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Geography 490

Schedule

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Senior Seminar In Geography

The table below contains the class schedule for this semester. Please consult it regularly to link to find what chapters you should read in preparation for class. Changes may occur during the semester.

Note that the schedule is tentative. Unforeseen delays are common during a semester. Attend to your responsibilities in this course regularly and be alert to updates to the schedule below.

Tentative Schedule

This semester's assignment and topic schedule
Week Topic(s) Read for this Week Due this Week
August 29 Introductions and Expectations   Course Contract
September 5 Research Methods, topics and objectives Chapter 1  
September 12 Research Topics and Objectives, Proposal Writing Kennedy  
September 19 Word Processing, Graphics, Maps, etc.   Research Proposal
September 26 Effective Literature Reviews, Bibliographies Chapter 2  
October 3 Data gathering, field methods   Literature Review
October 10 Resumes, Research  
October 17 Abstracts Chapter 29 Resume
October 24 Effective composition strategies Hints for Writing an "A" Paper  
October 31 Research   First Draft of Paper Due
November 7      
November 14     Final Draft of Paper Due
November 21 How to present research well - Presentation technologies "Terrible Talk", Ford  
November 28 Practice for Presentations    
December 5 Presentation Week   Presentation
December 12 Exam Week   Portfolio

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