Contemporary World, Semester A
The Contemporary World, Semester A, is a single-semester course designed to
strengthen your knowledge about the modern world. In the first unit, you will explore
how geography can help you gain a better understanding of the world and its people. In
the second unit, you will learn about the influence of culture on the world. In the third
unit, you will discover the relationship between art and society and study migration and
population distribution. In the last unit, you will learn about the effect of physical
processes on the environment and look at the ways people have adapted to and
modified physical environments.