University of Washington
GEOGRAPHY 597:  Intro Graduate Tutorial
Autumn 2000  (2 credits)
Contents of this syllabus:
Overview
Requirements
Grading
Schedule
CONTACT  INFO
The course meets for ten Thursdays (28 September through 7 December), from 2:00 - 3:20, in Smith Hall 111.  The instructor is Professor JW Harrington, whose office is in 408 Smith Hall, and who can be reached with an e-mail to jwh@u.washington.edu (to ask a question or ask for a meeting).


OVERVIEW
The objective of the course is to acquaint new Geography graduate students with:


REQUIREMENTS
Toward that end, there are three, simple requirements:
  1. attend the weekly meetings
  2. read 1-2 articles suggested by each faculty member who joins us each week
  3. rewrite the "Statement of Objectives" with which you applied to our graduate program, to reflect what you've read and learned since last winter, your knowledge of the UW faculty, and conversations with your temporary advisor.

GRADING
The course is graded with only "Credit" or "No Credit."  The course's two credits will be granted to any student who attends all of the scheduled meetings (with some possibility of prior excuse of up to two sessions) and revises his/her Statement of Objectives in consultation with her/his temporary advisor.


SCHEDULE  (apologies for the topic headings, which are necessarily inadequate)

Thursday 28 September
Overview of the graduate program:  Bill Beyers & JW Harrington
Read over the online graduate rules, and the guide to departmental funding

Thursday 5 October
An  introduction to the UW Libraries:  Lorena O'English
meet in the Allen Library Auditorium (see cell N-10 on this map)

Thursday 12 October
Contemporary urban studies in geography:  Kim England, Steve Herbert, & Mark Purcell
Readings will be assigned and made available

Thursday 19 October
Demographic studies:  Mark Ellis, Dick Morrill, and Suzanne Davies Withers
Readings will be assigned and made available

Thursday 26 October
Social geographies:  Michael Brown, Jonathan Mayer, and Matt Sparke
Readings will be assigned and made available

Thursday 2 November
Economic geography:  Bill Beyers, JW Harrington, & Gunter Krumme
Readings will be assigned and made available

Thursday 9 November
Critical development studies and globalization:  Lucy Jarosz, Vicky Lawson, & Katharyne Mitchell
Readings will be assigned and made available

Thursday 16 November
Regional science approaches:  Kam Wing Chan, Stephanie Chang, Paul Waddell
Readings will be assigned and made available

Thursday 23 November
Thanksgiving holiday

Thursday 30 November
Using and questioning geographic information systems;  transportation:  Nick Chrisman, Doug Fleming, and Tim Nyerges
Readings will be assigned and made available

Thursday 7 December
Geographies of societal interactions with nature:  Nayna Jhaveri & Craig ZumBrunnen
Readings will be assigned and made available

copyright James W. Harrington, Jr.
revised 8 September 2000