GEOG 1101

Learn about the landscapes, places, and regions in which we live: our ‘human world’. Through an integrated study of human-nature interactions and major demographic, cultural, socio-economic, political, and technological developments, students will learn about the spatial processes shaping the human geography of the world today. In doing so, they will investigate a variety of current issues on topics like globalization, migration, climate change, environmental sustainability, economic development, and geopolitics. Students will also learn and apply a variety of foundational cartographic, qualitative, and quantitative techniques commonly used in human geography.