Topics and Readings (approximately by week) are listed below. We'll probably stick to the order better than to the schedule. There may well be supplementary readings as we go. Please read the relevant materials before class. Also please note the exam and due dates.

Wk	Topic	Reading
1	Introductions; Course Overview; Some Tools
2	Physiographic & Cultural overview	ch 1, 2
3	Cities and changing patterns of Urbanization. First virtual fieldtrips.	ch 3
4	Overview of the Economy, Governments and Water	ch 4,5,6
5	TRAVEL BOOK REVIEW DUE Agriculture	ch 7
6	TERM PAPER PROPOSALS DUE Industry	ch 8
7	Transportation Networks. Second virtual fieldtrips.	ch 9
8	MIDTERM EXAM Regions and regionalism overview Middle Atlantic	ch 10, 11
9	North Atlantic Coast and New England. Third virtual fieldtrips.	ch 12, 21
10	Canadian Heartland; Interior; Great Plains & Praries	ch 13, 14, 18
11	The South; Appalachia; Southern Coasts & Texas. Fourth virtual fieldtrips.	ch 15, 16, 17
12	Mountain & Desert; Spanish & Indian Southwest DRAFT TERM PAPERS ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS WEEK	ch 19, 20
13	California	ch 23
14	Pacific NW. Fifth virtual fieldtrips.	ch 25
15	FINAL TERM PAPER DUE Great White North	ch 22
16	Termpaper Presentations
	FINAL EXAM as per the University Schedule