Geography 102 - Intro/Human Geography
Fall
2026
01
4.00
Toby Applegate
TU TH 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
13781
Thompson Hall room 106
tapplega@umass.edu
A wide-ranging introduction to the ways people shape the world they live in. We will study the themes and concepts of human geography through the current issues and large questions which guide them. Lectures and reading will focus on the geographic aspects of cultural diversity, population issues, states vs. nations, the global economy, development, urbanization and the human transformation of the earth. We will cover major subdivisions of human geography including cultural geography, population geography, economic geography, social geography, urban geography and political geography. (Gen.Ed. SB, DG)
75 seats are reserved for first-year students and 50 seats in Section 01 are reserved for sophomores.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.