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Option to Forward New Harper Email AccountIf you are not planning on using your new Harper email account, please view the instructions on how to forward that account to one you check frequently. Visit http://harper.blackboard.com and check out "How do I forward my Harper email?" in the "Getting Started with Blackboard" area.
Required:
The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography 9/e, McGraw-Hill, by James Rubenstein, Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2008
- Textbooks can be bought at the Harper College bookstore (L building) or online at: http://www.harperstore.com
All students will subscribe to the BBC daily e-mail of international news
- Go to: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/email/news
- Click on: "NEW USERS SIGN UP HERE"
- Type in: "Your information for e-mail sign up", click NEXT
- "BBC Daily E-mail: Choose the news you want - when you want it, all in one daily e-mail." Click SUBSCRIBE
- Under the NEWS tab Select: " Africa / Americas / Asia-Pacific / Europe / Middle East / South Asia"
- Select Mail Format
- Click on "CONFIRM SUBSCRIPTION"
NOTE:
Unit 1 - Introduction to Cultural Geography
Unit 2 - Culture and Conflicts
Unit 3 - Economic Geography
Letter grades: 90%=A, 80%=B, 70%=C, 60%=D, below 60%=F
3 unit exams at 50 points each
150
Cumulative final exam at 100 points
100
12 "required activities" at 3 points each
36
12 "quick questions" at 2 points each
24
5 map quizzes at 10 points each
50
TOTAL:
360
All exams will be taken on the Harper campus in the Assessment Center, Student and Administration Center, room A-148, phone 847-925-6541 [see: Assessment Center hours]. Exams should be taken during the week noted on the class schedule. The exams will be taken on the computer through our Blackboard site. You will need to log in to your account to take the exam.Each unit exam has 50 multiple choice questions. Each unit exam can be taken twice (the second exam will have different questions) and only the higher score will be included in the gradebook.
Exams will be based on material found on the Blackboard "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link including the online videos, the web links, the instructor notes, and the assigned textbook and other readings. Use the Blackboard Discussion Board if you have questions.
All map quizzes will be taken on the Harper campus in the Student and Administration Center, room A-148, phone 847-925-6541 [see: Assessment Center hours]. Map quizzes must be taken by the date listed on the class schedule below.For each map quiz students will be required to name countries numbered on a blank outline map of the region. Map quiz locations, blank and labeled maps, and an online map quiz tutorial can be found on the "Map Quiz Information" Blackboard link.
Weekly Required Activities:Found on our Blackboard site. Click on the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link. These can be redone as many times as you want. Only the highest score will count. BUT, I reserve the right to stop all "re-do"s if students are not completing them in a timely manner. Any stop on "re-do"s will be announced on Blackboard and via e-mail.Weekly Quick Questions:
Found on our Blackboard site. Click on the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link. The "Quick Questions" can be done only once. Each "Quick Question" should be done the week it is assigned.Exams and Map Quizzes:
Exams and Map quizzes will be taken at the Harper Testing Center and they must be completed by the dates below.Students will be allowed to take an exam at a later time other the scheduled week only IF:
1. the instructor is notified BEFORE the week the exam is scheduled AND
2. the student has a very good reason.
Before doing any assignment, FIRST go the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link on Blackboard. Chapters may be only partial, or they may include pages from other chapters. The exact reading assignments can be found on the "ASSIGNMENTS: BEGIN HERE" link.
NOTE: This outline/schedule may be changed! All changes will be posted on Blackboard and announced via e-mail.
