Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Tuba Kayaarasi | PCC

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The discipline of geography focuses on the science of place and space; on how humans and the environment interact and influence each other. Our world is not flat and even though the problems we face seem global, each place on earth is experiencing them unevenly because of its location, resources, culture, and history. This course will help you to understand how most of the contemporary global challenges date back to colonialism and how complex our problems are and display spatial variability. Several global issues, such as migration, security, food, health, energy, and climate are the major topics to study the increasing global interconnectedness and the political, economic, and cultural globalization. 

Such geographic concepts and themes will be approached through reading assignments, quizzes, group discussions, final essays, films, and lectures. 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

In this course you will:

1. Demonstrate an ability to think globally and use geographic perspectives to analyze global phenomena.
2. Critique various economic and political systems with regards to government influence in trade, environmental impact, and social welfare.
3. Be challenged to think critically about your own lives and your connection to other cultures, places, and peoples in the world.

OUTCOME ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

Student mastery of skills, content, and outcomes will be assessed by any combination of

the following:

1. Quizzes
2. Conducting research 
3. Writing essays
4. Participate discussions

SKILLS

1. Analyze global issues from multiple perspectives.
2. Utilize diverse sources to obtain data and information about the world. 
3. Read and assess college-level books, articles, chapters, etc.
4. Identify historical precursors of current events.
5. Articulate issues of diversity, inequality, and socio-ecological justice. 
6. Assess one’s own cultural biases and identify ethnocentric attitudes. 

This is an online course that will not require you attend live meetings. It is asynchronous. 

The technical requirement for most online classes includes access to a computer with a modern operating system and a supported web browser. 

Software/ Hardware / Equipment / Technical skill expectations

• Microsoft Office or equivalent (Google Docs, iWork, etc). You must be able to save files in doc, docx, rtf, or pdf format.
• Firefox, Chrome, or Safari browser
• You must be able to work with documents and upload to Assignments in D2L. 

The Student Help Desk provides technical support for online classes at PCC. If you need help, you can call, chat online or email them.

Phone: 971-722-8222
Email: shd@pcc.edu

If you are ever concerned that D2L Brightspace or another PCC technology is not working, check the Student Help Desk website for updates for system status.

If you cannot access MyPCC to log in to your online courses, you can use this direct address to log in to D2L Brightspace with your MyPCC username and password. It is a good idea to bookmark this page.
https://online.pcc.edu

Please click on the link below to be prepared, to have it available in case you can't reach the PCC site.

https://www.pcc.edu/online/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2015/04/Be_Prepared.pdf