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US/Canada Syllabus and Handouts (Summer Session)

Please download and read the handout files below. These files contain important information related to the course. Feel free to contact me if you have questions about any of these files.

Module 1: Regions and Themes
  • GEOG 3100 Syllabus
  • GEOG 3100 Abstract Examples
  • GEOG 3100 Paper Expectations
  • GEOG 3100 Referencing Guidelines
  • Column: Dental Therapy - Supply, Demand, and Public Policy
  • Case Study Background: Walgreen's Use of Interactive Maps
  • Video Resources: Esri's Video Site (source of several videos shown in class)
  • Note-Taking Handout (From Stanford University's Center for Teaching and Learning)

Module 2: Physical Foundations – Environment, Resources, and Sustainability
  • Key City Focus: Dallas-Fort Worth
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Population Growth Article
  • Chesapeake Case Study: Primary Reference Document
  • Chesapeake Case Study: EPA Background Document
  • Chesapeake Case Study: Smith Island Cultural Center Website
  • Case Study Background: How the National Audubon Society Reshaped its Approach to Data

Module 3: Human Foundations – Settlement, Migration, and Culture
  • Key City Focus: Boston
  • Historical Atlas of the United States (go to the table of contents and enter the "Population: 1790-1930" chapter; view especially the "Density of Population" series of maps)
  • Case Study Background: California Office of Emergency Services

Module 4: Urban Foundations – Cities and Metropolitan Regions
  • Key City Focus: Calgary
  • Article: How Freeways Transformed America's Cities
  • Video: How the Grid Helped New York Develop into a Great City
  • Case Study Background: How Bay Area Rapid Transit ("BART") Uses Geospatial Technology

Module 5: Economic Foundations – Business, Location, and Development
  • Key City Focus: Seattle
  • ​Article: Why do Certain Retail Stores Cluster Together?

Module 6: Megalopolis
  • Key City Focus: New York
  • Texaplex Brochure
  • Megaregions Website
  • Blog Post: What is a Global City? (Note: in class we discuss this "Global City" idea by its other name, the "World City" concept)

Module 7: North American Manufacturing Core
  • Key City Focus: Toronto
  • Blog Post: Lean Production System
  • Overview: The St. Lawrence Seaway and Regional Development

Module 9: An Introduction to the Periphery – The Bypassed East, Appalachia, and the Ozarks
  • Key City Focus: Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Video Questions: Appalachia

Module 10: The Changing South/The Southern Coastlands
  • Key City Focus: Tampa
  • Article: American South Urbanization

Module 11: The Agricultural Core (The Midwest)
  • Student-Directed Discussion Today:  I look forward to hearing your take on the important themes for this region
  • Article: Can Chicagoland Fix its Sprawl Problem?
  • Article: Tired of Promises, A Struggling Small Town Wants its Problems Solved

Module 12: The Great Plains and Prairies/The Empty Interior
  • Key City Focus: Williston, North Dakota
  • Article: North Dakota Boom
  • NBC News Video: Boomtown - Jobs Await (October 31, 2011)
  • NBC News Video: The Boom is Over (January 1, 2016)
  • Video Questions: Lewis & Clark

Module 13: California and the Southwest
  • Key City Focus: Phoenix
  • Video Discussion: Is Phoenix Sustainable?
  • Dividing California Proposal
  • Dividing California Map (Six Californias)
  • United States Redrawn With 50 Equal Population States

Module 14: The Pacific Northwest
  • Key City Focus: Vancouver
  • News Article: Earthquake Risk in British Columbia

Module 15: Geographic Literacy in America
  • Key City Focus: Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • National Geographic: Geography Awareness Poll
  • Article: Where is North Korea?
  • Article/Interview: Is New Mexico a State? Some Americans Don't Know

Module 16: Work and Study Day
  • No handouts: individual and group work scheduled for today

Modules 17/18/19: Group Project Presentations
  • Group Project Presentation Schedule
  • Group Project Abstracts, Summer 2018
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  • Home
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    • GEOG 2110
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      • Recent Graduates
      • Current Students
      • Thesis Topics Completed
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