Week
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Topic
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Assignments or Activities
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Reading(s)
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Week 1
Jan 24, 26, 28
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The Geographical Approach:
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Place
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Location
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Visualization
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Scale
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#1 (2, pg.11)
Wednesday: “Your Information” Sheet due (see Handbook)
Friday: Guest speaker John Cloud, NOAA “The life, death, and re-birth of American indigenous cartography”
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Read Ford and Brady in Readings on Vista
Read National Research Council Report in Readings on Vista
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Week 2
Jan 31, Feb. 2, 4
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The Geographical Approach, continued:
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Region
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Environment
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Movement
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Pattern
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Diversity
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Library: Introduction to Resources (Friday—to be confirmed)
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Look at AAG Specialty Groups: http://www.aag.org/cs/membership/specialty_groups
Read Parsons and King in Readings on Vista—by Monday
Start reading Lost city of Z
YouTube for class viewing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auQX2fAHno4
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Week 3
Feb. 7, 9, 11
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Making Posters
Using the Internet as a Research Tool
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Geography Themes Book Report due Friday
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Keep reading Lost city of Z
Turabian part 13.3, Posters
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Week 4
Feb. 14, 16, 18
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Foundations of research resources III
Local data
Ethics and research: Human Subjects
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Library tour (to be confirmed)
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Read Helzer in Readings on Vista
Turabian Ch. 3,Finding useful sources
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Week 5
Feb. 21, 23, 25
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Research methods: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed approaches
Interviewing
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Research Exercise I due: A Local Issue (Friday)
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View first two Youtube videos on human subjects in research: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education/
(Note that these videos are dealing with medical research; however, ANY research requires that human subjects receive INFORMED CONSENT)
Consult Turabian Ch. 18, 19 for referencing format
Read Chase in Readings on Vista
Read Knigge in Readings on Vista
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Week 6
Feb. 28; Mar. 2, 4
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Data: Census and other government data
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Read Allen in Readings on Vista
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Week 7
Mar. 7, 9, 11
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Applying your knowledge
Use of tables and graphs
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Research Exercise II due: Exploring the Census (Friday)
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Turabian Ch. 8, Presenting evidence in tables and figures and Ch.26, Tables and figures
Read Hankins and Crooker in Readings on Vista
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8
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SPRING BREAK
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Week 9
Mar. 21, 23, 25
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What is a research paper?
Starting your research
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Statement of Research Proposal due Wednesday, including a question;
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Turabian Ch. 1,What research is, how to think about it; asking questions
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Week 10
Mar. 28, 30; Apr.1
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Outlines
Collecting and documenting your research
Avoiding plagiarism I
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Read the U of Arizona’s document on plagiarism: http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/plagiarism/index.html#How
Turabian Ch. 4, Engaging sources
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Week 11
Apr. 4, 6, 8
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Using note cards
Paraphrasing
Avoiding plagiarism
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Submit outline and 5 sources on Monday
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Turabian Ch. 5, Planning your argument; page 330 for example of outline format
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Week 12
April 11, 13, 15
AAG Wed, Fri
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Format and Documentation
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Turabian Ch. 18, 19, Parenthetical citations and references
Be familiar with Turabian Chapters20 and 21 and Appendix: Paper Format and Submissions Turabian
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Week 13
Apr. 18, 20, 22
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Writing abstracts
Style—avoiding jargon
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Submit complete draft Monday with 30 note cards and ten sources. Send draft also to Vista Turnitin
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Turabian Ch. 6 and 7, writing a draft
See handbook section on Your Writing Style
See sample abstracts in handbook
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Week 14
Apr. 25, 27, 29
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Exploring careers in geography and planning
| Matt Weber, graduate student (TBA) Chris Lewis: GIS instructor (Wed) Ken Naas, Career Center (Fri)
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Careers in Geography AAG website: http://communicate.aag.org/eseries/scriptcontent/custom/giwis/cguide/
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Week 15
May 2,4,6
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Doing oral presentations
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Prepare for your presentation
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Turabian Ch. 13.1, 13.2
Presentations Friday
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Week 16
May 9, 11, 13
Jury Duty Monday
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Presentations Wednesday and Friday
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May 16, 18
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Presentations Monday 10-11
Paper--due Wednesday, May 18 --- by 5 p.m.
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