Current Materials
Reading Number
1: August Losch: The Nature
of Economic Regions
Reading
2: by Richard Wood: Firm Location, Where to Put Your Plant (tap here)
1. CLASS DESCRIPTION: This course is seminar
which surveys the regional landscape of North American. It considers
the creation of human landscapes. It presents an environmental
interpretive model which discusses the issues associated with
planning, economics, and resources within North American cultural
landscapes. It focuses on the growth of core and rural areas and
discusses the implementation of planning tools as measures to
define and regulate impacts of population on the landscape.
2. COURSE OUTCOMES:
The following outcomes are a result of the completion of this
course.
1. Students will understand the dynamic nature of urban growth.
2. Students will be able to understand the economic factors impacting
regionalization within North America
3. Students will understand how basic planning policies can be
implemented to control growth.
4. Students will be able analyze current issues in North American
Land Use
5 Students will be able understand basic methods and skills used
by cultural geographers to investigate human spatial issues.
6. Students will be able to practically apply the concepts in
the course to a personal perspective.
3. THE COURSE WILL
COVER
1. An Introduction to regionalization.
2. The Nature of Central Place Functions
3. Basic elements of town planning
4. The nature of the Central Business District
5. A view of local urban and rural land use treatments in zoning
and planning. (based on 317)
6. A means of adapting the subject to personal and pragmatic perspectives.
4. COURSE STRATEGIES AND MECHANICS
In this course students will use the text Regional Landscapes
of the United States and Canada by Birdsall, Florin, Price,
as a resource guide for specific group presentations.
Invited guest speakers will also be presenting during the quarter.
Grades will be based on two individual presentations given during
the course of the quarter and a short written final.
5. TEXTS AND MATERIALS: Regional
Landscapes of the United States and Canada,
Birdsall, Florin, Price, published
by Wiley. 5th edition.
5. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Students are expected
to exhibit appropriate academic behavior and motivation. There
is no defined reading schedule for the course, however, you are
responsible for the reading of text. Students are expected to
read through the text during the course. Students are expected
to follow and complete daily homework. Student are expected to
work cooperatively within the group and contribute to the final
project. Note: Homework Assignments can be found at the web addresses
above. Sections for the course are divided as follows:
Tentative Schedule
|
Activities Tentative |
| 1 January |
Introduction and
overview of the class. The Character of Regions
Take home reading: The Nature of Econmic Regions Augst Lossch |
| The
Process of Urbanization The Characteristic of Sites |
|
2 January
3January
|
Urban
Function Rural Economic Activities |
Urban
Land Use General Problems
Central Place Theory |
4 January
5 February |
First
Presentations Group 1 Group 2 |
| Second
Presentation 3 and 4 |
6 February
7 February |
Outside
Presentations |
| Third
Presentations Group 1 and Group 2 |
8 February
9 March |
Forth
Presentation Group 3 and 4 |
| Final
Presentations Tuesday 15 March |
|
|
6. GRADES:
Grades in this course will be based on the following activities:
| 1. Two Presentations of 100 points each |
| 2.Final
Evaluation 20 |
| Total:
240 points possible. Adjusted |
| Mid Term Writing Assignment 20 |
|
Activities Explained
Presentation
Outline and Cover sheet
Evaluations
for Presentations
Group Assignments (as they develop)
On giving
good presentations...in general. This is a guide that might
be helpful to you for giving presentations in this class and others.
7. GRADES: are based on the
following percentage scale: 90 and above A, 80-89 B, 70-79 C,
60-69, D.....below 60....Failing.
8. SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY
For questions regarding scholarship please refer to the EOU student
guide. This guide discusses dishonesty....copying answers off
of another person's test, plagiarism etc.
My comments on this: If you
are not into policies, consider your heart in this matter....and
if you have no heart.....consider your pocketbook. These behaviours
are nothing less analogous to deliberately spilling gas on the
ground when you fill your car. It's a waste of energy, a waste
of money, and a misuse of a resource.
9. DROPPING THE COURSE
The last day to drop a course is 31 October 2003. Talk to me before
you drop.
10. DISABILITIES
Do you need some special help with
regard to accessibility or some other issue regarding your learning
performance? Please talk to me. We can work it out. (The Beatles,
ca 1960).
11. Dear Students
Welcome to the class. For those
of you who had my class last semester, welcome and thank you for
trying another one with me. All my students do well in my classes
if they put effort into their work, interact with the curriculum
and show strong indication that you are learning. I am not much
on grades; you will get a decent one if you follow through with
your effort, nor am I much on testing students for the sake of
seeing how much a student can cram, remember and then forget.
All my evaluations (tests) are open book. I am big on substance,
and intellectual intensity, and thinking to learn. I am not interested
in competing with my students, I am interested in cooperating
with them and drawing from their experiences. I want my students
to succeed and I will do all I can to help you do just that. Most
of all, I would like you to be exposed to content that you can
take with you practically and academically.
12. INSTRUCTOR CONTACT: My office is Zabel 236. E-MAIL me at on internet
at: mmustoe@eou.edu. Telephone
541 962 3502. Office Hours: 1000 -1100 Pacific Time, or by appointment.
About
Me
Ancillaries: All my evaluations (tests) are open book (your
book), open note (your notes), open mind (your mind).
Please feel free to contact me at my office if you have questions
about the substance of the course. Please consider restraint in
grade negotiations with me. The reason for this is rooted in my
subjective epistomological outlook on judgment. I can only assure
you that I make every attempt at being fair and that you will
learn....something.
PAST 317 Links
Land Use
Observation Project INFORMATION
Associated web sites for geography
courses at EOU can be found at:
St
Helens Update
Köppen
Classification System
GIS and Mapping
Conversion
Factors
Aerial
Photogrammetry
Aerial
Formulas
How
To Do A Topographic Profile
Lesson
Plans For Geography and Social Studies Teachers
Features
of Alpine Glaciation
Granite
Basalt
Fault
Lines
Animals and Earthquakes
Social
Studies Resource Page
http://www.eou.edu/~mmustoe/socialstudiesres.html
Conversion
Factors: http://www.eou.edu/~mmustoe/convert.html
For writing and general learning assistance please visit the:
EOU Learning Center
http://www.eou.edu/lcenter/
and the Writing
Lab http://www.eou.edu/lcenter/WRLAB.htm
