Geography

Surveys the natural environment: weather, climate, soil, vegetation, and landforms, with emphasis on Hawai‘i. Lab optional.

Introduces the geographer’s tools: globes, atlases, maps, and aerial photographs. Uses laboratory investigation techniques to understand concepts of physical geography. Special emphasis on Hawai‘i and on human modification of the environment.

Surveys the world’s major cultural regions. Explores economic, environmental, social, and political conditions from a geographical perspective.