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COURSE SYLLABUSPATTERNS OF WORLD URBANIZATION
Web Address: http://www.geoearth.uncc.edu/faculty/gingalls/index.htm COURSE SYLLABUS SUBJECT MATTER GEOG 2165. Patterns of World Urbanization. (3) (O) Introduction to cities of the world including examination of cities within different culture areas as well as the internal structure of different cities within the context of traditional and innovative theories of development geography. This course explores the spatial and historical patterns of world urban development. Major concepts of urban growth and development, globalization and world urbanism are developed and a number of world cities are examined within the context of eleven cultural regions. Urban, economic and social theories useful in efforts to understand the global patterns of urbanization are developed. Efforts to develop concepts of a world network of cities based on the world geography of global services are also explored.
GENERAL EDUCATION, AND SPECIFIC MAJOR AND MINOR REQUIREMENTSThis course satisfies several types of degree requirements: 1. It satisfies only one General Education requirement. It is designated as an O, or Oral Communication course. http://www.gened.uncc.edu/communication.htm 2. If you are completing an Urban Studies Minor, this is one of the approved courses. 3. Middle Grades Education Majors may use this course to satisfy a Background Requirement 4. International Studies Majors may use this course to satisfy the advanced core requirement of Geo-political Awareness.
SPECIFIC STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students completing this course are required to demonstrate that they have a working knowledge of: 1. world urban development to include concepts and history of world urbanization 2. specific concepts of urban growth, development and structure 3. key global concepts such as economic development, the global economy, and selected other economic concepts related to urban development. 4. the structure, historical evolution, problems and links to a global urban system of selected major urban concentrations within ten cultural regions of the world. 5. the concept of world cities as defined by the world geography of global services 6. the location of the major urban concentrations and nation-states of the world. TEXTBOOK OR READING MATERIALS REQUIREDBrunn, Williams and Zeigler. Cities of the World: World Regional Urban Development. 3rd Ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003. Other readings will be assigned. CONDUCT OF THIS CLASS This class will be conducted under the provisions of the UNCC Code of Student Academic Integrity.* It is the responsibility of each student to be thoroughly familiar with the Code, however at a minimum the following infractions will be considered serious violations of the Code of Student Academic Integrity: A. CHEATING. Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices in any academic exercise. This definition includes unauthorized communication of information during an academic exercise. This includes the duplication of materials from other students even if it is with their consent. All work, except for that done as part of team authorized by the instructor in this class, must be your own. If you duplicate the work of others, even with their consent, you will receive a grade of zero on the work in question. B. FABRICATION AND FALSIFICATION. Intentional and unauthorized alteration or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise. Falsification is a matter of altering information, while fabrication is a matter of inventing or counterfeiting information for use in any academic exercise. C. MULTIPLE SUBMISSION. The submission of substantial portions of the same academic work (including oral reports) for credit more than once without authorization. D. PLAGIARISM. Intentionally or knowingly presenting the work of another as one's own (i.e., without proper acknowledgement of the source). The sole exception to the requirement of acknowledging sources is when the ideas, information, etc., are common knowledge. (NOTE: For more information regarding plagiarism, see PLAGIARISM.) E. ABUSE OF ACADEMIC MATERIALS. Intentionally or knowingly destroying, stealing, or making inaccessible library or other academic resource material. F. COMPLICITY IN ACADEMIC DISHONESTY. Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to commit an act of academic dishonesty *Materials paraphrased directly from the UNC Charlotte Code of Student Academic Integrity with additional elaboration by instructor specifically for this class: http://www.legal.uncc.edu/policies/ps-105.html#II
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE 1. Attend all lectures—70-75% of all test materials will come from lectures and discussion. 2. Complete all quizzes, assignments and examinations. 3. Evaluation of your class performance will be based on Possible Points a. Class attendance (1 point for each class attended) 30 b. Examinations (Three exams -- multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, matching and short answer/identification questions; 100 points for each exam) 300 c. Comprehensive, take home, essay question in the final week of classes (Distributed on last class day and due during final) 20 d. Map quiz (1 quiz of 75 questions, 1 point per question) 75 This is composed of three basic elements: Cultural Regions, Countries and Cities. Handout 2 contains a list of cultural regions, countries and major cities for which you will be responsible on the map quiz. e. Exercise 1. Designing a Trip to World Cities 100 f. Presentation--1 solo presentation for 100 points 100 g. Class discussion and in-class exercises 75 Total Possible Points 700
Procedures for Grading and Taking Exams· Make-up exams or quizzes will be given only in event of an excused absence. All make-ups are scheduled for December 18, 9 AM in Room 425. Since the exams are not comprehensive, failure to take either major test will result in automatic failure. · If you need to reschedule an exam for personal reasons or because you have several exams on the same day, please speak to instructor. It can probably be arranged!!
