Week

Date

Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Introduction to Economic Geography: Globalization and Geographic Concepts

1

W Aug 23

Introduction to the Course *

F Aug 25

Globalization and Uneven Development *

Preface,  1-24

2

M Aug 28

The Geography of Production, Distribution, and Consumption *

24-29, 158-164

W Aug 30

Distance and Location *

41-46

F Sept 1

Lincolnway Field Study*

None

3

M Sept 4

Historical Geography of the World Economy*

46-69

W Sept 6

Lincolnway Field Study Presentations*

LW study report due

Population, Resources, and the Environment

F Sept 8

Population Patterns and Processes,  Malthus, and The Demographic Transition*

72-99

4

M Sept 11

Population and Resources Discussion*

Hardin, Draft of Analytical Essay 1 Due Optional Read Malthus Chapter 1

W Sept 13

Economic Geography of Migration*

99-111

Final Analytical Essay 1 Due

F Sept 15

The Gravity Model*

107-111

5

M Sept 18

Resources*

114-142

W Sept 20

Water Resources: Public vs. Private Goods*

142-155 

Spatial Interaction: Geographies of Transportation and Communication

F Sept 22

Personal Mobility and Telecommunications
Cell Phone Olympics*

Re-read pp 308-309

6

M Sept 25

Networks and Spatial Interaction*

302-310

W Sept 27

Transportation Costs*

310-322

F Sept 29

The Economic Geography of Cyberspace*

322-341

7

M Oct 2

Midterm Exam 1

Industrial Location

W Oct 4

Fun with Weber’s Industrial Location Model*

158-169

F Oct 6

More Fun with Industrial Location*

169-173

Agriculture and Rural Land Use

8

M Oct 9

Forces and social relations of production*

173-185

W Oct 11

Agriculture Systems*

188-211 Read Roberts

Research Proposal Due 

F Oct 13

FALL BREAK

9

M Oct 16

Agricultural Policy and the Environment*

211-214 Draft of Analytical Essay 2 Due

W Oct 18

Agricultural Land Use: Economic Rent and the Von Thunen Model*

214-221 Final Analytical Essay 2 Due

F Oct 20

Von Thunen Continued*

Manufacturing and Services

10

M Oct 23

Geography of Manufacturing*

224-232

W Oct 25

Effects of Locational Shifts on People and Places Industrial Globalization and MNCs*

232-257

F Oct 27

Services

260-271

11

M Oct 30

Services II

271-299

W Nov 1

Midterm Exam  2

Urban Economic Geography

Fri Nov 3

Urbanization: Urban Growth and Econ. Basis for the city*

344-349

12

M Nov 6

Central Places *

349-353

W Nov 8

Central Places and Economic Base Theory*

353-357

F Nov 10

Economic Rent and Urban Land use I*

357-365

13

M Nov 13

Urban Land Use II: The Economic Geography of Sprawl*

366-371

W Nov 15

Urban Economic Problems and Externalities*

371-382

International Trade and Global Economic Development

F Nov 17

Theories of Trade and Comparative Advantage*

386-395 Draft of Research Paper Due

Nov 18-26  Thanksgiving Break

 14

M Nov 27

Fair Trade*

395-409 Consumption Project Due

W Nov 29

Free Trade vs. Government Managed Trade*

409-427

F Dec 1

What is development?*

470-496

15

M Dec 4

Perspectives on Development*

497-513 Final Research Paper Due

W Dec 6

Development in Afghanistan

Optional Christoplos "Out of Step" Skim and selectively read.

F Dec 8

Conclusion

F Dec. 15

Final Exam  10:30am - 12:30pm