Seminar in Geographic Concepts and Methodology

Fall 2008 - GEOG 380
Monday, 2:10 - 5:00 PM           Room 1004 HN

Instructor Information

Instructor: Charles Heatwole
Email: Charles.Heatwole@hunter.cuny.edu
Telephone: (212) 772-5323
Office: 1005 HN
Office Hours: Monday 11am - 2pm and 5pm - 6pm
                          Wednesday 1pm - 5pm
                          Thursday 11am - 2pm
                          And by appointment
 

Grading Formula

Your grade will be based entirely on your attendance, weekly presentations, and class participation.

Academic Honesty: Hunter College regards acts of academic dishonesty (e.g., plagiarism, cheating on examinations, obtaining unfair advantage, and falsification of records and official documents) as serious offenses against the values of intellectual honesty. The College is committed to enforcing CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity and will pursue cases of academic dishonesty according to the Hunter College Academic Integrity Procedures. Plagiarism, dishonest, or cheating in any portion of the work required for this course will be punished to the full extent allowed according to Hunter College regulations.

Texts

Geography for Life: The National Geography Standards, 1994.
Getis, Getis, and Fellman, Introduction to Geography. (Any recent edition.)

Course Overview and Goals

This is the capstone course for students who are majoring in one of the Options in Social Studies Education offered by the Department of Geography. Focusing on the National Geography Standards (the foundations of the New York State Education Department's geography standards), the course's goals are to review the content and methods of geography, focusing on ways to effectively present them to K-12 students in a grade-appropriate manner.

Calendar


Date   Topic
M 9/8   Course Overview
M 9/15   Standard 1
M 9/22   Standards 2 & 3
M 9/29   HOLIDAY - No class
M 10/6   Standard 4
M 10/13   HOLIDAY - No class
TU 10/14   (Tuesday) Standard 5
M 10/20   Standards 6
M 10/27   Standard 7 & 8
M 11/3   Standard 9
M 11/10   Standards 10
M 11/17   Standards 11
M 11/24   Standards 12
M 12/1   Standards 13
M 12/8   Standard 14 & 15
M 12/15   Standard 16
Exam period   Standards 17 & 18

Current as of July 22, 2008 .
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