UWEC geography 111 Vogeler - Spring Semester Schedule

Ingolf Vogeler Spring Semester
You are responsible for all bold-text links, which are mostly UWEC web pages; you are not responsible for non-bold text links, which are supplemental materials, often at off-campus web sites. Complete a self-test on the Web after each section, as provided by the links below.

Date
Lecture Topic
Assignment
January 27 Introduction Spatial patterns vary by scale:1) world population characteristics and 2) world income inequality. Checkout these relevant references for statistics and maps of major world data: NationMaster, GapMinder, and ShowWorld. self test #1
Part I AGRARIAN / DEVELOPING / THIRD / SOUTH / MAJORITY WORLD
[All Chapter reading assignments are from the purchased and reprinted textbook by Vogeler and de Souza. ]
January 29 Where is the Third World? statistics by country    100 Percent American -- really! start Third World Mapping
February 3 Thinking about Understanding -- visual puzzles; solve a puzzle and another
There is more than what meets the eye! Awareness Exercises Chapter 1; self test #2
February 5 Three Analytical Perspectives: Conservative, Liberal, Radical
February 10 Applications of Analytical Perspectives Also check out the ideology of map projections. Third World Mapping due;
start Project 1
February 12 Climates and Resources self test #3; Chapters 3-5
February 17 World Cultural Regions            Hindu Cultural Traditions Chapters 6-7
February 19 Blaming the Victims and What the World Wants chart Chapters 8-9
February 24 European Colonialism self test #4; Chapters 10-12
February 26
March 3 Third World Regions: Central America, West Africa, and South Asia study the web pages
March 5 TEST #1 -- grades will be sent to you by email.
After you know your test results, select your grading option, which is "Test#5" of the self tests).
March 10
World Population Issues [world population clock] and the
Demographic Transition Model Chapters 13-15
March 12 World Population Issues
[Spring Break -- no classes March 17 and 19;
no classes March 24 and 26, instructor at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Las Vegas, NV] Chapter 16
March 31 Center-Periphery Relations Chapter 20; Project 1 due
Part II INDUSTRIAL / FIRST & SECOND / NORTH / DEVELOPED / MINORITY WORLD
Western Europe self test #6
April 2 & 7 Landscapes of Western Europe      World Tobacco Atlas    Read about "geoweb." start Mapping Europe;
study the web pages
April 9 Europeanization of the World Mapping Europe due;
see web pages
April 14 TEST #2
Rural USA start Project 2
April 16, 21 Field Trip of USA Agriculture self test #7
April 23 Problems in USA Agriculture   Obesity maps, 1985-2002    Congress
Metropolitan USA            [USA population clock] self test #8
April 28, 30 Urban Hierarchy System
Project 2 due
May 1 St. Paul field trip: 7:30 AM to 5 PM on Friday; meet on the east side of Davies Center all day field trip in St. Paul
May 5, 7 Internal City Structure Readings: income distribution; leisure; middle class impoverishment study the web pages
St. Paul Project due

May 11 FINAL EXAMINATION on May 11 at 5:00-6:50 PM in our regular classroom. [Check the UWEC final examination schedule.]
Provide me with an evaluation of the course. Thanks.
We have traveled a long way, intellectually and geographically, in this course; hopefully, this will result in a more comprehensible, enjoyable, and peaceful life.

Ingolf Vogeler Spring Semester
	You are responsible for all bold-text links, which are mostly UWEC web pages; you are not responsible for non-bold text links, which are supplemental materials, often at off-campus web sites. Complete a self-test on the Web after each section, as provided by the links below.
Date	Lecture Topic	Assignment
January 27	Introduction Spatial patterns vary by scale:1) world population characteristics and 2) world income inequality. Checkout these relevant references for statistics and maps of major world data: NationMaster, GapMinder, and ShowWorld.	self test #1
Part I AGRARIAN / DEVELOPING / THIRD / SOUTH / MAJORITY WORLD [All Chapter reading assignments are from the purchased and reprinted textbook by Vogeler and de Souza. ]
January 29	Where is the Third World? statistics by country 100 Percent American -- really!	start Third World Mapping
February 3	Thinking about Understanding -- visual puzzles; solve a puzzle and another There is more than what meets the eye! Awareness Exercises	Chapter 1; self test #2
February 5	Three Analytical Perspectives: Conservative, Liberal, Radical
February 10	Applications of Analytical Perspectives Also check out the ideology of map projections.	Third World Mapping due; start Project 1
February 12	Climates and Resources	self test #3; Chapters 3-5
February 17	World Cultural Regions Hindu Cultural Traditions	Chapters 6-7
February 19	Blaming the Victims and What the World Wants chart	Chapters 8-9
February 24	European Colonialism	self test #4; Chapters 10-12
February 26 March 3	Third World Regions: Central America, West Africa, and South Asia	study the web pages
March 5	TEST #1 -- grades will be sent to you by email. After you know your test results, select your grading option, which is "Test#5" of the self tests).
March 10	World Population Issues [world population clock] and the Demographic Transition Model	Chapters 13-15
March 12	World Population Issues [Spring Break -- no classes March 17 and 19; no classes March 24 and 26, instructor at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Las Vegas, NV]	Chapter 16
March 31	Center-Periphery Relations	Chapter 20; Project 1 due
Part II INDUSTRIAL / FIRST & SECOND / NORTH / DEVELOPED / MINORITY WORLD
Western Europe		self test #6
April 2 & 7	Landscapes of Western Europe World Tobacco Atlas Read about "geoweb."	start Mapping Europe; study the web pages
April 9	Europeanization of the World	Mapping Europe due; see web pages
April 14	TEST #2
Rural USA		start Project 2
April 16, 21	Field Trip of USA Agriculture	self test #7
April 23	Problems in USA Agriculture Obesity maps, 1985-2002 Congress
Metropolitan USA [USA population clock]		self test #8
April 28, 30	Urban Hierarchy System	Project 2 due
May 1	St. Paul field trip: 7:30 AM to 5 PM on Friday; meet on the east side of Davies Center	all day field trip in St. Paul
May 5, 7	Internal City Structure Readings: income distribution; leisure; middle class impoverishment	study the web pages St. Paul Project due
May 11	FINAL EXAMINATION on May 11 at 5:00-6:50 PM in our regular classroom. [Check the UWEC final examination schedule.] Provide me with an evaluation of the course. Thanks. We have traveled a long way, intellectually and geographically, in this course; hopefully, this will result in a more comprehensible, enjoyable, and peaceful life.