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Cultural Geography

SYLLABUS - FALL 2010

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ORIENTATION

The orientation for GEG 100-W01 is Wednesday, 8/25, 5:00-6:15 p.m. in room J-153.

The orientation is optional. All the information is available online on this syllabus and on the orientation webpage at: ORIENTATION

INSTRUCTOR

TEXTBOOK / REQUIRED MATERIALS

Required:

The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography 10/e, by James Rubenstein, Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2011

  • ISBN 978-0-321-67735-8
  • Textbooks can be bought at the Harper College bookstore (L building) or online at: http://www.harperstore.com

All students will subscribe to the BBC daily e-mail of international news

  • Go to: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/email/news
  • Click on: "NEW USERS SIGN UP HERE"
  • Type in: "Your information for e-mail sign up", click NEXT
  • "BBC Daily E-mail: Choose the news you want - when you want it, all in one daily e-mail." Click SUBSCRIBE
  • Under the NEWS tab Select: " Africa / Americas / Asia-Pacific / Europe / Middle East / South Asia"
  • Select Mail Format
  • Click on "CONFIRM SUBSCRIPTION"

BLACKBOARD

 E-MAIL

Option to Forward Mail from your Harper Email Account
If you are not planning on using your Harper email account, please view the instructions on how to forward that account to one you check frequently. Visit http://harper.blackboard.com and check out "How do I forward my Harper email?" in the "Student Information" area.

Students are responsible for information provided via their Harper e-mail account. If you do not plan to check it periodically, then forward it to an account that you do check.

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 and grammar.

DISCUSSION BOARD

COURSE OUTLINE

NOTE:
  • Chapters may be only partial, or they may include pages from other chapters.
  • The exact reading assignments can be found on the Blackboard "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link.

GRADING

3 unit exams at 50 points each

150

Cumulative final exam at 100 points

100

12 "required activities" at 3 points each

36

12 "quick questions" at 2 points each

24

5 map quizzes at 10 points each

50

TOTAL:

360
Letter grades: 90%=A, 80%=B, 70%=C, 60%=D, below 60%=F

EXAMS

All exams will be taken on the Harper campus in the Assessment Center, Student and Administration Center, room A-148, phone 847-925-6541 [see: Assessment Center hours]. Exams should be taken during the week noted on the class schedule. The exams will be taken on the computer through our Blackboard site. You will need to log in to your account to take the exam.

Each unit exam has 50 multiple choice questions. Each unit exam can be taken twice (the second exam will have different questions) and only the higher score will be included in the gradebook.

Exams will be based on material found on the Blackboard "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link including the online videos, the web links, the instructor notes, and the assigned textbook and other readings. Use the Blackboard Discussion Board if you have questions.

MAP QUIZZES

All map quizzes will be taken on the Harper campus in the Student and Administration Center, room A-148, phone 847-925-6541 [see: Assessment Center hours]. Map quizzes must be taken by the date listed on the class schedule below. 

For each map quiz students will be required to name countries numbered on a blank outline map of the region. Map quiz locations, blank and labeled maps, and an online map quiz tutorial can be found on the "Map Quiz Information" Blackboard link.

REQUIRED ACTIVITIES

For each chapter you will need to complete the online "Required Activity". These can be found on Blackboard under the ASSIGNMENTS - BEGIN HERE link. The Required Activity for each chapter are worth three points each. You can do them as many times as you wish and only the highest score will be recorded. Most Required Activities are twenty multiple choice questions.

QUICK QUESTIONS

For each chapter you will need to complete the online "Quick Question". These can be found on Blackboard under the ASSIGNMENTS - BEGIN HERE link. The Quick Questions for each chapter are worth two points each. The "Quick Questions" can be done only once. Each Quick Question will require you to go to a website to gather information or watch a short video..

MAKE-UP / LATE POLICY

Weekly Required Activities:
Found on our Blackboard site. Click on the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link. These can be redone as many times as you want. Only the highest score will count. BUT, I reserve the right to stop all "re-do"s if students are not completing them in a timely manner. Any deadline on "re-do"s will be announced on Blackboard and via e-mail.

Weekly Quick Questions:

Found on our Blackboard site. Click on the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link. The "Quick Questions" can be done only once. Each "Quick Question" should be done the week it is assigned.

Exams and Map Quizzes:

Exams and Map quizzes will be taken at the Harper Testing Center and they must be completed by the dates below.

Students will be allowed to take an exam at a later time other the scheduled week only IF:
1. the instructor is notified BEFORE the week the exam is scheduled AND
2. the student has a very good reason.

 

COURSE OUTLINE / SCHEDULE

Before doing any assignment, FIRST go the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link on Blackboard. Chapters may be only partial, or they may include pages from other chapters. The exact reading assignments can be found on the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link.

All material must be complete by Thursday, 12/16.

NOTE: This outline/schedule may be changed! All changes will be posted on Blackboard and announced via e-mail.

Accessibility Statement / Access and Disability Services: Your success in this class is important to me. If you have a disability (learning, physical, psychological or other) and may require some accommodation or modification in procedures, class activity, instruction, requirements, etc. please contact me early in the semester so we can refer you to ADS who will discuss and arrange for reasonable accommodations. The Access and Disability Services department is in the Building D, D119, 847.925.6266 or TTY (847) 397-7600

Equal Opportunity Statement: William Rainey Harper College provides equal opportunity in education and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability.

Student E-mail Notifications: All notifications related to student registration or other business activities are sent to students via a G-mail account that is assigned to students upon registration. Students access the G-mail account via an icon in the student portal (where you registered for classes). Please check this e-mail frequently. To forward e-mails from this account to a personal e-mail account please follow the instructions for forwarding Harper e-mail available at http://harper.blackboard.com/  

Academic Honesty Policy

Harper College is strongly committed to the promotion of high ethical standards. Such standards can best be accomplished in an environment where honesty and integrity are practiced. For this reason the College strongly condemns academic dishonesty. Academic dishonesty includes cheating, plagiarism or other improper appropriation of another’s work as one’s own and falsifying records to advance one’s academic standing.

Cheating includes but is not limited to copying answers, stealing and/or disseminating tests or answer keys, using someone else’s data in preparation of reports or assignments, and assisting others in such practices.

Plagiarism involves the presentation of another person’s words, ideas, or work as one’s own. It includes but is not limited to copying any material (written or non-written) without proper acknowledgement of its source, and paraphrasing another’s work or ideas without proper acknowledgement.

Falsifying records includes but is not limited to falsifying or improperly altering college records and documents, or knowingly supplying false or misleading information to others (e.g., the College, other educational institutions, or prospective employers).

Any form of academic dishonesty as defined by the faculty member or department is a serious offense requiring disciplinary measures. Discipline for academic dishonesty involving a specific course shall be first determined by the instructor of the course and may include failure of the specific assignment, project or test, or failure of the course. The student may appeal the instructor’s decision in accordance with the College’s Student Academic Complaint Procedures. In cases of academic dishonesty the faculty assigned grade supersedes a student-initiated withdrawal. In cases where disciplinary measures beyond course failure may be deemed appropriate by the instructor, or dishonesty that is not related to a specific course, the student may be disciplined in accordance with the Student Conduct Policy with the appropriate vice president involved in the decision.