Latin American Impact
To discover the significance of Latin America's increasing impact on the world's economy, as well as the growing Hispanization of the United States and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Writing
To develop geographic writing and research skills that result in papers that are fluent, relevant, and creative.
Collaboration
To use other students’ input to effectively enhance Latin American geographic understanding through group work and discussions
Empathy
To develop greater empathy and charity, and begin to gain a global perspective by learning to see ourselves from another's point of view.
Thoughtful Reflection
To translate our gained awareness of Latin America as outlined above into valid cross-cultural comparisons and nuanced understanding that will be shared with the instructor and fellow class members.
Informed Awareness of Latin American Geography
To acquire informed awareness of Middle and South America with the interplay of cultures, languages, and/or nations at an international level for both its physical and cultural components.
- Physical Geography
To gain a working knowledge of the connection of the underlying physical "stage" of Latin America to the distributions of people and their activities. - Cultural Geography
To gain an understanding of the geographic structure of Latin America's cultural components including languages, ethnic groups, settlement patterns, and religious beliefs.
