Geography 240

Economic & Social Geography

Summer 2005

Call Number 08967-3

Where:

Page Hall 10

When:

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9:00 am to 10:18 am

Instructor

• Jason Davis
• 1155 Derby Hall
• (614) 292-2704
• davis.1937@osu.edu
• Office Hours: Monday & Tuesday 2 - 3:30 pm (or by appointment)

Text

• The Geography of the World Economy 4^th Edition.
• By Paul Knox, John Agnew, and Linda McCarthy (New York: Oxford University Press 2003)

Summary

Our world is increasingly interconnected, and therefore an awareness of the links that tie you to other people, processes, and things on this planet is essential knowledge. We are all actors in a global world. How can we understand our connections to far away places? How is production organized? How does it affect people across the world differently in their everyday lives?

This course focuses on the economic and social transformations in our world. Specifically it will introduce you to the very basic concepts in economic and social geography. The lectures will have a strong emphasis on geographic changes in the world economy. The objective of this course is to help you develop critical and thoughtful perspectives on current economic and social problems from a geographic perspective. Throughout the course, we will examine the geographic organization of economic activity around the world at different geographical scales (global, regional and local) as well as the interaction between different countries over the long historical term.

Requirements

• Attendance: Attendance is included in your evaluation through randomly implemented pop quizzes. That said, attendance also greatly influences your grade in this class in other ways. Most exam material is taken directly from lectures and can only be absorbed if you attend class regularly.
• Readings: You should read the pages assigned to a particular day before the class, as it will facilitate your understanding. Aside from the first week of reading, I have made the assigned readings generally fewer than 20 pages per class. While some portions of the book have not been assigned, you may find them useful and I encourage you to take advantage of this resource.
• Two Assignments:The first of these will be due Friday of 1^stweek, and the second at the end of 3^rdweek. No late assignments will be accepted. This will be detailed in separate handouts..
• Two exams: These will primarily be composed of multiple-choice questions, plus some short answer or definition-type questions that will require some clarity of expression.

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