GGH200 F1A 2023 DL by Adam Grodek - Park University

GGH200 Geography of North America Instructor: Adam Grodek Section: DL Session: F1A Year: 2023 ⎙ How to print as PDF Mission Statement Park University transforms lives through accessible, student-centered, quality higher education. Vision Statement Park University will meet learners' needs for a lifetime. Course Title GGH200 Geography of North America Bookstore Textbooks can be purchased through the o ffi cial bookstore for accelerated classes, MBS bookstore Semester F1A 2023 DL Semester Dates Aug 14, 2023 to Oct 08, 2023 Drop Date Aug 21, 2023 Withdrawal Date see catalog for current policy Oct 08, 2023 Class Time 0 to 0 Credit Hours 3 Course Description This introductory course is designed to closely examine variations in cultural and physical di ff erences in North America. Topics will include water supply, climate, dialect, economics, and population. GGH200 F1A 2023 DL by Adam Grodek - Park University https://app.park.edu/syllabus/syllabus.aspx?ID=1024836 1 of 12 10/27/23, 14:05

Faculty Name Adam Grodek Email Adam.Grodek@park.edu Earned Degrees/Certi fi cation MS - Water Resources Management University of Wisconsin-Madison MS - Geography University of Florida Honors BS Geography - Brock University O ffi ce Information Please contact me via email at any time. In order to schedule a phone consultation, please contact me via email to schedule a time. All calls must be scheduled. Additional Contact Information E-mail: adam.grodek@park.edu Phone: 716-990-4861 Course Modality Park University informs students of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). This act, with which the institution intends to fully comply, was designed to protect the privacy of educational records, to establish the rights of students to inspect and review their educational records, and to provide guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data through informal and formal hearings. Students also have the right to fi le complaints with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act O ffi cer concerning alleged failures by the institution to comply with the Act. FERPA permits the University to limit the disclosure of directory information to speci fi c parties, for speci fi c purposes, or both. In the exercise of that authority, the University may release all directory information to members of the University family, de fi ned as administrators, faculty, employees and directors. Other releases will be limited to those situations in which the University, in its discretion, believes the release would recognize a student for academic or extracurricular achievement or otherwise advance the student's career interests or when the University believes the release would serve to advance the interests and image of the University. GGH200 F1A 2023 DL by Adam Grodek - Park University https://app.park.edu/syllabus/syllabus.aspx?ID=1024836 2 of 12 10/27/23, 14:05

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1. Describe and identify the basic characteristics of North American regions. 2. Identify North American countries and major physiographic features by name and map location. 3. Analyze the characteristics, distribution and cultural complexity of North American populations. 4. Evaluate the North American role in the global community. Core Assessment Homework Assignment Portfolio - collection of 4 assignments, as well as a learning essay.   Each assignment is related to each of the core learning outcomes. Schedule Unit Assigned Chapters Assignments Due Unit 1: Introduction to the Geography of the United States and Canada Chapters 1 and 2 Discussion 1 Quiz - Chapters 1 and 2 Unit 2: Chapters 3 and 4 Discussion 2 Quiz - Chapters 3 and 4 Unit 3: Chapters 5 - 7 Activity 1 Discussion 3 Quiz - Chapters 5 - 7   Assignments Discussions (8 total; each discussion is valued at 20 points): This is a weekly requirement for all 8 weeks and determines your participation grade. Weekly discussion posts will be graded for content, relevance and timeliness. The fi rst post must be made by Thursday and at least two additional peer review posts must be made by Sunday at midnight CST. A complete grading rubric can be found in the ‘Grading Rubric’ page of the course website. Please note that the purpose of the peer review posts is to create a discussion (an exchange of ideas) of the topics presented. Your fi rst post and subsequent posts should be multiple (more than one), complete sentences. A short posting similar to “I agree” or “me too” is not acceptable. Everyone’s input is valuable, so please take the time to tell us what you think about, or your experience with, the topics being discussed. Weekly Chapter Quizzes (7 total; each quiz is valued at 25 points). These weekly quizzes are designed to assessed weekly readings from the text. There is no quiz in week 8. Activities (3 total; each activity is valued at 55 points): These three activities are designed to build your spatial knowledge of the United States and Canada (A1), comparing and contrasting regions in North America (A2), building cultural regions in North America via mapping (A3). GGH200 F1A 2023 DL by Adam Grodek - Park University https://app.park.edu/syllabus/syllabus.aspx?ID=1024836 5 of 12 10/27/23, 14:05

