COURSE SYLLABUS

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1 Semester, AY 2019-2020

Course Information Faculty Information

Course Code: SS 3 Name: Leo Mar R. Aguilar
Course Title: Human Geography Office: School of Arts, Sciences, and Education
Credit Units: 3 Email:
Pre-requisites: Phone:
Schedule: Consultation Time:

Course Description
The course studies the world, its people, communities and cultures with an emphasis on relations
of and across space and place. It analyses the geo-politics and its principles, cultures of the
world and its relation to the environment. It focuses on how culture is shaped by the environment
and vice versa.
COURSE OUTCOMES
(CO)
By the end of the semester, you should be able to: Alignment to Student Outcomes
COA: engage in sustainable development equipped The course is introductory to your achievement of
with the theories and concepts of social science the following objectives:
through research and further learning;
COB: utilize appropriate various sociocultural and (General)
historical materials in explaining current issues;
COC: display the qualities of a professional [POa] excel in one’s profession, and significantly
teacher who has mastery in social science. contribute to holistic and global development;
[POb] build relationships rooted in respect,
COD: participate in various sociocultural compassion and unity amidst diversity;
engagements to promote interdisciplinary [POc] live a life anchored on positive human values
teaching approaches; and authentic witnessing to the DIVINE WORD;

COE: empower communities through

teaching or training students toward self-
reliance and self-sufficiency in the local and
global context;

COF: exhibit leadership qualities to empower

their communities in the preservation of
human and spiritual values; and

COG instill among the students the

essence of spiritual values in dealing with
daily life’s situations.
ASSESSMENT OF
OUTCOMES
As evidence of having achieved the outcomes, the students must undergo assessment of their learning
through quizzes and examinations.
Formative Assessments
Homework and Short Quizzes (HSQ), Pre- midterm Project (PMpj), Pre- final Project (PFpj)
Summative Assessments
Preliminary Exam (PEx), Midterm Exam (MEx), Final Exam (FEx)

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 Formative Assessments: To monitor the students’ learning progress, assessment tasks such as homework exercises
and short quizzes are continually given. These tasks may or may not be graded. Based on how the students may
perform the tasks, the teacher gives formative feedback and initiates necessary interventions to keep the students right
on the learning track. Students also take the Pre-Midterm and a Final Exam (optional) so that the teacher can
gauge how much help is further needed and what additional efforts student must make in order to be successful in the
Midterm Exam or in the Final Exam.

Summative Assessments. Students take the College-administered Preliminary Exam, Midterm Exam and Final
Exam. These are respectively scheduled within or around the 5th, 11th and 18 week of the semester. The students’
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performances in these exams comprise a major part of the grade that the students will earn at the end of the semester.
These exams are prepared following the prescribed Table of Specifications that is based on the declared course
outcomes.

Assessment Rubrics
Rubrics will also be prepared for learning outcomes in the psychomotor (performance-based assessment and product-
based assessment) and affective domain (attitudes, feelings and emotional sets)

Grading System

Students’ grades for the course will be computed based on both formative and summative assessment data.
The computation is specified below:

Grade Component Weight Computation

PG= (CS x 2 ) + PEx
Tests 3
Short Quizzes/ Practice Exer. (30%)
& Unit Tests (SQ, PE & UT) (CS x 2 ) + MEx+ PG ÷ 2
MG= 3
Preliminary Exam (PEx)
Midterm Exam (MEx) (70%) (CS + (FEx X 2) + MEx + MG ÷ 2
Final Exam (FEx) FG= 3

Class Standing where:

Participation in Classroom (40%) CS= class standing
PG= preliminary grade
Activities (PCA) MG= midterm grade
Requirements/ Projects (R/P) (40%) FG= final grade
Attendance (A) (20%) PEx= prelim exam
MEx= midterm exam
FEx= final exam

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 LEARNING
PLAN
Week CO
Topic Learning Activities
No. s Targeted
1-6
PRELIM
COA,
A. VMGO - Lecture-discussions
COB, reinforced by powerpoint
1. University COC, presentation
2. College COD
- Library Research
B Classroom Policies
- Video Presentation
C. Grading System
- Brainstorming,
I. Geography: Its Nature and
demonstration
Perspectives
- Video Presentation
1. Geography as a field of inquiry - Lecture
2. Evolution of key geographical
concepts and models
associated with notable
geographers
3. Key concepts underlying the
geographic perspective:
location, space, place, scale,
pattern, regionalization, and
globalization
4. Key geographical skills

4.1 How to use and think

about maps

4.2 How to understand

and interpret the
implications of
associations of
phenomena in places

4.3 How to recognize and

interpret at different
scales the relationships
among patterns and
processes

4.4 How to define regions

4.5How to characterize
and analyze changing
interconnections among
places

5. New geographic technologies,

such as GIS and GPS
6. Sources of geographical ideas
and date, the field, census data

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 II. Population

1. Geographical analysis of
population
1. Density, distribution, and
scale
2. Consequences of various
densities and
distributions
3. Patterns of composition:
age, sex, race, and
ethnicity
4. Population and natural
hazards: past, present,
and future
2. Population Growth
1. Historical trends and
projections
2. Theories on population
growth, including the
Demographic Model
3. Patterns of fertility,
mortality, and health
4. Regional variations of
demographic transitions
5. Effects of population
policies
3. Population Movement
1. Push and pull
2. Major voluntary and
involuntary actions
3. Migration selectivity
4. Short-term, local
movement, and activity
space

