GEO 105
GEOGRAPHY OF
THE NON-WESTERN WORLD
Spring 2000
Instructor: Mark Giordano
Meeting Times: 10:00-10:50 Tuesday and Thursday, Gilfillan Auditorium
Office: Wilkinson
Hall, room 217, 737-1307
Office Hours: 11:00-12:00
Tuesday and Thursday
Required Texts: de Blij and Muller.
Geography: Realms Regions and Concepts 2000. 9th ed.
Goode's World Atlas. 19th ed.
Lecture notes available at the library
reserve desk under GEO105-1
Old tests and blank practice maps are in
the library under GEO105-2
Course Description:
This
course will give you an introduction to the geography of the “Non-Western
World”. After a study of basic
geographic ideas, the class will focus on the physical geography, history and
contemporary social, economic and political conditions in each of five
geographic realms: North
Africa/Southwest Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast
Asia.
Recitation:
The
recitation section is a major part of this class. Details on the structure and
grading of the recitations will be provided by your teaching assistant.
Mid-Term and Final:
For
both the mid-term and final, you are responsible for material covered in the
lectures and in the readings. Not everything in the readings is covered in the
lectures, and not everything in the lectures is covered in the book. You need
to study from both your lecture notes and the corresponding areas of the text
book to excell on the tests. The tests will include factual questions (e.g. The
Ottoman Empire was centered in what modern-day country?) as well as map
identification problems (e.g. The river marked on the map is the...?).
Due
to the large class size, alternative test dates will generally not be allowed.
If you think you have a good reason for changing the test date, submit your
request IN WRITING to the instructor. Early requests are more likely to be
approved than those made at the last minute.
Grading: Recitation 35%
of final grade
Midterm 30% of final grade
Final 35% of final grade
WEEK DATE LECTURE READINGS
1 3/28 Introduction
3/30 Geography
Basics and Cartography
2 4/4 Geomorphology Introduction,
pp. 1-11
4/6 Climatology Introduction,
pp. 11-35
3 4/11 North
Africa/Southwest Asia Overview Ch. 6, pp.
280-298
4/13 Israel
and the Middle East Ch.
6, pp. 298-321
4 4/18 Resources
in the Middle East
4/20 Sub-Saharan
Africa Overview Ch. 7, pp.
334-356
5 4/25 Nigeria
and South Africa Ch.
7, pp. 356-379
4/27 Guest
Speaker from Malawi
6 5/2 Applying
Geographic Thought: The Okavango Delta
5/4 MIDTERM EXAM 10:00
a.m. Gilfillan Auditorium
7 5/9 South
Asia Ch.
8, pp. 380-391
5/11 Guest
Speaker from India
8 5/16 Issues
in South Asia Ch.
8, pp. 392-422
5/18 China
Ch.
9, pp. 426-472
9 5/23 Guest
Speaker from China
5/25 Japan
and Korea Ch.
9, pp. 472-491
10 5/30 South
East Asia Ch.
10, pp. 492-527
6/1 Cambodia
FINAL EXAM in Gilfillan
Auditorium Wednesday, June 7, 12 noon.