Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

Geography
320-101-LA
World Geography
(Level I Geography for Social Science students only)
The aim of this course is to provide the student with an
overview of the Earth's physical environment, human
patterns and cultural diversity. While the approach is
necessarily general, the student will gain a clear image of
the complex patterns of the human-environment
relationship. Contents include the following: The Earth as
Habitat - the major physical patterns: climatic,
hysiographic, hydro geographic, and biogeographic. The
Earth as Human Environment - the major human
patterns: demographic, cultural, political and economic.
Strength in Diversity - selected regions as examples of
the integration of physical and human patterns.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
320-122 -LA
Destination Information I: World Geography
(Geography for Tourism students only)
The focus of the Destinations courses is to provide and
analyze Regional, National and International tourist
information. Students will use geographic vocabulary,
models, diagrams, maps and statistical tables. They will
analyze the destination areas according to their physical,
historical, political and economic conditions. They will
also locate and categorize the main points of interest
typical of the destination and assess its tourist potential,
taking into account different types of tourist motivation.
Positive and negative impacts of tourism on the
destination will be considered, as well as current news
events. Each destination will be evaluated as a potential
source of travelers for Quebec and Canada. Students will
participate in learning activities including group
interaction, role play, audio-visual analysis, tour design
and research work. Students will be asked to apply their
knowledge and analytical skills to increasingly complex
traveling challenges.
3 hours/week Units: 1.66
320-201-LA
Understanding the Earth
(Level II Geography for Social Science Students only)
An understanding of the fascinating and complex web of
relationships that order our physical environment is
fundamental to any student interested in pursuing studies
in Geography, the Earth Sciences or to those merely
curious about their physical surroundings. The course is
designed to provide a basic knowledge of environmental
processes with a minimal background in Geography. This
course is structured around four elements: The
atmosphere - the nature and general patterns of climate
and weather; the hydrosphere - both marine and fresh
water environments; the biosphere - soils, vegetation and
biogeography; and the lithosphere - the "solid" earth and
the development of landscapes. Emphasis is placed on the
interaction of people and their environment using local
examples.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 320-101-LA
320-202-LA
A Global Village Divided
(Level II Geography for Social Science Students only)
The aim of the course is to examine the relationship of
cities to the cultural and political evolution of
humankind. To analyze from a geographical perspective
the phenomenon of urbanism and its impact on the
decision making process worldwide from the financial
"shrines" in the downtowns of New York, London or
Tokyo to the shantytowns of South Africa, Africa and Asia
all the way down to the slums of the Western World.
With the ongoing technological revolution since the past
few decades, humanity has conquered distance in an
unprecedented speed and the world is getting closer to
each other as never before. This phenomenon could
never have occurred had it not been for the cities which
are deciding for the best and the worst humanity has to
offer to itself. The concepts which the course brings
forward will enable the student to understand why while
humanity as a whole is increasingly becoming a global
village. We as members of states and nations are ever
divided behind frontiers and boundaries, and why
"Polis," the Greek word for city, is almost synonymous
with the political process.
3 hours/week Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: 320-101-LA