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Geography (GEOG) 200

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Individualized study online with eText . Delivered via Brightspace.

Areas of study:

Arts or Social Science

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• Self-funded student: register by the 10th of the month, start on the 1st of the next.
• Funded student: please check the next enrolment deadline and course start date .

GEOG 200 is a cross-listed course—a course listed under two different disciplines—with GLST 200 . GEOG 200 may not be taken for credit by students who have obtained credit for GLST 200.

GEOG 200 has a challenge for credit option.

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Learning outcomes

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Geography 200: World Regional Geography is a junior-level course designed to provide students with a systematic introduction to the major geographical regions of the modern world. The course starts by exploring the opportunities and pitfalls in using maps and different scales of analysis, surveying broad global trends, and critically engaging with the concept of globalization in geographic analysis. The course then investigates how these trends are playing out in major regions of the world: North, Middle, and South America; Europe; Russia and Central Asia; North Africa and Southwest Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; East Asia; Southeast Asia; Australia and New Zealand; the Pacific realm; and the Polar regions.

This course will guide students through an analysis of the physical geography, links and barriers, demographic patterns, economic assets and liabilities, and the human potentials and prospects of each region. It will also introduce students to the methods and perspectives of the discipline of geography, focusing on the relationships between human societies and their natural and built environments.

GEOG 200: World Regional Geography is intended as a foundation course for students in Geography, Global Studies, and Environmental Studies programs, but it is also suitable for students with interest in studying the geographical regions of the planet or in acquiring a better background understanding of contemporary world events. It is designed for learners with little or no previous university experience. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Unit 1: Introduction to World Regional Geography

Unit 2: The North American Realm

Unit 3: The Middle American Realm

Unit 4: The South American Realm

Unit 5: The European Realm

Unit 6: The Russian and Central Asian Realm

Unit 7: The North African and Southwest Asian Realm

Unit 8: The Sub-Saharan African Realm

Unit 9: The South Asian Realm

Unit 10: The East Asian Realm

Unit 11: The Southeast Asian Realm

Unit 12: The Austral Realm, Pacific Realm, and Polar Regions

GEOG 200 has four major learning outcomes. After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Explain world and global events from a regional perspective.
• Differentiate the world’s major realms and regions in terms of a variety of characteristics including physical setting, population distribution, cultural diversity, economic assets and liabilities, political geography, and levels of development.
• Critically examine the concept of globalization and its discontents using key geographical concepts.
• Critically analyze structures of settler colonialism and Indigenous political movements responding to settler colonial structures globally.

To  receive credit  for GEOG 200, you must achieve a minimum grade of  D (50 percent) on both the midterm and the final exam and an overall grade of at least D (50 percent) for the course.

You will be evaluated on your understanding of the concepts presented in the course and on your ability to apply those concepts. Your final grade in the course will be based on the marks achieved for the following activities.

The midterm and final examinations for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar .

Nijman, J., Shin, M., & Muller, P. O. (2020). Geography: Realms, regions, and concepts (18th ed.). Wiley. (eText)

Registration in this course includes an electronic textbook. For more information on electronic textbooks , please refer to our eText Initiative site .

Other Resources

All other materials are available online.

The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.

Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

To receive credit for the GEOG 200 challenge registration, you must achieve an overall course grade of D (50 percent) or greater to pass.

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• Using Sources
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