GEOG 1106 - World Regional Geography

1. Understand the various regions of the world, their peoples and institutions, and their contexts within world societies as a function of universal geographic principles and processes.
2. Account for regional diversity of cultures and economic and political systems within these world regions.
3. Apply contemporary theoretical advances in the interpretation of data, population, economic development, and urbanization to the issues currently facing the regions of the world.
4. Appreciate the economic, political, cultural, environmental interdependencies between the different regions of the world.
5. View and describe contemporary economic, political, and social issues from a variety of perspectives.
6. Account for the attempts of the various regions to unite in terms of their economic, military and political functions both regionally and globally.
7. Use data presented in tables, maps, graphs to interpret geographic processes both historically and at present.
8. Employ basic place-location literacy in regional description and analysis.

1. Basics of Human Geography (globalization, population, cultural geography, geopolitical framework, economic and social development)
2. Basics of Physical Geography (climate, vegetation, landforms and natural resources)
3. Middle & South America
4. Sub-Saharan Africa
5. Europe
6. North Africa and the Middle East
7. South, East and Southeast Asia
8. Oceania
9. North America