Student Learning Outcomes

• Analyze the spatial variation of humans and their activities around the world.
• Describe the tools and theories used in geographic research.
• Evaluate the relationship between humans and the environment.
• Explain spatial variation of and describe patterns of cultural and social expression including language, religion, ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, political processes, urbanization, development, agriculture, manufacturing and service economies.
• Describe human impacts on the environment including impacts of the use of renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
• Describe the scope of the discipline of geography and the tools used by geographers to study human processes on the earth.
• Analyze the spatial expression and cultural impacts of contemporary globalization.
• Describe the distribution of humans globally and explain the tools used by geographers to evaluate human population change.
• Synthesize theories of human migration to explain historical and contemporary patterns of human mobility.