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Aug 24, 2024
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GEOG 354 - China Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D China as a concept and a rising world power; geographic survey of China’s changing physical and cultural landscapes; recent decades of economic reforms and social transformation; special focus on energy and environmental issues, demographic shifts, and globalization.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements. Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better. Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous. Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice). Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Identify major features of China’s physical landscape and urban-industrial areas .
- Describe and explain the cultural paradox and geographical complexity of China as a country and as a concept.
- Analyze the impacts of China’s recent economic transformation and the changing balance of power in the Western Pacific.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of China’s environmental challenges and the constraints the country faces regarding future economic development.
UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes
- analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.
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