Trinity Valley
Community College
Dr. Thomas W. Hainze, Jr.
Physical Geography - GEOG 1301
Course Syllabus
Contact Information
Office
Athens 127 Baugh Technical Building
Phone
Email
mailto:thainze@tvcc.edu?subject=Email
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Principles of Geography :
Physical Geography is a three credit hour course studying the relationships between human activities and the global environment. Emphasis is on physical geography with analysis of the sun/earth interaction, the climate, land and water features and mineral, vegetation, water, and animal resources.
Warning Note:
Note, this is an Internet course. Internet courses are not for all students. It requires a great deal of self discipline and self motivation. To do well in the class, it is necessary for the student to work on the course material on a regular basis. Though there are no classes to attend, this class does require that you participate all through the course. If you wait to the end to try to do it all, you will not succeed as I will set strict deadlines on when things are due.
Textbook The textbook is a free online site. http://www.physicalgeography.net/home.html
Blackboard Access We are using the Blackboard software to communicate with each other. It is important that you get on Blackboard and become familiar with it as soon as possible. It will not be possible to successfully complete this course without access to Blackboard. I will do all I can to help you get access, but ultimately it is your responsibility.
Grades
- A – 900 to 1000 points
- B – 800-899 points
- C – 700-799 points
- D – 600-699 points
- F - Below 600 points
Grade Calculation
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This course will have chapter assignments each worth 70 points for each of 10 chapters (700 points) |
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And six Mini-essays worth 50 points each (300). In addition, there will be some extra credit assignments during the semester. |
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Chapter Assignments
The summer lasts about 11 weeks and the book has 10 chapters. Therefore there will be a chapter assignment
every week starting in week 2. Though I will take these after the posted
deadlines, late submissions will suffer substantial penalties.
These assignments have 3 parts: a detailed outline of the chapter material (40 points), 10 multiple choice questions from the chapter (20 points), and 2 essay questions from the chapter (10 points). Details will be provided inside blackboard.
Mini essay questions
These are short essays (generally 2 pages or 500 words) with less formal formatting requirements than traditional term papers. These will not be accepted after the due date because I will post the better ones for class discussion.
Schedule
The schedule will be provided in Blackboard as it varies by semester.