GEO 130 Earth's Physical Environment

Course Description: A course exploring the fundamental characteristics of earth's physical environment. Emphasis is placed on identifying interrelationships between atmospheric processes involving energy, pressure, and moisture, weather and climate, and terrestrial processes of vegetative biomes, soils, and landscape formation and change. Fulfills elementary certification requirements in education, and USP cross-disciplinary requirement.

Spring, 2005: Syllabus 
Spring, 2005: Homework, Notes, Other Information 

  GEO 152 Regional Geography of the World

Course Description: A geographical study of the world by regions with a focus on the world's physical and human landscapes. Emphasis on how regions are connected to each other. Also how each region is affected by, and affects, global issues such as economic restructuring, food production, and environmental change, will be examined. Fulfills elementary certification requirement for Education and USP disciplinary social science requirement.

Spring, 2004: Syllabus
Spring, 2004: Homework, Notes, Other Information
 

          GEO 160 Lands and Peoples of the Non-Western World

As of Spring, 2005, I teach this course on-line.

Course Description: The geographic study of the conceptual and historical definition of regions of the world as "Non-Western." Global patterns of social, cultural, economic, and political difference between the West and Non-West as well as the processes key to the making of the Non-Western world (such as colonialism and imperialism) are discussed. In addition, selected current issues of significance ot peoples in the Non-Western world, such as sustainable development, environment, human rights, and gender relations, are considered. Fulfills USP Cross-Cultural requirement.

fall, 2004: Syllabus 
fall, 2004: Homework, Class Notes, Other Information
 

GEO 172 Human Geography

Course Description: A study of the spatial distributions of significant elements of human occupance of the earth's surface, including basic concepts of diffusion, population, migration, settlement forms, land utilization, impact of technology on human occupance of the earth. Fulfills elementary certification requirement for Education and University Studies requirement.

fall, 2004: Syllabus
fall, 2004: Homework, Notes, Other Information

GEO 210 Pollution, Hazards, and Environmental Management

Offered each Spring.

Course Description: An introduction to environmental systems such as weather and climate, vegetation, land forms and soils, and how the quality of these systems is modified by human use. Resource issues discussed include: atmospheric pollution and global warming; groundwater, flooding, and flood plain management; volcanic activity and earthquakes; and biospheric processes associated with deforestation and lake eutrophicaiton. Case studies based upon important environmental problems illustrate how human activity and environmental systems interrelate. Fulfills USP Cross-Disciplinary requirement.

Spring, 2005: Syllabus
Spring, 2005: Homework, Notes, Other Information

GEO 222 Cities of the World

Offered in the Fall of even years.

Course Description: Focuses on the historical development, contemporary character, and alternative futures of cities in both developing and developed regions. The spatial, social, eocnomic, and political processes of major world cities are studied and contemporary urban problems are discussed. Fulfills USP disciplinary social science requirement.

fall, 2004: Syllabus
fall, 2004: Homework, Review Questions

                GEO 240 Geography and Gender

Offered in the Fall of odd years.

Course Description: Adopts a geographic approach to the study of gender relations. The role of space and place in shaping the diversity of gender relations throughout the world will  be considered. Through case studies the importance of gender relations in understanding a variety of issues will be stressed. Such issues include: the design and use of urban and rural environments; "Third World" development; regional economic restructuring; changing political geographies; and migration.

Fall, 2003: Syllabus
Fall, 2003: Homework, Review Questions

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