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GEOG 354 - China

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-4
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.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-4 - Upper Division Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division GE Area 4 requirements (Area D1-2 requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
 

  1. Identify major features of China’s physical landscape and urban-industrial areas .
  2. Describe and explain the cultural paradox and geographical complexity of China as a country and as a concept.
  3. Analyze the impacts of China’s recent economic transformation and the changing balance of power in the Western Pacific.
  4. Demonstrate working knowledge of China’s environmental challenges and the constraints the country faces regarding future economic development.


GE-UD-4. Upper-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Learning Outcomes
 

  1. 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;
  2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
  3. 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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