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Instructor: Dr. Robert Kuhlken
Office: Lind Hall Room 119A
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday, 11:00 AM - NOON
Phone: 963-2795
E-mail: kuhlkenr@cwu.edu
Required Texts:
by Daniel G. Bates by Emily Russell edited by Hal Rothman Now available in the CWU bookstore,
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About this course
Geography 440 investigates the relationship between people and the environment. All human beings behave according to a set of operative parameters as determined by the culture to which they belong. Social relations as well as a group's relationship to its physical surroundings will differ from one geographic location to another. Likewise, various populations shape and alter the planet's surface differently, thereby leaving an identifiable imprint on the landscape. This course will help you comprehend cultural-ecological diversity and will allow you to begin to interpret the landscape as a living record of human occupation, habitation, and endeavor.
CLASS SCHEDULE
This four credit hour class will meet as a seminar: discussions are scheduled for Monday and Wednesday afternoons between 2:00 and 3:30.
STUDENT EVALUATION
There will be no midterm or final exam in this course. Instead, each student is expected to keep up with the reading assignments and to fully participate in class discussions. Each student will be evaluated on the basis of her/his world wide web project; book or articles review; leading a discussion; and general class participation.
World Wide Web Project
You are expected to construct a web page that deals with the cultural
ecology of a place that interests you. Cultural Ecology of a Place is due
May
5; the project may be completed at the minimum by handing in a diskette
with your material as a file in html format. Alternatively you may construct
your page and publish it yourself to the space allotted to you on the CWU
server, and then simply hand in the URL web address so that your page may
be linked to the course homepage. You will be given some hands on training
in web page creation using Netscape, and an idea of what such a page might
look like.
Book or journal articles review
Each student is responsible for reading a book pertaining to the course
material and writing a scholarly book review. Titles should be chosen from
the list of citations in the "Bibliography" or "Notes" sections of your
textbooks. Our library has many of these books in its holdings. Alternatively,
you may choose five journal articles from the same lists. Again, our library
has many of the journals wherein these articles may be found. If you wish
to review a book or an article from a journal not held by our library,
you may request that item through interlibrary loan. The review of your
chosen book or set of articles should be at least three but no longer than
five pages in length. It is due May 26.
Discussion leadership
Each student will be assigned a particular chapter in our final reader,
Rothman's Reopening the American West. You are to carefully read your assigned
chapter and on your scheduled day be prepared to lead a class discussion,
concentrating on the points and issues brought to light in that particular
chapter.
Final Evaluation
Web Project 100 points
Book or articles review: 100 points
Discussion leadership: 100 points
Class participation: 100 points
Total possible: 400 points
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