Instructor:Irene
Casas Office Hours: T 1:30 – 3:30pm
Derby Hall 1145 or by appointment
Phone: 292-6127 e-mail: icasas@geography.ohio-state.edu
Description: Geography 597.01 is a 5 credit hours class, open to junior or senior ranked students. It fulfills the Capstone component of General Education Curriculum (GEC).
Objective: this course will introduce the student to world urbanization concepts, which include relationships between urbanization and economic development, geographic variations in urbanization at inter-urban and intra-urban scales of analysis, and basic urbanization concepts. This will be achieved by using as examples the different world regions.
Textbook: Brunn
S. And Williams, J. eds. 1993. Cities of the World: World Regional Urban
Development,
Second edition. New York: Harper Collins.
Additional readings
from others sources might be assigned throughout the quarter, and
distributed in class.
Course Evaluation:
Homework:
3
45% (15 % each)
Midterm:
25% ( Feb. 3, Thursday)
Final:
30% (March 14, Tuesday, 10:00 am)
Bonus questions will be placed on the web site for the class weekly. The answers have to be submitted by e-mail, no other way is accepted.
The address for the site is: http://geog-www.sbs.ohio-state.edu/courses/g597.01/urb597.htm
You can also access
the site through the Geography homepage under the class
category.
Extra points will
be given for class participation and
discussion.
Late assignments will be accepted, but 10 points (or equivalent) will be taken off for each day it is late (includes weekends).
Readings: you are responsible for the chapters assigned.
Lectures: will
cover the important concepts in the readings, but new "stuff" will also
be introduced.
Copies of the lectures
may be found in the web site. However, things said in class might not match
exactly the notes and viceversa. These can only be used as a guide for
you to know what was discussed in class.
Tests: will
consist of three sessions: multiple choice, short answers, and an essay
question. Everything covered in class and in the readings is valid.
Make-up tests will
only be given for medical reasons (with doctor’s note). If you know that
you are not going to be able to take the test in the assigned date (because
of an unexpected event: jury duty, court appearance, etc.), let us know
ahead of time.
If you cannot reach
us in office hours, call the department at 292-2514 and leave a message.
Reading/Schedule
Week 1:
Introduction,
Chapter 1
Week 2:
US and Canada,
Chapter 2
Week 3:
Europe,
Chapter 3
Week 4:
Russia,
Chapter 4
(Homework # 1 due, Thursday)
Week 5:
Latin America,
Chapter 6
(Midterm, Feb. 3, Thursday)
Week 6:
Mideast and North Africa,
Chapter 8
Week 7:
Subsaharan Africa,
Chapter 7
(Homework # 2 due, Thursday)
Week 8:
India,
Chapter 9
Week 9:
China,
Chapter 11
(Homework # 3 due, Thursday)
Week 10:
Southeast Asia,
Chapter 10
Senior Final exam scheduled
for week 10 of the quarter, either Monday or Tuesday afternoon. (Exact
time and place should be decided)