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Our world has and is currently undergoing rapid change. Boundaries have changed, economies and alliances are in flux and environmental and geopolitical problems transcend long-established national borders. This is a good time to be studying geography as many challenges, problems and opportunities in the world have a spatial dimension. This course seeks to describe the age-old patterns of human economic interaction against the backdrop of an increasingly interconnected world via the process of globalization.
Students should read the chapters in the text according to the course schedule. After reading an assigned chapter, the student should read the Online lecture accessible from the Economic Geography home page. Contained within the summaries are hypertext links to topic-related material, which you should read. You may want to use a web browser search engine to research issues of interest to you. B. HOMEWORK/DISCUSSIONS Students are required to read assigned chapters (from Stutz and de Souza) and submit answers to question assigned by the instructor-generally emailed to you or posted on the bulletin board. Answers will be due on specific days of the week (generally on Mondays). Your participation will be based on the assigned chapters and on-line lectures. You should answer assigned questions posted at the end of each chapter (Stutz and de Souza). In addition, there will be several online classroom discussion topics I will post to the bulletin board as well as the required homework assignments. Your contribution should be well thought out, but not overly wordy. The instructor may not award credit if the quality of the contribution is lacking. Remember, you must first address yourself to what is presented in the discussion topic, then answer any additional questions required by your professor. In addition, you may address topic-related materials found on the Web, or respond to another student's contribution posted on the Geography bulletin board. Watch for any announcements that may be E-mailed announcing a web site of interest or other information. If you have any questions regarding where to send assignments, don't hesitate to email or call me. Responses to discussion topics are due by Monday of each week. Check the schedule calendar: Contribution due dates are listed the Monday of every week and MUST be posted to the bulletin board. C. WRITE Students must write a term paper based on website research (details are provided within the syllabus). In order to prepare this paper students must "surf" the web for appropriate materials. Students should report interesting sites to the instructor via E-mail. (Site URL address.) Reported sites will be posted. To some extent, therefore, the research effort will be a "class" effort. The topic of the paper must be submitted to the professor and approved by E-mail (a one-paragraph abstract will suffice). In preparing the paper, simply summarize your source(s); then analyze what you have read, following the outline requirements listed in the assignments section. Papers should be at least 10-15 pages in length, and should be submitted according to the course schedule via E-mail to the instructor (can be done as an attachment to an E-mail). The choice of topic is due on September 15, 2008. An outline of the paper is due on October 6, 2008. The completed paper is due on November 10, 2008 (emails only). If you reqiure more time, the paper is due November 24, 2008-you must hand-deliver or overnight the paper to my office-no emailed papers will be accepted! No late assignments will be accepted after December 1, 2008, unless the student has made prior arrangements with the instructor (that means you made them prior to November 24, 2008). D. EXAMS There will be a midterm exam and a final exam covering the assigned text readings. Each exam will be a combination of matching, fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice questions. Exams will be administered on campus during the week of Sept 29-Oct 3, 2008 and October 27-31, 2008 in the SLAC lab of the Moody Learning Center on the San Antonio College Campus. If you cannot attend the posted exam periods (which will be posted to the bulletin board several weeks prior to exam week), your final exam grade will be substituted for the exam missed. THERE ARE NO MAKEUP EXAMS!You will need to verify your identity by presenting a driver's license or other photo identification. Please notify us immediately if you have had a name change. I cannot issue an exam if there is an inconsistency between the name under which you registered and your identification. Exam scores will be posted in BlackBoard Vista. Final semester grades can be accessed online. THERE ARE NO MAKEUP EXAMS. IF YOU MISS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED SEMESTER EXAM PERIODS, THE FINAL EXAM WILL REPLACE THE EXAM YOU MISSED.
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