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This is 3 unit class (lecture only) that has transfer credit with the CSU and the UC systems. It also satisfies a general education requirement. There are no prerequisites. However, we will use college level English in this class. Therefore you will need college level language skills.
The class basically covers the causes of variations in weather and climate. It emphasizes how landscapes develop. The uses of maps and other tools typically employed by the geographer are also covered. A special section develops our understanding of the seasons, the effects of earth motions, and our concept of time.
Because we will be discussing examples around the world, we will also have some exercises to brush up on geographic locations.
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Important information, quiz word groups, quiz answers and field trip information will be available on this web page. In the event that I can not update my web page or the web page is not accessible by you, I will need an alternative means of getting information to you out-side of the class room. Therefore I am requesting that you acquire and notify me of an e-mail address for you. I will use this to contact you in the event of a problem as listed above. If you do not wish your e-mail address included in a mass mailing to the class, notify me and I will keep your e-mail separate from the class group. YOU WILL RECEIVE 2 POINTS EXTRA CREDIT ON YOUR FINAL GRADE for complying with this request. I will accept such submissions for the first two weeks only.
I recommend that if you do not know have an e-mail address that you acquire an off-campus e-mail address. There are many free servers out there including hotmail.com, Yahoo Mail, Bizland.com, Yo Yo Mail, and Freeze.com. I make this recommendation because you will one day be leaving this campus and will probably want to take your e-mail address with you. This is possible under the free mail organizations.
Contacting me by e-mail:
You my reach me by either of the e-mail addresses I have provided on your syllabus. Monday through Thursday afternoon I check my "cerritos.edu" e-mail regularly. Thursday afternoon until Monday morning I check my "earthlink.net" email regularly. In any event, you must put your name and ticket # or class on the subject line. Otherwise my e-mail will treat your e-mail as junk and discard it. If you are requesting help, as before a quiz or exam, you must at HELP to the subject line. I routinely skim my e-mails and look for that word. I will respond to those e-mails first, before answering any other e-mails.