Website for
EOS 304 and GEOG
304
Spring 2008
Tues and Thur 3:00 - 4:15 pm
Robinson B106
Instructor:
David Wong
Professor of Geography
Chair, Earth Systems and GeoInformation Sciences Department
College of Science
Tel: 703-993-9260
Email: dwong2
Syllabus
Exercises
Ex
1: Exploring Population Data (due Feb 21)
Ex 2: Demographic Characteristics and Population
Pyramids (due Mar 4)
Data
for Ex 2
Ex 3: Exploring
the Spatial Dimensions of Population
with GIS
Data
for Ex3 (due April 17)
Outline of paper (due March 18th)
- outline each major sections
- references or data supporting each section
Some of the exercise materials will be available in zip file format. If
you currently cannot handle zip files, please download a copy of Winzip
or similar file (PKzip or RAR) compression software.
GIS Workshops at Fenwick Library
(organized by
Joy Suh, Head, Government Documents)
Please sign up
and attend
Guidelines
for the term paper
Note a potential situation of academic dishonesty:
From University of Georgia, Academic Honesty Policy, under Item c: "Lying/Tampering/Bribery
- Bribery or giving any false
information in connection with the performance of any academic work or
in connection with any proceeding under this policy."
Article vii: "Submitting for academic advancement an item of academic
work that has
previously been submitted (even when submitted previously by that
student) for academic advancement, unless done pursuant to
authorization from the Faculty Member supervising the work or
containing fair attribution to the original work."
(http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/honesty/sect05.htm)
Presentation (updated April 3):
- Class presentation will start on April 22.
Presence of all
students is expected (part of your class participation).
- Approx. 12 mins for each student.
- Be concise: start with the objective(s) or problem(s), talk
about
how you
found your answer(s), what you have found (results), and conclusion(s).
- You will be judged by the content (4 points) and
presentation skill/effectiveness (3 points).
- You can use the overhead projector (transparencies),
powerpoint
(my machine will be available for your use), or the web.
- If you use powerpoint presentations, please come to the
class at
least 5 minutes earlier. We need to load your ppt files onto my machine
before the class starts.
- After your presentation, you can make revision on your
paper
if you wish.
- Order of Presentation (determined by random draws):
Kershaw, Nicholas E.
Fike, Hugh D.
Brennan, Danielle L.
Duffy, Lauren C.
Hartman, Paige
Clagett, Michael T.
Hall, Matthew M.
Nyekan, Justin G.
McLaughlin, Brandon M.
Cho, Kevin
Watson, Stephanie A.
Kilgore, John L.
Todorova, Galina
Castro, Pablo C.
Salhani, Justin O.
Bernet, Lucas B.
Useful sites:
Deforestation
Global
Warming
General:
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Population Reference Bureau
Population Division, UN
Population Association of America
Data:
Center for International Earth
Science
Information Network (CIESIN)
University of Virginia,
Geospatial
& Statistical Data Center
U.S. Bureau
of
the Census International Database