World Regional Geography, 9th ed.
ISBN: 0131497030.
| World Regional Geography, 9th ed. ISBN: 0131497030. |
4 Semester Hour/Credit Course Duration -- 15 Weeks
Instructor: Richard W. Elder, MA
Office: College Library
Telephone: (906) 248-3354 ext. 4220
email addresses (1) relder@bmcc.edu, (2) rwelder@jamadots.com (home)
Co-requisite: EN111.
"The cure for fear is facts."
---Dan Rather CBS Evening News---10-12-01Course Semester Calendar
Last Modified on January 8, 2007
Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism
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Unacceptable Use of Internet Resources
The modern Internet has presented a new and easy way to plagiarize works of others. The cutting and pasting of documents from the Internet and turning them in as one's own work is highly unethical. If copied documents are turned in as one's own, without proper source documentation, this is also considered plagiarism.
The Negative Results of Substantiated Plagiarism The consequences of substantiated plagiarism in this class are as follows:
A student who has plagiarized will lose all credit (class points) for the plagiarized work. A grade of F (0) will be placed in the student's records for the plagiarized assignments. A second substantiated incidence of plagiarism will result in a grade of F for the entire course.
There are a few things I need to clarify with all online students:
Effective June 1, 2005 this message pre-empts the previous online course policy concerning class work which is submitted late.
Online classes offer a lot of flexibility to students -- The flexibility in online classes relates to what time of day, and which day you choose to do the assignment, as long as the course work comes in on time as per the syllabus. In each online class taught by Rick Elder, there should be one assignment arriving on a weekly basis. Assignments that arrive late will be assessed a late submission grade reduction of 10%.
Here is how your instructor keeps track of timeliness --- If a student enrolls in a class on June 1st, the first course work would be due seven days later on June 7th, by midnight. If the work arrives on June 8th it will be considered late and the grade will be reduced by 10%.
Late work is hard to manage for both the student and your instructor.
Also...
1. You are expected to finish any online class you enroll in by the class ending date that the Virtual College office provides to your instructor. Your instructor considers 11:59 p.m. to be the end of the day for online classes.
2. Class work needs to be turned in on a regular basis. Weekly assignments need to come in on a weekly basis. Assignments that do not come in on a weekly basis will lose 10% of the potential class points for the assignment, and thus late work can have a negative impact on your grade in this course.
3. Online classes can offer a lot of flexibility and convenience to both student and instructor, but on rare occasions, some students have decided to wait until the day or two before a class is to be completed before turning in the bulk of the course work. This practice is highly discouraged!! Work that is turned in more than three weeks past the scheduled due date will receive a grade of O points (F).
5. If any difficulties arise in your life that may impede your progress in this class, please communicate with your instructor. Arrangements to help you can be made before deadlines have passed and a valid reason has been presented, but not after deadlines have passed.
I thank you for your cooperation in making the online experience a good one for all of us that are involved in online education. -- Your instructor, Rick Elder, BMCC
This course will introduce students to the discipline of geography and is intended to provide students with the geographic framework for understanding global, regional, and social problems. This course will also examine the production and consumption of world agricultural products with a look at areas of food shortages around the globe.
Co-requisite: EN111.
Learner Outcomes:1. Students will be able to identify the basic elements of physical geography.
2. Students will be able to describe the political geography of the planet and explain the
reciprocal relationship between physical and political geography.
3. Students will be able to describe the physical and political geography of several
Indian communities in the United States and Canada.
4. Students will be able to analyze the relationship between the geographic position of the
United States and its development as world power, and how geography has impacted upon
the development of countries such as Russia and various nations in Africa.
5. Students will be able to explain how water supply and climate affect the development of
both nations and populations.
Student Outcomes as a Result of Taking this Course:
As a result of taking this course, students will learn about the discipline of Geography, and gain a (mental) geographic framework for understanding global, regional, and local issues.
Co-requisite: EN111.
Required Text:
Clawson, David L., Douglas L. Johnson, Merrill L. Johnson, and Viola Haarmann. World Regional Geography (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Attendance and Class Participation:
Prentice Hall, 200. ISBN: 01314970307
On Campus Class Attendance:
Attendance and class participation in GE 105 is highly recommended.
In nearly every class situation it has been shown time-and-time again that regular attendance improves a student's understanding of subject matter and improves their success in the course being studied. This class will meet thirty - two times. Each student may miss four classes for any reason without any negative consequences toward their final grade. Each absence in excess of four will result in a 2% reduction in your final grade for this course. Excused absences will be allowed on a case-by-case basis, with prior notification to the instructor. The instructor may wave this rule if in his opinion, the lack of attendance is for a legitimate and unavoidable reason. Furthermore, students need to attend at least 75% of all classes (Board of Regent's Policy) to receive a passing grade.Online Class Attendance:
In Virtual College Classes there is no per se attendance requirement. The course does require that course work arrives on time, and that students follow the schedule as per the class calendar, and students are expected to finish fifteen weeks after the start of their enrollment. In lieu of attendance in a physical classroom, online students are expected to do four additional one page writing assignments which are not required of on campus students.
Students are to explore what the question, or assignment asks, write a one - page essay about what you learned, and then email it to your instructor at relder@bmcc.edu.
The online writing assignments, in lieu of physical attendance, will be clearly identified in your "Instructor's Notes."
How Your Grade Will be Calculated:
Exam #1 (Mid - Term Exam)
100 points Exam #2 (Final Exam)
100 points Five Quizzes & Five Essays
100 points Term Paper 100 points Total Class Points - on campus class 400 points Online class writing in lieu of physical attendance 20 points Total Class Points - online class 420 points Evaluation and Grading Conversion:
A = 94 - 100% C = 74 - 76% A- = 90 - 93% C- = 70 - 73% B+ = 87 - 89% D+ = 67 - 69% B = 84 - 86% D = 64 - 66% B- = 80 - 83% D- = 60 - 63% C+ = 77- 79% F = 00 - 59% Let's assume that a student had the following grades in GE 105 (example provided is for an on campus student). This is how that student's grade would be calculated: Exam #1 = 88 points, Exam #2 = 77 points, all quizzes and essays = 81 points, and Term Paper = 92 points. This student would have earned 338 class points out a possible 400. 388 divided by 400 equals 84.5. This student missed seven classes (one more than allowed) and his or her grade was then reduced by 6%. 84.5 minus .06 equals 78.5, which would be rounded up to 79%. This student's final grade in GE 105 would have been a C+.
Statement on Late Papers, Exams, and Classroom Decorum:
Late papers and exams will be subject to a 10% grade reduction. Because this is a college class, mature behavior is expected.
Furthermore, Plagiarism is Unacceptable.
Statement on BMCC's Cultural Activities and Student Council:
Because BMCC is a tribally sponsored Community College, participation by the student body and faculty in various cultural activities enhances awareness of Native American culture. Some of these activities are pot-luck dinners, talking circles, and ceremonial drumming, to name only a few. All members of the BMCC community are encouraged to attend these activities that are practiced on a college wide basis. BMCC also strongly encourages participation in general membership student council meetings. Students may be dismissed for student council participation. Online students who live in the Brimley, Michigan area are also welcome to attend these events.
Statement on Transferability:
Bay Mills Community College participates in the Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRO) Articulation Agreement. This Geography course does fit into the MACRO Agreement.
This Agreement provides BMCC students with more assurance of having their general education requirements completed when they transfer to a participating four year school (see the current BMCC Catalog).
It is wise to check with the institution of higher learning that you intend to transfer to in order to make absolutely sure that any course you have taken with BMCC, or any other college, will transfer to your intended four year school.
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