GEOG 1000 - Physical Geography (PS)

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Geography

Description:

Fulfills Physical Science General Education Requirement. Focuses on the physical dynamics of the natural environment, including atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and their integrated patterns of global distribution. Successful completion enables students to be familiar with climates, landforms, soils, water, plants, animals and how they all interact to make up the surface of the earth, provide resources for society, and create natural hazards. One field trip required. GEOG 1005 OR GEO 2000R lab course recommended. Inclusive Access Course Material (electronic book) fees may apply, see Fees tab under each course section for details. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the skills required to make informed personal and social decisions about the issues that we will face locally as well as globally. 2. Demonstrate knowledge of basic fundamental laws, concepts, and theories in the physical sciences and be able to apply them to everyday life. 3. Explain and apply the scientific method. 4. Demonstrate knowledge of the process of science by being able to utilize data in the form of tables, graphs, and charts through interpretation and then communicate those finding in oral and or written form. 5. Identify the various types of maps and charts used by geographers to help them better understand how earth's systems work together. 6. Identify and describe the functions of the four main subsystems of the earth. 7. Explain the various aspects of weather and climate and how they relate to the lithosphere and biosphere today as well as the future. 8. Explain the major internal and external processes that are acting upon the earth as well as the materials that make up the earth. 9. Identify and describe various landforms created by those processes. 10. Identify the various types of ecosystems that are the result of weather/climate - lithosphere/tectonic interactions. Course fee required. Corequisites: GEOG 1005. FA, SP, SU

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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