PRELIM EXAMINATION

7-12
MIDTERM COE
COF - Lecture-discussions
III. Cultural Patterns and COG reinforced by powerpoint
Processes presentation
COH
- Multi-media Presentation
1. Concepts of culture
1. Traits - Fishbowl
2. Diffusion - Graded Recitation
3. Acculturation
4. Cultural regions - MC Type of Test
2. Cultural Differences
1. Language
2. Religion
3. Ethnicity
4. Gender
3. Popular and folk culture

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 4. Environmental impact of cultural
attitudes and practices
5. Cultural landscapes and cultural
identity
1. Values and preferences
2. Symbolic landscapes and
sense of place

IV. Political Organization of Space

1. Territorial dimensions of politics

1. Concept of territoriality
2. Nature and meanings of
boundaries
3. Influences of boundaries
on identity, interaction,
and exchange
2. Evolution of the contemporary
political pattern
1. The nation-state concept
2. Colonialism and
imperialism
3. Federal and unitary
states
3. Challenges to inherited political-
territorial arrangements
1. Changing nature of
sovereignty
2. Fragmentation,
unification, and alliance
3. Spatial relationships
between political patterns
and patterns of ethnicity,
environment, and
economy

Electoral geography, including

gerrymandering

V. Agricultural and Rural Land Use

1. Development and diffusion of

agriculture
1. Neolithic agricultural
revolution
2. Second agricultural
revolution
2. Major agricultural production
regions
1. Agricultural systems
associated with major
bioclimatic zones
2. Various within major
zones and the effect of
markets
3. Linkages and flows

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 among regions of food
production and
consumption
3. Rural land use and settlement
patterns
1. Models of agricultural
land use, including von
Thunen’s model
2. Settlement patterns
associated with major
agriculture types
4. Modern Commercial Agriculture
1. Third Agricultural
revolution
2. Green Revolution
3. Biotechnology
4. Spatial organization and
diffusion of industrial
agriculture

MIDTERM EXAMINATION COE

COF
COG
COH
13-18 COI
- Lecture-discussions
FINAL COJ reinforced by powerpoint
COK presentation
VI. Industrialization and Economic
Development
- Lecture Method wl Video
1. Key concepts in industrialization
Presentation
and development
2. Growth and diffusion of - Resource Person/Speaker
industrialization - Group Dynamics Test
1. The changes roles of
energy and technology - Essay Test
2. Industrial revolution - Completion Test
3. Evolution of economic
cores and peripheries
4. Geographic critiques of
models of economic
localization, industrial
location, economic
development, and world
systems
3. Contemporary patterns and
impacts of industrialization and
development
1. Spatial organization of
the world economy
2. Variations in levels of
development
3. Deindustrialization and
economic restructuring
4. Pollution, health, and

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 quality of life
5. Industrialization,
environment change, and
sustainability
6. Local development
initiatives: government
policies

VII. Cities and Urban Land Use

1. Definitions of urbanism
2. Origins and evolutions of cities
1. Historical patterns
2. Rural-urban migration
and urban growth
3. Global cities and mega
cities
4. Models of urban systems
3. Functional character of
contemporary cities
1. Changing employment
mix
2. Changing demographic
and social structures
4. Built environment and social
space
1. Competitive models of
internal city structure
2. Transportation and
infrastructure
3. Political organization of
urban areas
4. Urban planning and
design
5. Patterns of race,
ethnicity, gender, and
class
6. Uneven development,
ghettoization, and
gentrification
7. Impacts of
suburbanization and
edge cities

FINAL EXAMINATION COA,

COB,
COC,
COD
COE
COF
COG
COH
COI
COJ
COK

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 Learning Resources
Book References
McKnight, Tom. L. and Darrell Hess (2010). Physical Geography: A Landscape
Appreciation, 10th Edition. Pearson Prentice-Hall. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
(Required).

Course Policies
Declare the rules and guidelines adopted for the students. This is about classroom management which may include
such concerns on students behavior (attendance, tardiness, classroom behavior, etc.) and student teacher transactions
(consultation, submission of assignments, etc.)
1. Attendance is checked regularly 10 minutes after the start of the period.
2. Participation in classroom discourse is encouraged and recorded to improve
teaching- learning performance.
3. Requirements are given ahead of time with the expectation that they are submitted
before set deadline or on the agreed date of submission.
4. Proper discipline during the class interaction be enforced.
5. Classroom tests are conducted on specific test dates agreed upon by the teacher
and students. No special tests will be given to safeguard the validity of the tests.
6. Feedback on test performance is provided by the teacher to improve student
performance.
7. Students who are caught cheating during exams will be penalized based on
approved disciplinary measures.
8. Each student is treated with respect. To be fair to the students, no act of favoritism is
displayed by the teacher. This is done to provide a conducive and psychological
learning environment that promotes student growth and development.
9. Teacher behavior and discipline strategies are in keeping with the rights embodied in
the Declaration of Rights of Children and Young Persons.

Approved for
Implementation LIBERTINE GERTRUDE R. MACASPAC, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Arts, Science and Education
Date Approved

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