215 Prof. Paul Adams Human geography is the study of the earth as the home of humankind, and thus provides a foundation for citizenship in an emerging global community. If we want to understand the state of Texas, the town of College Station, or even the street outside this building, we must develop a sense of how spatial processes give rise to patterns and vice versa. This is geography.
Human geography is the part of the field devoted to understanding systems that include people.
It can be divided further into various specializations. The semester will be divided into three segments, each of which will conclude with an exam. There will be required projects during the first two segments, which will require 2 or 3 hours of research or calculation, and some type of presentation of your results. Attendance will not be recorded except to update student lists, but it will be virtually impossible to do well in this course without attending regularly. There is no extra credit.