GEG 1H - Honors Physical Geography

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Riverside City College

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CSU Prerequisite: None. Limitation on enrollment: Enrollment in the Honors Program. The interacting physical processes of air, water, land, and life which impact Earth's surface. Topics include weather and climate, the water cycle, landforms and plate tectonics, and the characteristics of plant and animal life. Emphasis is on interrelationships among systems and processes and their resulting patterns and distributions. There is a heavy emphasis on maps as descriptive and analytical tools. The honors course offers an enriched experience for accelerated students by limited class size, seminar format, student generated and led discussions and projects, the application of higher level thinking, reading, and writing skills - analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Students may not receive credit for both Geography 1 and Geography 1H. 54 hours lecture.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rcc.edu/riverside/

Phone Number:

(951) 222-8000 ext 8979

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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