GEOG 1105:
Location of Human Activity
Spring 2008
Instructor: Bill Graves

Syllabus
Course Policies
 

Week 1 (1/7)
M)
W) First Day Stuff
 

Week 2 (1/14)
M) What is geography?
W) How to do geography

Week 3 (1/21)
M) NO Class (MLK day)
W) Regions

Week 4 (1/28)
M) Population1
W) Population2

Week 5 (2/4)
M) Finish notes from last time
W) Migration / Assg1 due

Week 6 (2/11)
M) No notes today
W) Exam #1

Week 7 (2/18)
M) Development #1
W) Development #2

Week 8 (2/25)
M) Development #3
W) Spatial Interaction

Week 9 (3/3)
M) Spring Break
W) Spring Break

Week 10 (3/10)
M) Finish notes from last time
W) Location theory #1

Week 11 (3/17)
M) Location theory #2
W) Exam #2

Week 12 (3/24)
M) Location theory #3
W) Location theory #4

Week 13 (3/31)
M) Location theory #5
W) No class

Week 14 (4/7)
M) Location theory #6
W) Location theory #7

Week 15 (4/14)
M) Urban Geography
W) No Class

Week 16 (4/21)
M) Urban Geography
W) Urban Wrap up

Week 17 (4/28)
M) NO CLASS

If you have a question send me email: bgraves@email.uncc.edu

Announcements:

No class on 4/28 (Monday)

Final Exam is Monday May 5 @ 11am (regular class room)

Readings:

Week 2: Rubenstein, Ch. 12, pp. 418-436

Week 3: Newman (1995). North Carolina's Piedmont: On a Fast Break. National Geographic 187, (3) 114-138. (distributed in class 1/23)

Week 4: Rubenstein, Ch. 2

Week 5: Rubenstein, Ch. 3

Week 5: Leland, J. 2008. "From the housing market to the maternity ward" New York Times. Feb 1.

Week 6: None

Exam 2 material:

Week 7:  Rubenstein, Ch. 9

Week 8: No textbook this week. Handout in class on wed

Week 10: Rubenstein, Ch. 10

Begin Exam 3 material:

Week 12: Rubenstein, Ch. 11

Week 13: Rubenstein, Ch. 12

Week 14: nothing

Week 15: Rubenstein, Ch. 13

Week 16: Rubenstein, Ch. 13