International and Cultural Studies

Keystone Course

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

The purpose of the Human Geography course, a keystone course in the Academy of International and Cultural Studies, is to introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students enjoy spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine human social organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice. Topics of study include: 1) geography, 2) population, 3) cultural patterns and processes, 4) political organization of space, 5) agricultural and rural land use, 6) industrialization and economic development, and 7) cities and urban land use. CR 5, YO 10, Acceptance into the Academy of International and Cultural Studies.