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Geography of Mexico: Students
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The primary goal of GEOG 101 is to give students a basic understanding of the world's geography that moves beyond simple place name geography towards an appreciation for the complex interactions of the human and physical dimensions of the globe. Secondary goals include the development of a spatial perspective and an understanding of geography as an integrative discipline. The first of the class objectives is developing the ability to link class information with real world events. Too often the material presented in lecture or text--regardless of the fact that it is explicitly about the world--is viewed as discrete bits of information lacking relevance with larger global issues. Problem-based learning provides a means of linking bits of information together in the resolution of a specific problem. Students are ... expected to evaluate and process that information.
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The Department of Geography's 8 week Summer Program in Oaxaca, Mexico is designed for a small group of students to travel to Mexico and gain valuable insights into the environment, culture and problematics of development in Oaxaca. While analyzing the problems this area faces, groups will visit and interview people who have begun to develop their own solutions to Oaxaca's problems.
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The University of Texas of the Permian Basin offers a minor in Geography. Students majoring in other fields will find Geography a strong support minor. Geography is useful in a broad range of employment fields including urban and rural planning, environmental planning, and transportation. Geography is a particularly useful field for those seeking teacher certification.
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The remaining four courses (12 semester hours) of geography electives and nine hours of geography or related fields of study vary among the options available for a BS degree in Geography. There are two specific departmental concentrations: meteorology-climatology and urban studies. In addition, a student can design, in consultation with an advisor, an individualized BS degree emphasizing other areas within the major.
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World geography explores the patterns and functions of human settlement, specifically cities. Students assess how physical geography affects settlements and cities and how health concerns can play a central role in city design. The history of human settlement, impact of physical systems on human systems, and urban geography are the underlying topics addressed in this unit. Students’ work in this unit provides the necessary background students will need to complete the final project - the creation of an environmentally-friendly city with minimal air and water pollution that considers the physical geography and cultural needs of a given region.
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Geography enables the student to see, understand and appreciate the web of relationships between people, places, and environments. The student will use the knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts within the six essential elements of geography: world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the use of geography.
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