Fall 2004

GEOG 330 World Geography

Time: Monday 1800 - 2050 (or 6 - 8:50 PM)

Place: ED 2108

Professor: Nils I. Johansen, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor of Geological Engineering (Retired)

Advisor, University Division

Office: Education Center 1131

(Enter through University Division office, ED 1142)

Office Hours: As Posted or by appointment

Office Phone: (812) 465-1097

E-mail: johansen@usi.edu

FAX: (812) 421-9880

The course surveys the geographical characteristics (man-made and natural) of the major regions of the world. The topic for each class meeting is given in the syllabus. Assigned homework will be collected each week. Late work may not be accepted. Homework on pages with torn edges will not be accepted. Along with each homework, attach an original news item (no copies accepted) of an event related to the region covered by the homework assignment. Good sources for such information would be a newspaper or newsmagazine clipping from that week or a printout from an internet source.

The weekly quiz will cover the previous week's lecture but will also include a highlight of the day's lecture. Study ahead!!! The average of the ten best quizzes will count towards your quiz grade. There are no make-up quizzes.

Grading:

Test # 1 20%

Test # 2 (final) 20 %

Quizzes 40% (the ten best will count)

Homework 20%

Text: H.J. de Blij and Peter O. Muller: Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts: Eleventh Edition, ISBN 0-471-15224-2

John Wiley and Sons, 2004.

Atlas: Goode's World Atlas, 19th or 20th Edition, Rand McNalley & Co.

Syllabus:

30 August Introduction, Maps, Scales, Projections

Atlas: pp. 1 - 59, Text: Introduction, Appendix A

13 September Realms, Concepts; Arctic and Antarctica

Text: Introduction, p. 564; Atlas: p. 219, 220

20 September North Africa, SW Asia

Text: Ch. 7, Atlas p. 148, 181, 185-184, 206-218.

27 September Subsaharan Africa

Text: Ch. 6, Atlas: pp. 206-218.

04 October South Asia

Text: Ch. 8, Atlas: pp. 175-179, 186-187.

11 October East Asia

Text: Ch. 9, Atlas: pp. 188-195.

18 October Southeast Asia, Test # 1

Text: Ch. 10, Atlas pp. 196-197

25 October Australia, Pacific Realm

Text: Ch. 11, 12, Atlas: pp. 199-205 and p. 198, 224

Last day to drop a class without evaluation: 29 October

01 November South America

Text: Ch. 5, Atlas: p. 125-132

08 November Middle America

Text: Ch. 4, Atlas: p. 116-123

15 November Europe, part 1

Text: Ch. 1, Atlas: p. 133-163

22 November Europe, part 2

Text: Ch. 1, Atlas: p 133-163

29 November Russia

Text: Ch. 2, Atlas: p. 164-174

06 December North America

Text: Ch. 3, Atlas: p. 61-115

13 December Final Exam 1800 to 2000 (6 - 8 PM)