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Delivery mode: Individualized study with home lab.
Credits: 3 - Social Science
Prerequisite: None.
Centre: Centre for Global and Social Analysis
GEOG 302 has a Challenge for Credit option.
GEOG 302 is designed to provide a “systematic” rather than a “regional” view of Northern Canada. Thus, it begins with a discussion of the term “the North,” and continues with an overview of the natural foundations of the region—its physiography, climate, and biotic characteristics. This discussion is followed by a brief summary of what is known or surmised about the prehistory and historic development of the area, and by an outline of its present-day demography. The remainder of the course concentrates on such human factors as settlement, transportation, economic activity, and political development.
Unit 1: Introduction and Physiographic Regions
Unit 2: Climatic and Biotic Geography
Unit 3: Historical Geography
Unit 4: Population
Unit 5: Transportation and Settlement
Unit 6: Economy A: Renewable Resources
Unit 7: Economy B: Non-renewable Resources
Unit 8: Political Geography and Review
To receive credit for GEOG 302, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent) and a grade of at least 60 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| 8 Assignments (10% each) | Final Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 80% | 20% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Wonders, William C., ed. 1972. The North. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Wonders, William C., ed. 1971. Canada's Changing North. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
The course materials also include a study guide, a student manual, and a reader.