What the student will know, value, and be able to do, upon graduation.
Many courses utilize mapping exercises.
Students learn through lecture and discussion with visual aids such as maps, slides, overhead transparencies, and videos. Students use maps, statistical data, and other sources of information to achieve understanding of culture regions. Slides, overhead transparencies, and videos are used to illustrate lectures and to stimulate discussion. Students are encouraged to interview family members about their own migration history and ethnic background. Core courses, especially GEOG 1 and 2, introduce students to the basic concept of the region.