· Grading is done on the basis of 10 percentage-point scale. For a total of 700 points: A = 90% -- 630 B = 80% -- 560 C = 70% -- 490 D = 60% -- 420 · All exams are intended for the scheduled length of the period. If you need more time, please talk to the instructor at least one period before the test date. The final exam will be given during the regularly scheduled final exam period. It will not be comprehensive, however, there will be one comprehensive, take-home, essay question assigned during the final week of classes.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES # Day Date Topic Readings 1 Tu Aug 26 Introductions; Course Organization; Studying World Urbanization Chp. 1 2 Th Aug 28 What is Urbanization? Industrialization? What is urban? 3 Tu Sep 2 Useful Concepts and Definitions in the Study of Urbanization 4 Th Sep 4 Defining World Cities: Useful Concepts and Definitions 5 Tu Sep 9 Map Quiz 6 Th Sep 11 The Art and Science of Presentations 7 Tu Sep 16 US and Canada: Development of the Urban System 8 Th Sep 18 US and Canada: Development of the Urban System Chp. 2 9 Tu Sep 23 US and Canada: A Common Internal Structure: Sprawl, Central City Decline, Suburbanization, Central City Renewal 10 Th Sep 25 Exam 1 11 Tu Sep 30 Latin American: The Cultural Context 12 Th Oct 2 Middle America: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity Chp. 3 13 Tu Oct 7 South America: : Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity 14 Th Oct 9 Mid/South America: Mexico; Rio de Janeiro; Sao Paulo; Buenos Aires Tu Oct 14 Fall Break, No Class 15 Th Oct 16 Europe: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity Chp. 5 16 Tu Oct 21 Europe: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity 17 Th Oct 23 Europe: London, Paris, Milan; Randstand 18 Tu Oct 28 Russia: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity: Moscow Chp. 6 19 Th Oct 30 Middle East: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity Chp. 7 20 Tu Nov 4 Middle East: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity 21 Th Nov 6 Middle East: Cairo; Tehran; Istanbul 22 Tu Nov 11 Exam 2 23 Th Nov 13 Sub-Saharan Africa: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity Chp. 8 Johannesburg; Kinshasa; Lagos 24 Tu Nov 18 South/Southeast Asia: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity Chp. 9 25 Th Nov 20 South/Southeast Asia: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity: Chp. 10 Mumbai; Kolkata; Singapore; Bangkok; Kuala Lumpur 26 Tu Nov 25 No formal class: work on projects 27 Tu Dec 2 East Asia: Structure/Historical Antecedents/Connectivity Chp. 11 28 Th Dec 4 East Asia: Tokyo; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Taipei 29 Tu Dec 9 World Cities: Are They Sustainable? Is Charlotte a World City? Exercise 1 due 30 Th Dec 18 Test 3, 9:00 to 10:45 AM Take home dueMaps
Class Handouts Handout 1 Course Syllabus Handout 2 Map Quiz Study Guide Handout 3 Exercise 1: Design a Trip Handout 4 Procedures and Content for Class Presentation Handout 5 The Globalization and World Cities Website |
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