Week

Date

Lecture Topic

Reading in Knox & Marston

Discussion Topic

(Section A Wed 2:00 W, Section B Fri 12:55)

Geography Matters: Introduction to Human Geography

1

W Jan 9

Welcome! Geography Matters

Read Syllabus and Web Site

Geog of Breakfast

2

M Jan 14

Geography Matters: Fund. Concepts

1-20, 495-504

Globalization

W Jan 16

Tools of Spatial Analysis

20-41

3

M Jan 21

MLK Day No class

Talking about Population Knox and Marston pp. 84-108

 Geographies of Population and the Environment

W Jan 23

Global Context

42-83

4

M Jan 28

Population Politics

119-127

Population

W Jan 30

Migration

108-119

5

M Feb 4

Human Relationship with Nature

128-141

Environmental Justice (Essay 1 Assigned)

W Feb 6

Environmental Problems

141-171

Geographies of Culture and Identity

6

M Feb 11

Exam 1

Culture and Landscape (dress appropriately,)Essay 1 Due

W Feb 13

Culture and Culture Wars

172-201, 223-232

7

M Feb 18

Culture and Landscape

223-232

Segregation

W Feb 20

Race and Geography

201-207

8

M Feb 25

Gender, Disability and Geography

207-211

Gender and Ethnicity

W Feb 27

Envi. Perception/ Shopping Malls

213-223, 232-249

Economic and Political Geographies          

Mar 1-16 Spring Break

9

M Mar 17

Development

249-269

Development

W Mar 19

Types and Locations of Industries

25-30

10

M Mar 24

Indust.& Deindust. /Agriculture

269-297

Section B Development

W Mar 26

Agriculture

298-337

11

M Mar 31

Exam 2

Section A Electoral Geography (Essay 2 Due Section A)

Section B Commercial Agriculture (Essay 2 Assigned)

W April 2

Electoral Geography

374-382

12

M April 7

Nations and States

339-351

Geopolitics (Section B Essay 2 Due)

W April 9

Geopolitical Theories

351-374

Urban Geographies

13

M April 14

Urbanization

387-412

No Discussion

Section B do Electoral Geography mapping project on your own.

W April 16

No Class AAG

412-425

14

M April 21

City Locations and Central Places

427-440

Urbanization

W April 23

Inside Cities

440--465

15

M April 28

Neighborhood Change

466-478

Vocation (Voc. Reflect. Paper Due)

W April 30

From Public Space to Synthetic Space

478-493

16

M May 5

Reclaiming Public Space\The End

Final Exam

Monday May 12, 1:00-3:00 P.M.