made up. Excessive absences may result in a ◦ lifestyle, variety of ways throughout failing grade for the course. ◦ different types of products the course. There will be a and where and how variety of tests and quizzes Classroom behavior: Failure to produced; over the textbook and follow classroom expectations classroom materials. There on behavior may result in small farms vs. industrial ◦ will also be a variety of other removal from the course and a agriculture assignments including essays, failing grade. ◦ sustainability group projects, study guides, 8 Economic development and individual projects that Statement of ◦ measures of development will be required throughout Accommodation - ADA ◦ economic sectors the course. ◦ change over time In order to get credit for As an affirmative action, equal ◦ modes of production opportunity employer and Page 2 of 5 educator, Central Lakes College and that the student . Cheating / Plagiarism - is committed to a policy of acknowledges the intellectual Cheating / Plagiarism are nondiscrimination in contributions of others. 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The act of incorporating his or her own personal efforts the ideas, words, Page 3 of 5 sentences, paragraphs or parts thereof, or the specific substance of another’s work, without giving appropriate credit, and representing the product as one’s own work . Representing another’s artistic/scholarly or similar works as one’s own . Plagiarism may either be deliberate or unintentional, but it must be avoided with all due diligence

. Consequences of academic dishonesty, un-acceptable behavior: Upon the first infraction of academic dishonesty, the instructor may do one or more of the following: . Give a lower or failing grade on the assignment or exam . Give a lower or Fail grade in the course . Refer the student to the Vice President of Student Services for student disciplinary action.

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