Research Lecture Slides and Course Schedule
Click on any of the following to download lecture slides associated with this course. At the beginning of the semester, few of these links will be active (and some weeks simply have titles and will have no associated lecture slides). As we get to each lecture week, I will post the file for that particular week (if any) and the link will become clickable.
- Week 1: Introduction to Geographic Research
- Week 2: Effective Use of Library Resources (meeting at Willis Library)
- Week 3: Labor Day (no class or lecture slides, but there is assigned work)
- Week 4: The Nature of Scientific Research in Geography
- Week 5: Article Case Studies and Literature Review Peer Feedback Session (see case study articles, no lecture slides)
- Week 6: Research Design, Part One: The Basics
- Week 7: Research Design, Part Two: Research Problem Peer Feedback Session (no lecture slides)
- Week 8: Data Acquisition
- Week 9: Data Analysis
- Week 10: Writing Theses and Reports
- Week 11: The Publication Process (no lecture slides)
- Week 12: Effective Conference Presentations, Term Project Peer Feedback Session
- Week 13: Student Presentations (no lecture slides)
- Week 14: Student Presentations (no lecture slides)
- Week 15: Course Wrap-Up (no lecture slides)