Geography
            World Regional Geography Fall 2003

Fall Semester 2003                 MW 11:00 - 12:15 LH-151                Instructor: Dr. Dmitrii Sidorov
http://www.csulb.edu/~dsidorov/geog100fall2003.html                     http://bcs.whfreeman.com/pulsipher2e
Office: LA4-206c, MW 12:15–1:45, or by app.    E-mail:dsidorov@csulb.edu (pref.)  phone: 51861 (don’t use)
Text: L. & A. Pulsipher. 2002. World Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives. W.H.Freeman, 2nd ed.

Description of the course: 100. World Regional Geography (3)  Through spatial approach, Geography of the World's Regions introduces students to the world's geographic realms and examines their cultural, population, and political dynamics, resources and economic development, patterns of settlement and environment elements.

DATE	TOPIC	FILM [PP -- The Power of Place Series ]	READINGS
		The films are also available in the library
3 Sept, W	Orientation
8 Sept, M	Introduction, Ch.1 Student Questionnaire		4-27, 51-53
10 Sept, W			27-50
15 Sept, M	Sub-Saharan Africa Ch. 7	Kenya   [PP20-1]	340-354
17 Sept, W		Gabon  [PP19-2]	354-379
22 Sept, M	Map Quiz	S Africa  [PP20-2]	380-393
24 Sept, W	N Africa and SW Asia Ch. 6	Egypt  [PP18-1]	290-304
29 Sept, M		Jerusalem  [PP17-1]	304-320
01 Oct, W		Istanbul  [PP17-2]	320-336
06 Oct, M	TEST #1  Studyguide		[157]
08 Oct, W	Europe Ch. 4	Iceland [PP6-1]	182-194
13 Oct, M		Berlin [PP4-1]	194-213
15 Oct, W		Slovakia [PP3-2]	213-234
20 Oct, M	Russia and the NIS  Ch.5	St. Petersburg [PP8-1]	238-248
22 Oct, W		Bratsk [PP8-2]	249-270
27 Oct, M	Map Quiz	Dagestan [PP7-1]	271-287
29 Oct, W	Middle and South America	Incas/Mayas	116-134
03 Nov, M	Project Due, 11 am	Mexico [PP14-1]	134-156
05 Nov, W		Sao Paulo [PP16-1]	156-178
10 Nov, M	TEST #2  Studyguide		[167]
12 Nov, W	S Asia, Ch. 8	Hinduism	396-419
17 Nov, M		Delhi [PP21-1]	419-450
19 Nov, W	E Asia, Ch. 9	Lanzhou [PP22-1]	455-465
24 Nov, M	(new date) Map Quiz	Guangdong [PP24-1]	465-485
26 Nov, W		Tokyo [PP12-2]	485-512
01 Dec, M	SE Asia, Ch. 10	Vietnam [PP25-2]	516-527
03 Dec, W		Indonesia / Malaysia [PP26]	528-550
08 Dec, M	Australia and Oceania	Australia [PP13-2]	550-565
10 Dec, W	Course review/selected project presentations	[Vancouver, Quebec, Boston, Chicago] [PP9,10]
15 Dec, M	10:15 - 12:15 TEST #3  Studyguide (as of 12.07.03)		[170/206]

COURSE REQUIREMENTS    To receive a grade for this course you are required to complete three exams and a course project.  The exams will cover material discussed in class and in the textbook, therefore it is important for you to attend class and read the text.  Furthermore, the course will be much more interesting if you actively participate in class.  You will receive some credit for your in-class activities (pop-quizzes, small assignments, participation in discussions).  The course project is a written assignment on a realm of the world.

GRADING      The maximum number of points that can be achieved in the course is 465.  They will be distributed in the following way:    Tests (#1-3) 97 each   Course project 30  Attendance 54   Map quizzes 90     Tests will consist of True-False/Multiple Choice type of questions.  Grades will be posted on the course web-site using as identifiers the last four digits of students’ ID numbers.  If you object to using portion of your ID for that purpose, please provide the instructor with an alternative number.

MAKEUP POLICY    Makeups are possible in the event of a documented unexpected emergency (such as health problem) or through prior arrangement with the instructor when the student has advance knowledge of a compelling conflict in schedule. Makeups under these two circumstances will be only symbolically penalized (2 points deducted). All other makeup requests are subject to denial or serious penalty (at least 10 points for each postponed day).

ATTENDANCE POLICY    This is a video-intensive course; we will watch a number of films (see our web-site for guiding questions for each film).  At least for that reason students are required to attend all classes.  Attendance is checked primarily through pop-quizzes based on readings assigned for each day.  For each successful pop-quiz a student would get 2 points; if class is missed, 2 points are deducted.

UNIVERSITY WITHDRAWAL POLICY    It is the student's responsibility to withdraw from classes.  Instructors have no obligation to withdraw students who do not attend classes and may choose not to do so. Withdrawal from a course after the first two weeks of instruction requires the signature of the instructor and department chair, and is permissible only for serious and compelling reasons. During the final three weeks of instruction, withdrawals are not permitted except in cases such as accident or serious illness where the circumstances causing withdrawal are clearly beyond the student's control and the assignment of an incomplete is not practical. Ordinarily, withdrawals in this category involve total withdrawal from the university. The College of Liberal Arts adheres to this policy strictly, and does NOT sign withdrawal forms in the final three weeks of class for other reasons.

SCHOLASTIC CONDUCT     As a student at Cal State University, you are part of an academic community and expected to behave in a manner that is respectful of that community, by not engaging in academic misconduct. 

Academic misconduct is an act in which a student:   
    a) seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization or citation;    
    b) uses unauthorized materials or fabricated data in any academic exercise;
    c) forges or falsifies academic documents or records;
    d) intentionally impedes or damages the academic work of others;
    e) engages in conduct aimed at making false representation of a student's academic performance;
    f) assists other students in any of these acts. 

Examples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited to: 
•    cheating on an examination;
•    collaborating with others in work to be presented, contrary to the stated rules of the course;
•    submitting a paper or assignment as one's own work when a part or all of the paper or assignment is the work of another;
•    submitting a paper or assignment that contains ideas or research of others without appropriately identifying the sources of those ideas;
•    stealing examination or course materials;
•    submitting, if contrary to the rules of a course, work previously presented in another course;
•    tampering with the laboratory experiment or computer program of another student;
•    knowingly and intentionally assisting another student in any of the above, including assistance in an arrangement whereby any work, classroom performance, examination or other activity is submitted or performed by a person other than the student under whose name the work is submitted or performed.