2020 - 2021 Catalog
Course Descriptions for GEOG
Course Number: GEOG 1301 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, EFC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Description: This course introduces students to the processes that drive Earth’s physical systems. Students will explore the relationships among these physical systems, with emphasis on weather and climate, water, ecosystems, geologic processes and landform development, and human interactions with the physical environment. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015125
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, EFC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: Physical Geography
This is a Texas Common Course Number.Course Description: This course introduces students to the processes that drive Earth’s physical systems. Students will explore the relationships among these physical systems, with emphasis on weather and climate, water, ecosystems, geologic processes and landform development, and human interactions with the physical environment. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015125
Course Number: GEOG 1302 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, EFC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: This course introduces students to fundamental concepts, skills, and practices of human geography. Place, space, and scale serve as a framework for understanding patterns of human experience. Topics for discussion may include globalization, population and migration, culture, diffusion, political and economic systems, language, religion, gender, and ethnicity. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015125
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, EFC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: Human Geography
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Dallas College Core Curriculum course.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: This course introduces students to fundamental concepts, skills, and practices of human geography. Place, space, and scale serve as a framework for understanding patterns of human experience. Topics for discussion may include globalization, population and migration, culture, diffusion, political and economic systems, language, religion, gender, and ethnicity. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015125
Course Number: GEOG 1303 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the world's major regions seen through their defining physical, social, cultural, political, and economic features. These regions are examined in terms of their physical and human characteristics and their interactions. The course emphasizes relations among regions on issues such as trade, economic development, conflict, and the role of regions in the globalization process. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015325
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, CVC, EFC, ECC, MVC, NLC, RLC
Course Title: World Regional Geography
This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a Dallas College Core Curriculum course.Prerequisite Required: College level ready in Reading.
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the world's major regions seen through their defining physical, social, cultural, political, and economic features. These regions are examined in terms of their physical and human characteristics and their interactions. The course emphasizes relations among regions on issues such as trade, economic development, conflict, and the role of regions in the globalization process. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 4507015325
ACGM (Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual) Courses
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for general academic transfer among community, state, and technical colleges in Texas; and state public four-year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.
WECM (Workforce Education Course Manual) Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four-year colleges and universities.