The course provides the basic facts and theories of human population growth and distribution on the planet, introduces the broad range of human cultural adaptations from a geographic perspective, and emphasizes basic human geography concepts and skills. It examines regional variation and its sources in the processes of cultural change, and explores human responses to language, religion, ethnicity, nationality and economy. It also introduces geographic tools for examining roots of social change, political conflict and natural resource use and abuse. This course is designed to introduce students to the geographic perspective and to a variety of concepts, data, and skills in the field of Human Geography. Approved for University Studies (Explorations Strand F–Social Science: Understand fundamental concepts of social science and the inter-connections among social institutions, values, individuals, and groups.
- Teacher: Serena St Clair