Geography 102 – World / Cultural Geography ( Oxnard College PACE 30123)

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

 

Assignment 1: email me!

1/27

Energy Resources, Cognitive Spatial Abilities (Mental Maps)

 

Documentary: The Incredible Human Body (National Geographic)

 

Assignment 2: Mental Map

 

Lecture 1.1: Oil, Permafrost, Methane Lecture 1.2: Mental Maps

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
grading: 25% attendance, 25% assignments, 30% exams, 10% presentation, 10% evaluation

Geology.com
Highest points in the US - http://geology.com/state-high-points.shtml
Meteor Impacts - http://geology.com/meteor-impact-craters.shtml

Greenland (Ice Sheet)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4720536.stm
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article345926.ece

Iceland (Drilling Into a volcano!)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4846574.stm

created by jeff 1/07, last outdated 4/07