Spring  Quarter 2006

GEOG 101

World Regional Geography

Section 1:  Daily 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

Section 2:  Daily 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Black Hall Room 152

Instructor: Dr. Robert Kuhlken
Office: Lind Hall Room 118b
Office Hours:   Wednesday afternoons 1:30 - 4:30 PM
Phone: 963-2795
e-mail: kuhlkenr@cwu.edu

Graduate Assistant:  Todd Snider
Office: Black Hall Room 225-34
Office Hours:  Tuesdays 2 - 3 PM;   Fridays 10 - 11 AM
e-mail: sniderto@cwu.edu
 
Required Text: 
 
  • World Regional Geography 

    • Global Patterns, Local Lives
    Third edition(without subregions) 

    by Lydia Pulsipher and Alex Pulsipher 
     
     
     

 * This book is available in the CWU bookstore or Jerrol's.

Visit the Textbook Website for more information, including sample tests and map learning exercises

  This web site is designed to supplement and reinforce your study of geography. You can
  prepare for exams with the chapter specific exercises or research topics further by going using the
  Selected Readings. You will need to register with this site (free) to access password-protected content.


About this course

Geography 101 provides a forum for constructing general knowledge about the various regions of the world, and the physical and human components of place in the context of world geography. In this course we will discover a variety of things regarding distinct locations on the earth.  We will do this by learning about various physical environments found there and about the distribution of population and urban centers, the geography of natural resources and different agricultural and industrial activities and how these vary across regions, and by trying to comprehend the political and economic organization of the planet.  As geographers we take a holistic perspective on all of these matters, and thus learn to think spatially, and to see the locational interconnectedness of diverse human and physical phenomena.

The course outline with required readings, internet resources, and assignments may be found by scrolling down this page.
For grading information, consult your hard copy class syllabus handout.
 

Course Outline

Required Readings & World Wide Web Resources


Week 1


To Dr. Kuhlken's homepage.

To Geography and Land Studies homepage.
 

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