Geography
102 – World / Cultural Geography (
Instructor: Jeff
Hemphill, Email: jeff.hemphill@gmail.com,
Phone: (805) 252-9333
Lecture: Class is Saturday 9:00-12:20 1-20/07 -> 5/12/07 in LS-4
When |
What |
1/20 |
Introduction, Discussion of World Energy Resources |
Documentary: The End of Suburbia |
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Assignment 1: email me! |
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1/27 |
Energy Resources, Cognitive Spatial Abilities (Mental Maps) |
Documentary: The Incredible Human Body (National Geographic) |
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Assignment 2: Mental Map |
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Lecture 1.1: Oil, Permafrost, Methane Lecture 1.2: Mental Maps |
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2/3 |
La Conchita / Introduction to the History of Maps and Mapping |
| Assignment 3: Measuring the Earth | |
| Lecture 2.1: La Conchita / Lecture 2.2: Brief History of Maps | |
2/10 |
Lecture 3: Caribbean |
2/17 |
CLASS CANCELED (Presidents' Day Weekend) |
2/24 |
Lecture 4 - Latin America |
| Documentary: Cuba | |
| Global-Regional Satellite Images - NASA WorldWind, Visible Earth | |
3/3 |
CLASS CANCELED (power out) |
3/10 |
Lecture 5 - North Africa, Sub-saharan Africa |
| 3/17 | Lecture 6 - South Asia ( Topic Proposal, Exam Questions ) DUE 3/23 |
3/24 |
exam review, review sheet |
| Documentary: The Storm That Drowned a City | |
3/31 |
NO CLASS (Spring Break) |
4/7 |
NO CLASS (Spring Break) |
4/14 |
MIDTERM |
4/21 |
East Asia (Midterm return, Discuss extra credit) |
4/28 |
Southwestern Asia, North America |
5/5 |
Review and Conclusion, Final Exam |
5/12 |
PRESENTATIONS |
Geology.com
Highest points in the
Meteor Impacts - http://geology.com/meteor-impact-craters.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4720536.stm
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article345926.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4846574.stm
created by jeff 1/07, last outdated 4/07