While numerous misperceptions exist about geography, by taking this course you should have gained a firm
understanding of geography as a dynamic spatial science that is holistic, synthesizing, and integrating. This
assignment asks you to reflect on the nature of geography and this course. At the beginning of this semes-ter,
you had some perceptions of geography and what this course might cover. Now that the course is near-ing
completion, your initial perceptions may have changed as your understanding has increased. What were those
perceptions, and what are they now? Do you now think that geography is actually the highly applied science
that it is advertised to be? In your essay discuss the following: _ How have your perceptions of geography changed during this course? Is the geographic approach and perspective useful? Are the five themes of geography useful? Can any topic be studied using spatial analysis and asking where and why? __ Is
geography really an applied science?
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