Class Schedule
January 12, 19, 26     February 2, 9, 16, 23     March 2, 9, 23, 30   April 6, 13, 20, 27     May 4

Classes begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday evenings throughout the semester. The three hours of classes are normally divided into three fifty minute periods, allowing two 10 minute breaks.    The periods are numbered Period 1, Period 2, and Period 3.

Month/Date & Period        Topic/Activity                                   Reading/Assignments

January
12
    1  Personal Data Sheets, Intro's & Photos in Pairs (Class 1)  Geography for Life.
    2 Academic Requirements & Geography Assessment  http://www.acu.edu/~armstrongl/geography/geog.html
       Worksheet
    3 Standards:  National and Texas, Learning Team
       Responsibilities and Assignments

19
    1      Geography Programs and GIS
    2 - 3  Basic Concepts (Chapter 1) (Class 2)                          Rubenstein - pp. 3-55
                                                                                                    Web Site Evaluation Due

26
    1       Web Site Workshop I - Room 113 Lab   http://www.acu.edu/~armstrongl/geography/net.html
                                                                           http://www.acu.edu/~armstrongl/geography/icons.htm
    2 - 3 Population (Chap 2) (Class 3)                                       Rubenstein - pp. 57-97

February
2
    1       Guest Speaker:  Dr. John Stevens, Christianity in the 2d thru 9th Centuries
    2 - 3  Religion (Chapter 5) (Class 4)                                     Rubenstein - pp. 193-243
                                                                                                  Project/Paper Abstract Due
Country Project Due
9
    1 - 2 Migration (Chapter 3) (Class 5)                                    Rubenstein - p. 85-118
    3      Examination I                                                               EXAMINATION I
                                                                                                   Country Project Due
16
    1 - 3 Cemetery Exercise (No Class)                                    See Handout E

23
    1       Web Site Workshop II - Room 113 Lab                       net.htm and icons.htm
    2 - 3  Language  (Chapter 4) (Class 7)                                 Rubenstein, p. 153-190
                                                                                                  Cemetery Assignment Due

March
2
    1        Guest Speaker, Dr. Carley Dodd, African Tribe Conflicts During Slave Trade Years
    2 - 3  Social Customs on the Landscape (Chap 6) (Class 8)  Rubenstein, p. 245-285
                                                                                                 Submit Listserv Query
9
    1       Guest Speaker, Dr. Gary Thompson, The Texas Political Scene
    2 - 3  Political Geography (Chapter 7) (Class 9)                 Rubenstein, p. 287-345
                                                                                                  Article Reviews Due

16   Spring Break

23
     1       Planner's Conference Panel
     2 - 3  Development (Chapter 8) (Class 10)                         Rubenstein, pp. 347-385
                                                                                                 Home Page Disk Due
30
     1 - 2  Industry (Chapter 10) (Class 11)                               Rubenstein, pp. 427-471
     3       Examination II                                                          EXAMINATION II

April
6
     1       Guest Speaker:  Dr. Foy Mills, Texas Agriculture
     2 - 3  Agriculture (Chapter 9) (Class 12)                           Rubenstein, pp. 387-425

13       Educator's Panel Discussion
     1 - 3  Settlement and Services (Chapter 12) (Class 13)   Rubenstein, pp. 472-517
                                                                                                Paper/Project Due (Printed Copy)

20
     1        Web Site Workshop III, Computer Lab, 113 Adm    net.htm and icons.htm
     2 - 3  Urban Patterns (Chapter 13) (Class 14)                 Rubenstein, pp. 520-561

27
     1        Web Site Workshop IV, Computer Lab, 113 Adm   net.htm and icons.htm
     2 - 3   Resource Problems (Chapter 14) Class 15)          Rubenstein - pp. 563-607
                                                                                    Netscape Ready Project Due

May
4
     1 - 2 FINAL EXAMINATION  (Class 14)                       Study for Exam
     3      Award and Recognition Ceremony


Created 6-29-98
At the Virtual Geography Department Project June 26 - July 4, 1998

Revised 1-5-99, based on Rubenstein, James M., An Introduction to Human Geography, Fifth Edition, 1996.

Lewis A. Armstrong, armstrongl@nicanor.acu.edu
 

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