Assignment 1
About you
- What is your hometown?
- What you plan to do after you graduate?
- Where is the coolest place (city, country, neighborhood, park, etc.) you’ve visited in the last year?
- What experience do you have with geography as a discipline (e.g., other classes taken)?
- What do you hope to get out of this course? Be brutally honest!
Syllabus items
Read through information on the course website (i.e., the syllabus) and answer
the following questions. I fully support the use of Ctrl-f for this.
- How do you convert a Microsoft Word document (or Google Drive document, Pages file. etc.) to a .pdf?
- Does the instructor allow laptops for notetaking in class? Why or why not?
- Can you work with other students on in-class quizzes?
- Can missed quizzes be made up?
- Is it necessary to email the instructor about absences? Under what circumstances?
- How favorably is grade grubbing perceived by the instructor?
- Are there opportunities for extra credit in the course?
- Are lectures recorded?
- How does the participation grade work?
- Are digital presentation files made available outside of class?
- Can assignments be turned in late? If so, what is the late penalty?
- What should be used as the subject heading for all emails related to the course?
- What is the purpose of the course website vs. Canvas?
- When is the final exam? Can you take the final exam early?