GEOG/SIS 335: Geography and Development

Summer 2006/B Term (July 20 ñ August 18)

Instructor: Maureen Hickey Putnam
Location: Benson 115
Class meets: Mon-Fri 9:30 ñ 11:50 am

Email: mhhp@u.washington.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12-1pm and by appointment.
Held in Smith 430
Mail Box Location: Smith 411
The reading packet is available at Rams Copy Shop on University Way and 42nd.


Course Syllabus

Course Assignments and Requirements

E-Post Message Board

Links and Resources


Group Presentations
Please see the Course Assignments for an outline of the Group Presentation Project

• Suggested Topics
  
• Presentation Worksheet (due Friday, July 28)

Evaluation Grids

• Midterm Evaluation of General Participation
• Midterm Evaluation of Reading Journal Entries
• Group Project: Evaluation of Group Presentation
• Group Project: Evaluation of Student Summary/Reflection Paper
• Group Project: Peer Evaluation Form

Announcements

• The Course Reader will be available for purchase at Ram's Copy Center (University and 42nd) on Monday, July 17
• Our first class will be on Thursday, July 20
• 7/20 - We read portions of President Truman's 1949 Inuguaral Address, the full speech is available here
• 7/21 - We had a group activity analyzing some of the many development measures/indicators. For more resources on each of the measures/indicators, please see the the Links & Resources Page