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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
World Geography (Volumes I and II) Spring 2008, by Dean Lambert. Published by Thomas Reprographics (available from local bookstores).

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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 four exams, the final exam, the Current Events exercise or Globalizaiton exercise, and class participation/attendance. 

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
The numbers in parentheses indicate the assigned chapters in the textbook.
Week 1 - Introduction (1)
Week 2 - Europe (2)
Week 3 - Russia (3)
Week 4 - North America (4), Exam 1
Week 5 - North America (4), Middle America (5)
Week 6 - Middle America (5)
Week 7 - South America (6), Exam 2
Week 8 - North Africa and Southwest Asia (7)
Week 9 - Subsaharan Africa (8)
Week 10 - Subsaharan Africa (8), Exam 3
Week 11 - South Asia (9)
Week 12 - East Asia (10)
Week 13 - Southeast Asia (11), Exam 4
Week 14 - Australia and the Pacific (12)
Week 15 - Course Conclusions and Globalization (13)
Week 16 - Final Exam

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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