GEOG 111 Human Geography

Fall 2009 schedule

To view pdfs of the Power Point slides used in lecture, click on the date (in red) of that lecture on the schedule below. Additional readings & information are also linked.  Syllabus is always tentative and subject to updating.

Taught by Dr. Kaldjian

Week

Date

Topic

Readings/Homeworks

September

1

Sept 2
Sept 4

Introduction to Hum Geog
Geographic Concepts

Knox & Marston 1 & Appendix
You can't argue with geography

2 

Sept 7
Sept 9
Sept 11

LABOR DAY
Site and Situation, Regions
Friday: Exercise #1

K & M, Ch. 2

3

Sept 14
Sept 16
Sept 18

Globalization

Study Maps (Follow link on right to Maps)

4

Sept 21
Sept 23
Sept 25

Economic Development

Friday: Exercise #2

K & M, Ch. 7

5

Sept 28
Sept 30
Oct2

Economic Development (cont)
T-Shirt Travels
Friday: Exam #1

Zambia's Debt

October

6

Oct 5
Oct 7
Oct 9

Population Geographies

K & M, Ch. 3

7

Oct 12
Oct 14
Oct 16

Migration

Cultural Geographies

8

Oct 19
Oct 21
Oct 23

Places and Landscapes

K & M, Ch. 6
NYT on place name changing

9

Oct 26
Oct 28
Oct 30

Religion, Language & Alphabet

K & M, Ch. 5
Threatened Languages
NYT on Swearing; It's only language

November

10

Nov 2
Nov 4
Nov 6

Monday: Exercise #3
Food & Agriculture

K & M, Ch. 8
Connection:  On Borrowed Words

11

Nov 9
Nov 11
Nov 13

Food & Ag (cont)

Friday: Exam #2

1) Malthusian Critique
2) NYT on the Rise of Affluence
3) Easterbrook on Borlaug

12

Nov 16
Nov 18
Nov 20

Political Geography

Friday: Exercise #4

K & M Ch. 9
Together we are many (music)

13

Nov 23
Nov 25
Nov 27

Regional Integration

Thanksgiving Break

VIDEO: Sprawling of America-Inner City Blues

14

Nov 30
Dec 2
Dec 4

Urbanization

K & M, Ch. 10

December

15

Dec 7
Dec 9
Dec 11

City Structure

Friday: Exercise #5

K & M, Ch. 11

Dec 14
through
Dec 18

Final Exam Week

Exam #3 (Final Exam)
Thursday, 17 December at 10:00 a.m.