Honors World Geography

Course Description

Grade: 9

Credits: 1.0

Prerequisite: None

Course Code: 03320100

Course Number: H212

In Honors World Geography, students take a deeper dive into examining people, places, and environments at local, regional, national, and international scales from the spatial and ecological perspectives of geography. Students describe the influence of geography on events of the past and present with emphasis on contemporary issues. A significant portion of the course centers around the physical processes that shape patterns in the physical environment; the characteristics of major landforms, climates, and ecosystems and their interrelationships; the political, economic, and social processes that shape cultural patterns of regions; types and patterns of settlement; the distribution and movement of the world population; relationships among people, places, and environments; and the concept of region. Students analyze how location affects economic activities in different economic systems identify the processes that influence political divisions of the planet and analyze how different points of view affect the development of public policies. Students compare how components of culture shape the characteristics of regions analyze the impact of technology and human modifications on the physical environment and use problem-solving and decision-making skills to ask and answer geographic questions. This course offers a 5% additional weight in the GPA calculation.