St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 8 Designation
Global Perspectives
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Response Date: ______________________
Effective Date: ______________________
1.
Prepared by: David Wall
Phone: 8-2095
Proposal Number: _________________
Email: dlwall@stcloudstate.edu
2.
Requesting Unit: Geography
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: GEOG 111 Introduction to Global Geography
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
GEOG 111. Introduction to Global Geography (Diversity/MGM) Global geographic thinking;
understanding of global patterns. 3 Cr. F, S.
8.
Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
Undergraduate students in any major or without a major. Geography and Travel and Tourism majors are
encouraged but not required to take this class.
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
None.
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
This course has been approved before.
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
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for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 8: Global Perspectives
Develop a comparative perspective and understanding of one’s place in a global context.
This class discusses all major world regions: their physical landforms and climates, population, cultures,
economic patterns, political systems and environmental issues. The class places students in a position to
better understand global events, and local events as influenced by global forces.
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 8, it must address at least 4 of the 5 student learning
outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Explain how they are connected and related to people elsewhere in the world.
2. Describe similarities and differences among global places and populations.
3. Analyze how political, economic or cultural elements influence relations among the world’s states, peoples, or
societies.
4. Analyze specific international issues and propose and evaluate responses.
5. Articulate a vision of their individual roles and responsibilities in a common global future.
14.
Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
1. Students will learn the how the US influences the cultural, political, economic and environments of
different countries and regions of the world, and how those countries and regions influence and
impact the lives of people living in the US. They will demonstrate an understanding of distances,
directions and spatial arrangements of countries in the world. They will practice reading and
constructing maps of worlds regions.
2. The entire class is spent discussing similarities and differences among places worldwide, region by
region, with more in-depth understand of selected countries to illustrate general patterns.
3. Current news from each region is discussed as appropriate.
4. See 3. Issues of global importance, e.g., climate change, drug trafficking, or outsourcing of US jobs
are also discussed in the context of specific regions and countries. Responses are discussed in the
textbook and in lectures.
15.
List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
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1-Geography field of study and key methods (maps, GIS, remote sensing, etc.)
2-Physical and human geography overview
3-Geography of Europe with particular focus on the European Union
4-Geography of Russia and Nearby States, post-Soviet transition
5-Geography of the Middle East, cultures of Islam and Judaism, petrostates
and foreign intervention
5-Geography of Asia, emerging new economies (esp. India and China)
6-Geography of Africa, poverty and (mis)development, post-colonialism, medical
7-Geography of Latin America, urban patterns, resources and communities
8-Geograph y of Australia and Oceania
5%
10%
15%
10%
10%
20%
10%
15%
5%
All 4 SLO are met in each unit by the use of lectures, videos, map making homework assignments, use of the
news. Whenever appropriate, the instructor utilizes relevant local comparisons to make other places
contextualized.
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