HUNTER COLLEGE  of the CITY UNIVERSITY of NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT of GEOGRAPHY

Geography of New York State
GEOG 260 and GEOG 62151
Spring 2008

Instructor:   Anthony F. Grande
Email:   agrande@ hunter.cuny.edu
Daytime office:   Room 535, Hunter College School of Social Work, 129 East 79 th St. at Lexington Ave.
Telephone:   (212) 452-7011 (from any college office phone at the 68 th Street campus, just dial “7011”).
Mailbox:   Geography Dept., Room 1006 North Bldg.; Dept. secretary: (212) 772-5265.
Office Hours:   In Room 1006 HN before and after class on Tuesdays and Thursdays; Also by appointment.
Classrooms:  

On Tuesdays, we meet in 1022 HN.
On Thursdays, we meet in 1021 HN.
Occassionally on Thursdays, we will meet in Lab 1090B1 HN.

* Syllabus

* Lecture Topics

* Readings

* Web Sites

* Handouts

* Assignments

  1. Adopt a County of NYS Assignment
  2. Political Map of New York State Exercise
  3. Physiography of New York State Exercise
  4. Maps of New York State and their Interpretation and Physiographic Areas of NYS Map
  5. Mining in New York State Exercise
  6. Climates of New York State Exercise
  7. Air Quality of New York State Exercise
  8. Counties Literature Search
  9. Watersheds of New York State Exercise
  10. The Mohawk Iroquois Village Exercise
  11. Military Geography of NYS Exercise
  12. New York State Population Exercise
  13. New York State Agriculture Exercise
  14. Malls, Farms and the River – Field Trip to Orange and Rockland Counties Exercise
  15. Combined with # 14
  16. New York State Economy Exercise
  17. New York State Industrial Site Finder Exercise
  18. My Neighborhood as a Region Exercise

Last updated May 15, 2008 .