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WHERE DO YOU START?

• Syllabus
• Blackboard

  • Blackboard Menu:	ASSIGNMENTS BEGIN HERE:
    ASSIGNMENTS - BEGIN HERE ~~~~~~~~~~ Announcements Orientation Syllabus Schedule Office Hours ~~~~~~~~~ MAP QUIZ INFORMATION REVIEW MAP QUIZZES EXAMS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discussion Board My Grades BBC World News ~~~~~~~~~~~	For each "Week" you will find: Reading Assignments we will read only PARTS of certain chapters always look here first Instructor Notes Online Video (with possible "Quick Question") Web Link (with possible "Quick Question") Required Activity

OTHER

• BEFORE you begin studying FIRST go to the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link on Blackboard. This is very important since we may not read all sections of a chapter and you will be assigned and graded on extra activities that are not in the textbook.

• Always put "GEG 100" and a message in the subject lines of e-mail messages sent to the me. To avoid viruses, I delete messages prior to reading them if I don't know who they are from. Please use proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

• We do NOT meet at Harper once a week and there is NO certain time that you must be online.

• You are NOT on your own. Your instructor is available to provide assistance and answer questions:
  • Blackboard Discussion Board for any question which might be of use to other students
  • E-mail for personal questions: mhealy@harpercollege.edu
  • Office Hours
  • Call me
    • Harper: 847-925-6352
    • Home: 815-728-1571
    • Cell: 815-861-7265

   

• DISCUSSION BOARD
  • Use the Discussion Board for any question which might be of use to other students - like asking a question in class. Do not ask such questions via e-mail. If you use the Discussion Board everyone can "hear" the answer.
  • It is strongly suggested that you SUBSCRIBE to the discussion board thread so that you get an e-mail whenever a new message is posted.

   

• SOME OF YOU WILL NOT COMPLETE THIS COURSE
  • Distance learning courses tend to have a high drop rate. Many of you will not complete this course. If you cannot devote at least as much time to this course than you do to regular face-to-face college courses, drop now
  • College Counselors suggest that you should spend 2 hours studying EACH WEEK for each course credit-hour. Since this is a 3 credit-hour online course you should spend around 9 hours EACH WEEK preparing (3 hours that you would normally be in class and 6 additional hours).

• Everything that you need to do is listed under the ASSIGNMENTS - BEGIN HERE link on our Blackboard website.

WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

[For more see the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link on blackboard and then click on "Orientation and 'What is Geography' Notes"

• Two Broad Fields:
  • Human (Cultural) Geography
  • Physical Geography
    
• Human Geography is often studied from two different Perspectives:
  • Regional Geography (GEG 101)
  • Systematic (Topical) Perspective (GEG 100)
    
• We can study the geography of almost anything - as long as it has a "spatial " component.
  
• Three Broad Questions
  • WHERE?
  • WHY THERE?
  • WHY DO WE CARE? / WHAT CAN WE LEARN?
    
  • We will focus on the WHERE and WHY THERE questions.
    
  • Examples:
    • What determined the location of Breweries in Illinois in the 1870s?
    • Ski Areas
      • Which state has more ski resorts, Wisconsin or Colorado?
      • Wisconsin
      • Colorado
      • USA

 REMEMBER: The place to begin is the Blackboard "Assignments-Begin Here" link.

INSTRUCTOR: Mark Healy

E-Mail instructor: mhealy@harpercollege.edu
Office: J-262
Phone: 847-925-6352
Home: 815-728-1571
Cell: 815-861-7265