The course will employ a variety of instructional methods to accomplish its objectives, including some of the following:
Evaluation will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor will provide a written course outline with specific criteria during the first week of classes.
An example of a possible evaluation scheme would be:
Lab assignments | 10% |
Field assignments | 15% |
Tests | 50% |
Term project | 20% |
Participation | 5% |
Total | 100% |
At the conclusion of the course the successful student will be able to:
Texts will be updated periodically. An instructor's Course Reader may be required. Typical textbook examples are:
Fouberg, E. H. and Murphy, A. B. (2020). Human geography?: People, Place, and Culture, 12th edition. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Knox, P. L., Marsden, S. A., and Nash, A. (2019). Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context, 5th Canadian Edition. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
Mercier, M. and Norton, W. (2020). Human Geography, 10th edition. Don Mills: Oxford University Press.
Neumann, R. P. and Price, P. L. (2019). Contemporary Human Geography: Culture, Globalization, Landscape, 2nd edition. New York: W. H. Freeman.
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Institution | Transfer Details | Effective Dates |
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Alexander College (ALEX) | ALEX SOSC 1XX (3) | 2017/01/01 to - |
Camosun College (CAMO) | CAMO GEOG 102 (3) | 2013/01/01 to - |
Capilano University (CAPU) | CAPU GEOG 100 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
College of the Rockies (COTR) | COTR GEOG 1XX (3) | 2016/09/01 to - |
Coquitlam College (COQU) | COQU GEOG 100 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | KPU GEOG 1101 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
Langara College (LANG) | LANG GEOG 1170 (3) | 2011/09/01 to 2016/12/31 |
Langara College (LANG) | LANG GEOG 1110 (3) | 2017/01/01 to - |
Langara College (LANG) | LANG GEOG 1100 (3) or LANG GEOG 1170 (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2011/08/31 |
Okanagan College (OC) | OC GEOG 128 (3) | 2016/01/01 to - |
Simon Fraser University (SFU) | SFU GEOG 100 (3), B-Soc | 2004/09/01 to - |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU GEOG 1120 (3) | 2010/09/01 to 2014/08/31 |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU GEOG 1110 (3) | 2014/09/01 to - |
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU GEOG 112 (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2010/08/31 |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU GEOG 101 (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2009/08/31 |
Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU GEOG 1XX (3), *lab | 2009/09/01 to 2016/12/31 |
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) | UBCO GEOG 128 (3) | 2005/05/01 to - |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV GEOG 121 (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2019/04/30 |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) | UBCV GEOG 122 (3) | 2019/05/01 to - |
University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC GEOG 101 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV GEOG 140 (3) | 2004/09/01 to - |
University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC GEOG 101B (1.5) | 2004/09/01 to - |
Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU GEOG 1st (3) | 2018/01/01 to - |
Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU GEOG 230 (3) | 2011/01/01 to 2017/12/31 |
Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU GEOG 1st (3) | 2004/09/01 to 2010/12/31 |