Syllabus
Geography 1000
Instructor Lynn Curtis Koehnemann
Course Description:
   Geography bridges the social and the physical sciences in its study of the connection 
   between human activities and earth processes and how these interact to create the 
   patterns we observe on the earth's surface. Natural landscapes and conservation, 
   cultural regions & population, urban geography, global economics & resource use, 
   and political geography all fall within the scope of this course.

Objectives:
• Develop a knowledge of man's habitat
• Use this knowledge for an improved understanding of the problems facing man
• Gain a basic understanding of the tools of geography and how to apply them
• Become familiar with rudimentary physical geography
• Understand how the regional distribution & use of world resources affect political conditions
• Improve place-name competence.

Textbooks and Study Materials:
Introduction to Geography , 
Arthur Getis, Judith Getis, & Jerome D. Fellmann,McGraw Hill current edition
	 
Goodes World Atlas Rand McNally & Co.any recent edition 

Evaluation
Students will be evaluated by four (4) examinations.  There will be a comprehensive final examination.  

If a student cannot take a regularly scheduled examination, the instructor must be contacted 
in advance. It is the student's responsibility to take the examinations on the scheduled dates.  If an
emergency prevents you from taking an examination when scheduled, contact the course instructor within one 
week to and arrange to make-up the test during that week.  Make-up exams will be given at the instructor's discretion.  

Please note that make-up exams may be in essay form.  The instructor is expected to withdraw  a student who 
misses a test from the course if there is no contact. 
Class Participation 
Positive class participation will be noted.  Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.

Consult college catalogue for grading scale.