Spring 2018  |  GEOG 1502 Section 001: Mapping Our World (50026)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Freshman Full Year Registration
Online Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
Enrollment Status:
Closed (394 of 390 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Learn how maps and other spatial technologies like phones, drones, and GPS work. Use web-based tools to make maps for class, jobs, and fun. Explore how mapping is a useful lens through which to view interactions between technology and society, and see how mapping technology saves lives, rigs elections, and spies on people.
Class Description:
We will learn about mapping our world by understanding how maps work, making our own maps, mapping virtual worlds like Facebook, and understanding how people use maps to tell stories and lies. Along the way, we will see how mapping is a useful lens through which to understand interactions between technology and society. This class fulfills TWO LE requirements, the Social Sciences Core and the Society and Technology Theme.
Grading:
15% Midterm Exam
15% Final Exam
15% Special Projects
10% Class Participation
45% Laboratory Evaluation
Exam Format:
Exam Format: Exams are multiple choice and offered during the semester (in other words, no final exam). The two-page lab project is done in the final weeks of the course.
Class Format:
30% Lecture
20% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
30% Web Based
Workload:
10-15 Pages Reading Per Week
10 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50026/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
22 November 2017

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