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Course Info for INTS - 275 - 01, Fall 2026
Class number: 3460 Title: Geography of China Department: International Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 24 Current enrollment: 7 Available seats: 17
Start date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 End date: Wednesday, December 23, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM, MC - 106 Instructor(s): Lhamo, Tsering
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences and Global Requirements
Course Description:
China is one of the fastest-changing countries on Earth. With the rapid construction of new cities, rapidly increasing wealth among the middle and upper classes, a fragile environment/resource base, and rising geopolitical ambitions, this course aims to explore China’s changes and dispel common myths about contemporary China through the lens of human geography. We examine China’s diverse domestic landscapes—environmental, political, and cultural—its historical geography, and the challenges of rural development, land use, urbanization, territorial sovereignty, environmental issues, climate change, and more. Only through understanding the domestic can we better understand global China. The course concludes by placing China’s development within a broader Asian and global context, which we refer to as "global China" or China’s "global integration."