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Dec 07, 2025
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University General Course Catalog 2018-2019 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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GEOG 488B - Landscape of Lake Tahoe (3 units) CO13
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the creation, history, and perception of Lake Tahoe. Local field study possible. (GEOG 488B and HIST 488B are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; CH 201 or CH 202 or CH 203 or CH 212 ; Junior or Senior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. integrate skills of written, oral, and visual communication to analyze and document the origins and current environmental challenges of Lake Tahoe.
2. explain the ways that landscape is both a physical and a cultural creation.
3. articulate and evaluate diverse cultural, national, and international influences on a local landscape.
4. apply appropriate geographical and historical methodologies to understand why Lake Tahoe looks the way that it does today.
5. analyze and synthesize the impact of political, social, and economic systems on a local landscape.
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