The student, who successfully completes this course,
will be expected to:
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"Discover" some fundamental relationships between the physical and cultural aspects of grography;
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Determine the reasons for the spatial variation of solar radiation and how Earth's climate is affected;
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Use and appraise some of the tools and methods geographers use, e.g., computer software that links component disciplines . . . in data collection, analysis, and interpretation;
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Construct an atmospheric pressure pattern map of North America from existing data sets and explain how these patterns are generated and in turn affect other patterns related to climate, distribution of precipitation, plants, animals, and people;
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Describe some fundamental relationships between climate, plate tectonics, rocks, and landforms as manifested in Earth's stream patterns;
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Examine some relationships between land, water, air, and ice as components of biogeochemical cyling on Earth;
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Identify sets of processes that govern Earth's fundamental surface morphology;
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Identify the spatial distribution of geohazards, e.g., earthquakes, groundwater pollution, flooding, landslides, both spatially and temporally and . . . the role of people'a activities.
