Fall 2021  |  GEOG 1973 Section 001: Geography of the Twin Cities (18946)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
GEOG 3973 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/07/2021 - 12/15/2021
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 230
Enrollment Status:
Open (31 of 50 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Social and physical characteristics of the Twin Cities. Their place in the urban network of the United States.
Class Description:
Why do we have two cities here? Explore, discuss and learn about this Twin Cities region.... This course is a survey of the historical and contemporary geographical patterns of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Questions raised include: -Where are things located?( industry, transportation, housing, people of diverse backgrounds and resources, retail trade and services) -Why are they located as they are and what inequities can we observe? -What are things like at the neighborhood level and how have these changed over time? -How do economic and demographic forces produce changes on the landscape? -How do publicly sponsored planning and redevelopment programs try to correct the consequences of past actions? Class format is lecture and discussion. Questions are encouraged. Visual materials (power-point, and videos) will be used extensively. Field studies make up the bulk of the course - 60% of grade. You will get to know Minneapolis and St Paul in unique ways. All readings available on the Moodle site. Mid-term is short answer and map test, Final is cumulative and short answer and essay. Test study guide are given out. Some assignments differ for the 1973 level. In all assignments those registered in 3973 are expected to perform at a much higher level of analysis, and this will be reflected in the final grading curve.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
5% Attendance
Class Format:
75% Lecture
10% Film/Video
10% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
Workload:
20-30 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Majority of work contained in two written reports based on two self-guided field studies of Minneapolis and St Paul.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/18946/1219
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 June 2013

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