GEOG 190 - Geographic Exploration

Credits: 1-10
Field course designed to allow students to study the components that make up and contribute to the character of various selected, distinct landscapes while in the field. Skill training (kayak, glacier climbing, scuba, wilderness camping) and subject briefing sessions are usually a part of this course.

Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 or instructor consent.

Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Learn and practice field research methods, including field observation, note-taking, and mapping.
Apply the “cultural landscape concept to multiple places.
Discuss the ways in which cultural landscapes represent unique combinations of physical and cultural characteristics.

Program Outcomes

Identify and describe a current geographic problem or inequity at a global or regional scale.
Identify and describe an individual action one can undertake to solve a current geographic problem or inequity.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.