Teaching: Geography, Businesses, and Cities

My teaching schedule for 2019/2020 features the following UNT Geography courses:

Fall 2019 Courses

• Mo/We: GEOG 3100: United States and Canada - Cities, Economies, and Sustainability
• Mo/We:  GEOG 4220/5220: Applied Retail Geography

Spring 2020 Courses​

• Tu/Th: GEOG 3100: United States and Canada - Cities, Economies, and Sustainability
• Tu/Th: GEOG 4230/5230: Location Intelligence - Business GIS Concepts and Applications​

Summer 2020 Course

• I am not teaching in summer 2020

New class (for me) coming in spring 2021: GEOG 4185 - Statistical Research Methods in Geography. A preliminary version of the syllabus for the class can be downloaded here (everything about this document is subject to change).

I am always interested in talking with prospective students. I welcome inquiries from students who are up for a knowledge- and skill-building challenge at either the undergraduate (BS/BA) or graduate (MS) level. My particular teaching focus is on courses within the emerging location intelligence field. The UNT Location Intelligence Research Group website provides an overview of the learning community and career possibilities that you can access through our UNT Geography faculty, alumni, and students.
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​Here are a few employers who have hired some of our
​UNT Location Intelligence graduates:

UNT Geography: equipping our graduates to contribute in America's leading workplaces

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Past Teaching: Archived Course Material

• GEOG 1200: Global Societies (World Regional Geography)
• GEOG 4210/5210: Urban Geography
• GEOG 5190: Advanced Quantitative Techniques
• GEOG 5800: Research Design and Geographic Applications

I may teach one or more of the above courses again in the future, but they are not on my current teaching schedule. Please note that there are undoubtedly some broken links and missing resources in these course pages, as I am not actively maintaining these pages like I do with my currently-offered courses. However, these archived pages give a good idea of the overall structure and emphasis I have created for each of these past courses. Lastly, please note that most of these courses may be offered in the coming year by my UNT Geography faculty colleagues.

Related Teaching Resources

There are a few primary software resources that I currently use in my classroom teaching. All of the below are excellent GIS/geospatial data analytics packages that combine a solid core of analytical capabilities with good datasets. I recommend all of these packages highly, although they each have distinctive strengths:

• Caliper's Maptitude (general-purpose GIS package with good census datasets and analytical capabilities)
• Esri's Business Analyst Web App (BA Web) (user-friendly cloud GIS package focusing on basic business location and market analytics)
• Alteryx (powerful data management software with extensive geospatial analytical capabilities)

Lastly, please check out my YouTube channel for videos related to each of my classes.

Questions? Contact me here

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