Discipline/Program: GEOGRAPHY Course Title: Geography 1303: WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY Class Number: 67426 GEOG 1303. Semester: FALL 2013. Course Location/Times: SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. ANGELA MORALES BUILDING, ROOM 308. MONDAY 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Course Semester Credit Hours (SCH): 3 Hours, Lecture Course Contact Hours: 48 Contact Hours Type of Instruction: Lecture/Hybrid Instructor Contact Information: Name: EVANS C. IGBINADOLOR Email Address: evans.igbinadolor1@hccs.edu Office Hour: Wednesdays, before and after class. And by appointment. Course Description: Study of major world regions with emphasis on prevailing conditions and developments. Including emerging conditions and trends, and awareness and diversity of ideas and practices to be found in these regions. This is a core curriculum course that fulfills the Social Sciences or Cross /Multicultural Studies requirement. Course Prerequisites: Must be placed into college level reading and college level writing. Course Goal: Students will evaluate geographical developments in an essay.

Course Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): Students will analyze geographical evidence by writing an analytical essay. Learning objectives: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to do the following: 1. Have a better understanding of the world around you. 2. Read and understand maps more readily. 3. Discuss the concept of a region and the sub-region. 4. Connect the history and current events of the world to the locations where they happened or are happening. 5. Better appreciate where regions are located throughout the world and the environmental, political, historical and cultural features that help define these regions. SCANS Skills: Texas Colleges must demonstrate that the Basic Intellectual Core Competencies are incorporated into all Core courses. This course addresses the competencies in the following ways: - Reading: The textbook, and the publisher's website will provide the basis for Exams, Exam essays, the term paper and the Final Exam. - Writing: Students will write all responses to their Examination Essays, and will conduct most communication with the instructor through the typewritten word. Students will write a term paper and answer essay questions. - Speaking: Students are expected to ask questions and participate in in-class discussion. Students may phone the instructor for supplemental information or clarification of assignments as needed. Students working in collaboration with other students on chapter assignments will have the opportunity to develop their speaking proficiency. - Listening: Students working in collaboration with other students on chapter assignments will have the opportunity to develop and practice their listening skills. Students will also practice critical listening from audio and video materials. - Critical Thinking: the examination questions and essays, and the term paper will contain questions and problems that will require higher level, "Critical" thinking skills to solve successfully.

-Computer Literacy: courses such as this one require significant computer literacy from the students, who must be proficient at typing essays and research papers, sending and receiving emails, and navigating the web. ATTENDANCE: You are expected to attend every class meeting during the course of the semester. You are also expected to be in class on time. This is showing basic respect to your fellow classmates and instructor. Frequent lateness to class will result in points being taken from your grade. IF YOU ARE EVER ABSENT, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSED CLASSES, ASSIGNMENT AND TEST. IF YOU ARE EVER ABSENT, YOU MUST ASK YOUR CLASSMATES WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR ABSENCE. LEAVING THE CLASS BEFORE END OF LECTURE IS EQUAL TO ABSENT! Grading Policy: There will be TWO midterm exams and a final exam during the course of the semester. There will also be ONE paper presentation and ONE project. A midterm score can't be a replacement for your final exam grade. Extra credit is available in this course. Generally speaking, make up assignments will NOT be allowed. Make up exams will NOT be allowed. Late assignments will NOT be accepted. STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE CELL PHONES, LAPTOP, IPAD OR ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICE DURING LECTURE!!! ANY STUDENT WHO VIOLATES THIS POLICY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE CLASS. TEXTING UNDER THE TABLE IS A VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY! HCC Grading Scale: A = 90 100 B = 80 89 C = 70 79 D = 60 69 F = 59 and below Instructor Grading Criteria : The semester grade will be calculated as follows: MIDTERM 1 15% MIDTERM 2 15% ASSIGNMENT/QUIZZES 10% ATTENDANCE/CLASS PARTICIPATION 10% PROJECT 10% PAPER 10% FINAL EXAM 30% TOTAL 100%

COURSE OUTLINE: FALL 2013 TOPIC ACTIVITY/ONLINE SEPTEMBER 23 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY SEPTEMBER 30 RUSSIA Online Quiz OCTOBER 7 EUROPE Online Quiz OCTOBER 14 SUBSAHARAN AFRICA Online Quiz OCTOBER 21 NORTH AFRICA/ SOUTHWEST ASIA MIDTERM 1 OCTOBER 28 SOUTH ASIA Online Quiz NOVEMBER 4 SOUTHEAST ASIA Online Quiz NOVEMBER 11 EAST ASIA Online Quiz NOVEMBER 18 MIDDLE AMERICA MIDTERM 2 Online Quiz NOVEMBER 25 SOUTH AMERICA PAPER PRESENTATION Online Quiz DECEMBER 2 NORTH AMERICA Online Quiz DECEMBER 9 FINAL EXAMS The instructor reserves the right to modify this syllabus anytime!!!! INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: 1. THE WORLD TODAY: CONCEPTS AND REGIONS IN GEOGRAPHY, 6 TH EDITION BY H.J. DE BLIJ, PETER O. MULLER AND JAN NIJMAN. ISBN: 978-1-118-41159-9 2. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE WORLD, SECOND EDITION. Both text and atlas come in a single packet!

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