After enrolling in this course, you should click on the appropriate on-line orientation for the semester you are enrolled in this course.

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After completing the online orientation (above) you should log into the Blackboard Vista system to read the syllabus and gain access to all the course materials.
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General Information About this Course
This course emphasizes the human geography of major world regions and provides a comparative survey of the major cultural regions of the world and their dissimilar developments.  This course satisfies the social/behavioral science requirement in most degree plans.

Textbook, Readings and Materials
Realms, Regions and Concepts, 13th Edition, by deBlij and Muller. 2007. Wiley Press. ISBN: 978-0-470-12905-0.

You will also be using the resources of Blackboard Vista (a secure Web site at SAC) in order to complete this course.  Blackboard Vista is an online tool designed for Internet courses, and it provides you with tools such as email, discussion bulletin board, online quizzes, and direct access to your course grades.  Click here to enter the Blackboard Vista system. You can also access Blackboard Vista by typing this address (https://vista.alamo.edu) into your Internet browser and striking the "Enter" button on your keyboard. That link also provides you instructions if you have not used Blackboard Vista previously. Once you log in you will need to click this course (GEOG 1303.091.

Click here to learn how this course applies to the International Studies Certificate at SAC.

Course Grading System
The total course grade will based on the four quizzes, a Midterm Exam, a Final Exam, the exercise, and participation in online discussion activities. 

Standard 10% letter grade cutoffs will be applied (e.g., A is 90% or more, B is 80-89.9%, C is 70-79.9%, etc).

Course Schedule - consult the syllabus in Blackboard Vista once you have enroled in this course.

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Contact Information:
Department of Chemistry/Earth Sciences/Astronomy
San Antonio College
1300 San Pedro Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78212-4299

Office Location: Chance Academic Center (CAC), Room 312

Phone: 210-486-0471
E-mail: (preferred) deanplambert@yahoo.com or dlambert@alamo.edu