Geog 325:
Course Schedule

Canada & US
Spring 2007
P. Kaldjian & J. Hupy
Class meets MW from 2:00-3:15
Last Updated:
8 May, 2008

Schedule is always tentative and will be adjusted as needed. To view lectures, quiz materials and exercises, click on date of lecture highlighted in red.  To view articles, click on article or author highlighted in red

Week

Date

Topics

Readings

January

 

Other interesting Websites

1

21 Jan
W
INTRO, GOALS, METHODS
What is geography?  "Why wheat matters"
Bennet & Patton Ch. 1
Geography Standards
NYTimes on Macaroni and Cheese

2

28 Jan
M
W
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Site & scale
processes & land forms
QUIZ 1:  Cities/states (Wed)
Bennet & Patton Ch. 2 & 7
Kansas is flatter than a pancake
Reading Questions 1
New Orleans Architecture 1
New Orleans Architecture 2

February

   

3

4 Feb
M
W
REGIONS
Situation
Hmwrk #1: Regions & Place (Fri)
Bennet & Patton Ch. 3
Garreau's Nine Nations
North Carolina Storms
Louisianna Storms
Reading Questions 2

4

11 Feb
M
W
HUMAN  GEOGRAPHY
Population, Patterns,
QUIZ 2:  Physical (Wed)
Marginalized Places
Oklahoma's Natural Boundary
Arid/Humid Boundary
North American Snowline
Reading Questions 3

5

18 Feb
M
W
HUMAN OVERVIEW (cont)
Immigration
Video:  Postville -- When Cultures Collide
Hmwrk #2: Toponyms (Wed)
Bennet & Patton Chs. 4 & 5
Return of America's Frontier (Parts I-IV)

Canada: Census 2001 Highlights
Keillor on Levy's America
America in the Abstract (WSJ)
PRB: Immigration & Shaping of US
NYT
Iowa Editorial

NPR on Fairfield, Iowa
NYT US to Canada migration

Reading Questions 4

6

25 Feb
M
W
MIDTERM EXAM #1 (Wed)


March

   

7

3 March
M
W
ECONOMIC
Exercise #4 -- draft outline
Just in Time Highways
Maquiladoras
St. Lawrence Seaway
CBC: Canadian Economy in Depth
CBC: Loonie vs Dollar

8

10 Mar
M
W
Economic (Cont)
Reading Questions 5

Mar 19-23 SPRING BREAK

9

24 Mar
M
W
Non-Energy Resrouces
GGQ Chapter 6
Playground: Nevada Test Site
NYT Goshutes & Nuclear Waste

April

   

10

31 March
M
W
Public lands
AGRICULTURE



Maine's War on Coyotes
Omnivores Dilemma 4: Making Meat
CSM on Nat'l Parks

11

7 April
M
W
Ex #3 Agriculture(Mon)

NORTH AMERICAN CITIES
Urban Systems & Structure


GGQ Chapter 12
Video: Cadillac Desert
NYT
Mountains of Corn
NYT Exurb's soul
New Yorker: Green Manhattan

NYT Childless Vibrant Cities

12

14 April
M
W
MIDTERM EXAM #2 (Mon)CANADA: CULTURE & IDENTITY (AAG)

Maclean's 100th anniversary
US/Canadian Cultural Differences
*NYT Canada as distant neighbor


*United North America

13

21 April
M
W
CANADA: CULTURE & IDENTITY


GGQ Chapter 14
NYT on Poutine
CBC on Stubbies
America Lite: Is that our future?

May

   

14

28 April
M
W

NYT immigrants to far north
Alberta Oil
Border Issues
Inuit Ecumene

15

5 May
M
W
Ex #4 Popular CultureCANADA: CULTURE & IDENTITY

Reading Questions 6 -- Double due Friday
Canada & Marijuana
Canada & Gay Marriage

FINAL EXAM #3
Monday,12 May, 3:00 pm