GEOG- Geography

GS,NS,SU- This course is an introduction to the physical and cultural landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. Students will examine the historic and contemporary relationships between people and places in the Northwest and how physical and cultural processes have shaped this region. Special emphasis will be given to the Salish Sea bioregion as well as the Pacific Northwest's role within the larger global context.

GS, NS- This course introduces the basic physical and environmental processes responsible for shaping the earth's surface as well as geographic tools used for analysis. Specific regions of the world are then studied in order to establish relationships between the people that live in those regions and the natural world that surrounds them.

This Geography course identifies critical natural resources throughout the world and their distribution. These include, but are not limited to, water, fossil fuels, forests, soil, minerals, fisheries, and wildlands. Elements of extraction/harvest, distribution, and consumption of those resources will be examined in depth, along with environmental impacts. Management and conservation of those resources, along with alternative options, recycling, re-use, and waste will also be discussed.