[ Conversion Tools, Utilities, other Key Resource Aides ]
**This schedule is tentative and may change at any time. It allows the class flexibility so that issues may be covered fully and so your group has time for in-class work.
| Week 1: Orientation (Ford + Krantz)
Sept. 4: Orientation to course (Ford & Krantz) - Basic Geographical Concepts: Distance, Scale, Direction, etc. **LULC (Landuse/Land cover) & Scale
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Introduction to the Region - What is Latin
America?
See also: Tectonic Origin & History of the Chortis Block ... Eastern Honduras
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| Week 2:
Sept. 11: Physical Geography: Tectonic Base and Landscapes - using SERVIR-VIZ See also : A Simple Synthesis of Caribbean Geology* By Keith H. James. Sept. 13: Physical Geography: Climate and Ocean Currents |
STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO REGIONS Introduction to SERVIR-VIZ and Google Earth NOTE: Students should download and install on their machines SERVIR-VIZ
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Week 3: (Ford)
Sept. 20: Physical Geography: Ecosystems |
Group Work Choosing Topics and Web Work
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Week 4: (Ford +
Higgins)
Sept. 27: Shana Higgins (Armacost Library) |
Introduction to LAS Library Resources Discussion/brainstorming on individual projects
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| Week 5: (Ford)
Oct. 2: Physical Geography: Ecosystems -Bigeography and Conservation Oct. 4: Cultural Geography - Spatial Interactions and Regionalization |
WEB REVIEW #1 (Due October 4)
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Week 6: Fall Break and Assignments Due (Ford)
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Group Project Work STATEMENT OF PURPOSE DUE for PAPER /PROJECT (October 11)
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Week 7: Latin American Socioeconomic
Development
Oc. 18: Sustainability, Poverty, and Latin American Development |
WEB REVIEW #2 DUE (October 18)
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| Week 8: Latin American Socioeconomic
Development
Oct. 23: Review - LA Cultural Geography: Caribbean
Oct. 25: Review - LA Cultural Geography: Central America and Mexico |
FIRST DRAFT ON BIBLIOGRAPHY ON PAPER DUE (October 25) READ: Harm de Blij (7th edition) - Regions and Concepts: Introduction (Foundations) and Chapters 5 - Middle America and Chapter 6 - South America. NOTE: Harm de Blij (8th edition) - Regions and Concepts: Introduction (Foundations) and Chapters 4 - Middle America and Chapter 5 - South America. |
| Week 9: Latin American Socioeconomic
Development
Oct. 30: Review - LA Cultural Geography: South America
Nov. 1: Discussion/brainstorming on individual and GROUP projects (Each group must meet with the instructor and update him on your plans)!! |
READ: Harm de Blij (7th edition) - Regions and Concepts: Introduction (Foundations) and Chapters 5 - Middle America and Chapter 6 - South America. NOTE: Harm de Blij (8th edition) - Regions and Concepts: Introduction (Foundations) and Chapters 4 - Middle America and Chapter 5 - South America
Discussion/brainstorming on individual and GROUP projects (Each group must meet with the instructor and update him on your plans)!! |
| Week 10: Latin American
Politics & Society
and Latin American Socioeconomic Development Nov. 6: MID-TERM TEST Nov. 8: GUEST - Latin American Politics & Society (Steve Wuhs - Governance) |
WEB RESOURCES |
Week 11: Latin American Conservation & Ecology
Nov. 15: Latin American Conservation & Ecology - GUEST (Pete Sherman and Mariana Altrichter, Environmental Studies) |
WEB RESOURCES |
Week 12: November 20 - CLASS CANCELLED
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November 20 - CLASS CANCELLED |
| Week 13: Latin American
Literature, Arts, and History -
Nov. 27:Latin American Musicology - GUEST - Paul Sweeney Nov. 29: Group Project Work |
PAPERS DUE FOR PEER REVIEW (handout a draft copy of your paper to at least two colleagues) - December 4 Group Project Work |
| Week 14: - Student Presentations
Dec. 4: ALL Group Presentations Mexico/Central America (Mesoamerica), Caribbean and South America Dec. 6: GUEST: David Carey, University of Southern Maine (Discussion of Zapatista Movement) |
WEB RESOURCES |
| Week 15: Finals Week
Dec. 11 STUDY DAY: Dec. 12 - 15 No Final Exam FINAL PAPERS DUE (with corrections from peer review) ON Friday December 14, NO LATER than 2:00 PM (with Secretary, Diane Vierra) - Lewis Hall. |
WEB RESOURCES |
Geographic coordinate conversion: WGS84/Last/Long > UTM Coordinate Converter (courtesy of Chuck Taylor) - See also Locating a Point on the Earth -
Overview of GPS technology and use -
GPS Basics (English) - Paul Burgess - Redlands Institute Powerpoint
Basics of GPS (Spanish)--Powerpoint - translated by Rafael Corrales, UNAH
Converting GPS waypoints, tracklogs,
and routes to ArcGIS/ArcView shapefiles.
GO TO DNR
Garmin Extension for ArcView: