GEOG 211 — Introduction to Geographic Thought
Geography and Resource Development · University of Ghana
Topics to be covered include the development of geographic thought from Greek times to the present, the contradictions and shifting positions in the geographic perspective prior to the development of the scientific method, and the contributions of the Greeks, Romans and Moslems to the development of Geographic Thought. Others are the Age of Discovery and its impact on the development of geographic thought, Geography in the seventeenth century, Geography in the eighteenth century, divergent views in the late nineteenth century, including environmental determinism, possibilism and probablilism, as well as Geography and the geographical method and the region and regionalism.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 212 — Geomorphological Processes and Landforms
- GEOG 213 — Introduction to Weather and Climate
- GEOG 214 — Principles and Methods of Cartography
- GEOG 321 — Soils and Biogeography
- GEOG 323 — Regional Geography of Africa (One region outside West Africa)
- GEOG 325 — Theory and Practice of Geography
- GEOG 327 — Introduction to Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
- GEOG 331 — Arid Lands
- GEOG 111 — Introduction to Physical Geography
- GEOG 112 — Introduction to Human Geography
- GEOG 322 — Introduction to Resource Analysis
- GEOG 324 — Regional Geography of West Africa, with Special Reference to Ghana
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).