Here are the instructions,
For this journal, your subject matter is the class itself. Rather than reflect on another reading, I ask that you reflect on this semester in Geog 106 as a whole. What did you learn? What did you wish to learn but didn’t? What surprised you? These are just some questions to get you started.

Course Description:
This course reviews the physical and historical cultural geography of the American West with a focus on human-environmental relationships and the concepts of place within this region. This course is recognized as a general education course fulfilling the society and institutions requirements within the Great Books and Ideas and Sustainability pathways. Particular emphasis is placed in how various cultural groups have each made a unique imprint on the western landscape through sustainable and non-sustainable utilization of resources. The course also examines the current and future issues facing resource management and conservation within this region. The general subtopics discussed in this class fit into the following five general thematic areas: physical geography, Native American cultures, settler cultures, resource utilization and conservation/sustainability.

Course Objectives:

To develop an appreciation of the significance of environmental relationships in the American West.
Consider the physical and cultural geography (e.g., landscape and people) that comprise the American West.
Identify key cultural groups and their relationships to the regional landscapes of the American West.
Interpret the major cultural groups and resource utilization patterns within the American West.
Provide a synthesis of the interrelatedness of physical and cultural geographies of the American West.
Draw upon literature, film, audio, interviews and personal experience and observation of place.