Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the following:

• The Scientific Method and its application to Geography
• The Geographic Method (Spatial Analysis) and defining Geography
• Earth’s Grid, Latitude, Longitude, Time, Projections, Remote Sensing, and Maps
• Earth as a System
• Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
• Landforms
• Plate Tectonics
• Hydrological Cycle and other Global Biogeochemical Cycles
• Ecology and World Biomes
• Population Dynamics
• Migration – Humans, Plants, and Animals
• Basic Cultural Geography – religion, race, ethnicity, perception
• Agriculture, Sustainability, and Feeding a Growing Population
• Global Urbanization and its Consequences
• Global Environmental Issues – Air, Water, and Soil Degradation

In learning about the topics above students will acquire the following skills:

• Collect, Analyze and Evaluate Data to make Informed Decisions
• Think Critically about Geographic issues
• Apply the Scientific Method to Geographical \Problems
• Work collaboratively to Research a Topic and Solve a problem
• Apply individual decisions/actions to Global Impact
• Identify Geographical Examples of Injustice and Lack of Equity

Additional Geographic Skills to be Gained:

• Identify Spatial patterns on a Map, Air photo, Satellite Image, or on the Landscape
• Identify and describe the Relationship between different Spatial Data “Layers”
• Understand the Interrelationship between Humans and the Environment

Dr. Bruce Hall

E-Mail: bhall@olympic.edu  If you do not hear back in 24 hours (weekdays) it means that your e-mail has not made it to my machine. Use your OC email account to guarantee transmission.

Phone: 475-7580                            

Mail box: Go to MESH division office, S/T 103.

Office hours (rm 023 in Clock Tower Plaza (next to the Library in the lower level).​:     

   Mon and Wed: 3 – 4 pm

   Tue and Thur.: 10 am – 11 am

   Wed Evening: 6:30 - 7:30 pm  

   Or by appointment.  (Email me at bhall@olympic.edu to set up appointment)