World Geography Online College Course

This course is closed for revision until Spring 2023. 

Why take this online World Geography course?

The World Regional Geography course is an introductory, 100-level course that, after beginning with basic concepts of geographical inquiry, examines 12 different regions of the world. In many ways, you will make a journey around the world in however many days it takes you to finish the course.

Geography 161 is about the interrelationship between humans and the physical environment in the context of how people engage in cultural uses of land, water, and air as resources such that definite spatial patterns can be noted at the local, regional, sub-continental, continental, hemispheric and global scales.

The world is an extremely complex entity, and this course only touches a small portion of the historical, geopolitical and socio-economic factors that help to explain how parts of the planet are alike but also different. It does, in its small way, help you recognize that you are a member of a highly interdependent set of cultures, nation-states and alliances that range from being in harmony to disharmony at any given time.

World Regional Geography classes online will help you answer important questions regarding people and places:

• What is there?
• Where is it?
• Why is it there?
• Why is it important that it is there?

To succeed in this online world geography course, you need to have a spirit of adventure and a curiosity regarding what various places do or do not have in common. You need to have the desire to learn about your entire world, not just what you know already. You will communicate your thoughts regarding relationships within and between places in the context of human-environmental interaction.

How will the course appear on my transcript?

You may enroll at any time and have 3-9 months to complete this online course. The college credits you earn will be recorded on your transcript in the semester you register.

Why Take Online Classes at UND?

Here are a few reasons why you should take an online enroll anytime course at UND:

• Great customer service – Our registration team is ready to answer questions quickly so you can focus on your coursework.
• Affordable – UND's enroll anytime courses are priced at North Dakota's affordable, in-state tuition rate.
• Accredited – UND is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
• Easily transfer credits – Transferring credits is always at the discretion of the institution to which the credits are being transferred. In general, credits from schools/universities that are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission transfer to other regionally accredited institutions. UND's online courses appear on your UND transcript in the same way as other courses.

Flexible 100% Online Course

You'll take this online course at your own pace. Some students thrive in this environment, while other students may struggle with setting their own deadlines. If you have successfully taken an independent study or correspondence course previously, UND’s enroll anytime courses may be right for you. Still not sure? Take our online quiz to help determine if online enroll anytime courses are right for you.

Course information including tuition, technology requirements, textbooks, lessons and exams is subject to change without notice.