Prof. Tim Hallinan E-mail: hallinan@csus.edu
Office: AMD 552C Phone numbers: 278-7581 or -6109
Office Hours: Tu, 12 noon - 1:15 pm, or by appointment
SCHEDULE for Section 7 (TuTh, 1:30-2:45 am, AMD 308)
OUTLINE--Themes in World Geography, a course for Liberal Studies and Social
Science majors, introduces geography as a subject of study. It considers the
interests and skills which geographers bring to and develop within their chosen
discipline. It evaluates various representations of Earth--globes, maps--and
other tools that answer the characteristic geographic questions, "Where?" and
"Why there?"
Our look at locations will be followed by attention to other themes in world
geography--human-environment relations (e.g., resource geography), movement and
change (e.g., population geography), regions (e.g., spatial patterns of language
and religion), and places (e.g., urban geography).
TEXTS--The text for Geography 100 is Introduction to Geography, 10th (used) or
11th ed. (new), (IG) by Getis, Getis & Fellmann. Readings are listed on the
accompanying Schedule. We'll also use Goode's World Atlas, 21st ed., for
various class exercises.
GRADES--Points toward a semester maximum of 1000 accumulate as follows:
3 take-home atlas exercises @ 100 points each.............300 points
5 map location quizzes @ 30 points each...................150 points
2 in-class quizzes @ 100 points each......................200 points
1 final exam @ 150 points.................................150 points
1 report on "Local Geography"..............................75 points
1 report on "Immigrant Experiences"........................75 points
1 show-and-tell: "Unusual Map".............................30 points
Attendance: 10 sign-up rosters selected at random..........20 points
Go to links for ATLAS ASSIGNMENTS: #1 #2 #3
Go to review for QUIZZES: #1 #2 Final
Go to this semester's SCHEDULE.
Go to CURRICULUM suggestions.
Go to lists for MAP QUIZZES: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Letter grades for the semester are based on total points:
900 - 1000 points A's
800 - 899 points B's
700 - 799 points C's
600 - 699 points D's
ASSISTANCE--My CSUS phone numbers: 278-7581 or -6109
E-mail: hallinan@csus.edu
This page was updated 01-26-07
