Week

Date

Lecture Topic

Reading in Knox & Marston

Discussion Topic

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

Geography Matters: Introduction to Human Geography

1

W Aug 26

Welcome! Geography Matters

Read Syllabus and Web Site

Geog of Breakfast

2

M Aug31

Geography Matters: Fund. Concepts

1-21, 475-484

Globalization (Essay 1 Assigned)

W Sept 2

Tools of Spatial Analysis

20-39

3

M Sept 7

Global Context

41-81

Migration and Globalization  (Essay 1 Due)

 Geographies of Population and the Environment

W Sept 9

Talking about Population

83-107

4

M Sept 14

Population Politics

118-125

Environmental Justice

W Sept 16

Migration

107-118

5

M Sept 21

Human Relationship with Nature

127-139

Culture and Landscape (dress appropriately)

W Sept 23

Environmental Problems

139-171

6

M Sept 28

Exam 1

Segregation

Geographies of Culture and Identity

W Sept 30

Culture and Culture Wars

173-203,

7

M Oct 5

Culture and Landscape

225-247, review 33

No Discussion

W Oct 7

Race and Geography

203-213

8

M Oct 12

Gender, Disability and Geography

Fall Break

W Oct 14

Envi. Perception/ Shopping Malls

215-225

9

Economic and Political Geographies          

M Oct 19

Development

249-256

Gender and Ethnicity (Essay 2 Assigned)

W Oct 21

Types and Locations of Industries

256-271

10

M Oct 26

Indust.& Deindust. /Agriculture

271-295

Development (Essay 2 Due)

W Oct 28

Agriculture

297-337

11

M Nov 2

Exam 2

Commercial Agriculture

W Nov 4

Electoral Geography

375-385

12

M Nov 9

Nations and States

339-353

Electoral Geography

W Nov 11

Geopolitical Theories

353-375

13

Urban Geographies

M Nov 16

Urbanization

389-401

Geopolitics

W Nov 18

City Locations and Central Places

401-421

Thanksgiving Break

14

M Nov 30

Inside Cities

423—427

Urbanization

W Dec 2

Neighborhood Change

427-453

15

M Dec 7

From Public Space to Synthetic Space

455-468

Vocation (Voc. Reflect. Paper Due)

W Dec 9

Reclaiming Public Space\The End

468-473

Final Exam

Thursday December 17, 1:00-3:00 P.M.