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In his book Teaching Geography, Phil Gersmehl asserts that “Geography, history, the humanities, and science frequently deal with the same topics, but they look at the world from different perspectives:
- Scientists are concerned with process. The focus is on causes and effects that occur regardless of time or place. The key questions begin with ‘how.’
- Historians are concerned with time. The focus is on the time of events and what happens before and after them. The key questions often begin with ‘when.’
- Humanists deal with ethics and aesthetics. The focus is on how to judge things like morality and beauty. The key questions often begin with ‘should’ or ‘how important.’
- Geographers are concerned with space. The focus is on locations of things, conditions in a particular place, and connections among places. The key questions usually begin with ‘where.’
The value of a geographic perspective rests on three simple ideas:
- There are reasons for things being where they are.
- There are advantages for things being in appropriate places.
- There are penalties for things being in the wrong places.”
Since its founding in 2001, the UHCL Geography Program has developed a variety a courses that engage students in the classroom, the laboratory and in the field. The Program’s degree plans offer you a flexible, interdisciplinary course of study designed to foster critical perspectives on the world around us.
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