Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This is a 5-week summer course beginning June 26 and ending July 30. This course will provide you with fundamental geographical knowledge of world regions and countries, and their continuing process of development. You will become familiar with the regional (i.e., cultural, economic, political, and environmental) similarities and differences throughout the world, and acquire an appreciation for the wealth of cultural diversity that exists throughout the globe and the commonality of linkage that has made the world an interconnected entity. you will learn about the changes brought to the world by globalization and see how globalization has reorganized the contemporary world's socioeconomics, cultural, and geopolitical structure.

From books listed for the course, only the book by de Blij and Muller is required and should have access to it on the first week of the term. You can rent or purchase the 16th edition of this book for less than $10 by clicking on the following link. 
https://www.chegg.com/textbooks/geography-16th-edition-9781118673959-1118673956?trackid=782ae719da02&strackid=46d85f77

Here are the books listed for the course. The recommended books are optional for those of you who want to expand your knowledge of geography and world affairs.

REQUIRED: J. de Blij, Peter Muller, Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts, Sixteenth Edition, 2013 (ISBN: 978-1118673959)

RECOMMENDED READING: 

Caitlin DeSilvey, Curated Decay: Heritage beyond Saving, Univ. Of Minnesota Press (February 14, 2017) (ISBN-13: 978-0816694389)

Ananya Roy, Territories of Poverty: Rethinking North and South (Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series), University of Georgia Press, 2015 (ISBN-13: 978-0820348438)

Mike Davis, Planet of Slums (Paperback), Verso; Reprint edition (January 17, 2017) (ISBN-13: 978-1784786618)

For this 5-week fully online course, daily access to the Internet is required.