GEOG1021 — Physical Geography
GEOG 1021 - Physical Geography GEOG 1021 - Physical Geography Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Internship hours per week 0 Course Description: This course offers an introduction to the physical and environmental systems of the Earth, the dynamic processes that shape and characterize our planet, and the geography of the natural world. Course topics include the processes of the Earth’s atmosphere (weather and climate), hydrosphere (water on Earth), biosphere (geography of ecological systems), and the lithosphere (materials and processes of the Earth’s crust) and the scientific terminology used to discuss those processes. This course also examines the powerful influences people and the environment have upon each other (e.g. storms and other natural disasters; human modification of the Earth). MnTC Goals 3 Natural Science, 10 People/Environment describe features and characteristics of the physical Earth and their spatial patterns. explain the dynamic processes that drive the Earth’s physical systems. demonstrate an understanding of the Earth in which we live as a dynamic, inter-dependent global system comprised of inter-connected sub-systems. use geographic perspectives (e.g. spatial, Earth and ecological science, people-environment) and scientific methodologies (e.g. data collection, organization, analysis, and summarization) to illustrate theories and perspectives related to human alteration of environmental systems. use geographic perspectives to demonstrate how the physical enviro
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052