Week 5: Chapter 11/The Great Plains Chapter 12/The Rocky Mountains; discussion, quiz, activity 2 Week 6: Chapter 13/The Intermontane West, 14/MexAmerica; discussion, quiz Week 7: Chapter 15/California, Chapter 16/The Paci fi c; discussion, quiz, activity 3 Week 8: Chapter 17/Hawai’I and the Paci fi c Islands, Chapter 18/The Far North, Chapter 19/The Future of North America; discussion, fi nal exam Late Submission of Course Material • Assignments will be accepted up to one week after their due date, but will be penalized 10% of the total possible score per day. • Students may NOT make up Discussions, Quizzes, or the Final Exam without prior approval from the instructor and must be submitted by any extended deadline date granted. • Extended deadlines and acceptance of any late work is entirely at the discretion of the instructor and will be based on the signi fi cance of the reason for the request and the ability of the student to provide any documentation deemed appropriate by the instructor. Classroom rules of conduct Make class time your fi rst priority. Notify the instructor as soon as possible if you have a critical scheduled or emergencysituation that would require a deadline extension. It is up to the instructor’s discretion to d determine whether or not any request for an extension is valid and whether or not you must provide any type of o ffi cial documentation for veri fi cation purposes. Treat fellow students and the instructor with RESPECT. Disrespectful comments toward another student or the instructor will not be tolerated. The o ff ending student(s) will NOT receive credit for class discussions during the week in which the disrespectful comments were made. Repeated occurrences of such behavior will be grounds for further administrative action as allowed by the Park University student code of conduct. All students will be held accountable for any material presented or discussed in class or through assigned readings. It is the responsibility of the student to obtain and study all textbook materials and information required for the course. Failure on the part of the student to acquire any of the required course materials will not excuse the student from questions over that information on any assessment activity (quizzes, fi nal exam, lab assignments, etc.). You will be expected to use the eCollege website for the course: www.parkonline.org (http://www.parkonline.org/). As an online course, all assignments/activities will require use of this website. In addition, this course will also require the use of free, Internet-based software programs: Google Earth (http://www.google.com/earth/index.html)   GGH200 F1A 2023 DL by Adam Grodek - Park University https://app.park.edu/syllabus/syllabus.aspx?ID=1024836 7 of 12 10/27/23, 14:05

Literacies The Literacies represent university-level competencies that all students should be capable of demonstrating before receiving an undergraduate degree from Park University. The Park Literacies include analytical and critical thinking, community and civic responsibility, scienti fi c inquiry, ethics and values, literary and artistic expression, and interdisciplinary and integrative thinking. The Literacies are re fl ected within Park University's mission. The disciplinary and professional outcomes within Park's courses and undergraduate degrees, combined with a variety of co- curricular learning experiences, support students' acquisition of the Literacies and their ful fi llment of the University mission. For more information and a complete list of the literacies, go to http://www.park.edu/about-park/university-literacies.html. Academic Honesty Academic integrity is the foundation of the academic community. Because each student has the primary responsibility for being academically honest, students are advised to read and understand all sections of the academic honesty policy in the University catalog in addition to the Student Code of Conduct. In keeping with the academic honesty policy, students should contact their instructors about course-speci fi c policies, in particular those related to use of Arti fi cial Intelligence (AI). Plagiarism Per the University's academic honesty policy, plagiarism involves the use of quotations without quotation marks, the use of quotations without indication of the source; the use of another's idea without acknowledging the source; providing irrelevant or falsi fi ed citations. Plagiarism also includes paraphrasing another's work without acknowledging and documenting the source or submitting paraphrased work generated by computer application (e.g., spinbots). Plagiarism includes the submission of coursework prepared by another person or generated via Arti fi cial Intelligence (AI) without the permission of the instructor. Plagiarism may also include submitting work prepared for a previous course without the permission of the instructor of the current course. Park University students and faculty members are encouraged to take advantage of the University resources available for learning about academic honesty at https://library.park.edu /citing-sources. Plagiarism Instructor Added Please note that plagiarism cases will be addressed without exception. GGH200 F1A 2023 DL by Adam Grodek - Park University https://app.park.edu/syllabus/syllabus.aspx?ID=1024836 8 of 12 10/27/23, 14:05

Evaluation Objectives Written work provides clear and e ff ective discussion of the overall learning achieved through the completion of each of the assignments within the portfolio Written work generally provides clear and e ff ective discussion of the overall learning achieved through the completion of each of the assignments within the portfolio, although discussion may be vague or incomplete for 1 of the assignments Written work provides vague or super fi cial discussion of the overall learning achieved through the completion of each of the assignments within the portfolio; or discussion is not included for 2-3 of the assignments Written work does not provide any discussion of the overall learning achieved through the completion of each of the assignments within the portfolio Synthesis Objectives Written work clearly and e ff ectively integrates the concepts identi fi ed in all of the core learning outcomes Written work appropriately integrates the concepts identi fi ed in at least 3 of the 4 core learning outcomes Written work demonstrates minimal evidence of integrating the concepts identi fi ed in at least 3 of the 4 core learning outcomes; or only integrates concepts from 1-2 core learning outcomes Written work does not indicate an integration of concepts from any of the core learning outcomes Analysis Objectives Written work provides clear, accurate, and relevant analysis of the issues and concepts addressed by all of the assignments in the portfolio Written work generally provides clear, accurate, and relevant analysis of the issues and concepts addressed by all of the assignments in the portfolio; or written work does not provide analysis for one of the assignments in the portfolio Written work provides vague or super fi cial analysis of the issues and concepts addressed by the assignments in the portfolio; or written work does not provide analysis for 2-3 of the assignments in the portfolio Written work does not provide analysis of the issues and concepts addressed by the assignments in the portfolio Application Objectives All assignments within the portfolio demonstrate a clear and appropriate application of the geographic concepts and skills required to achieve the core learning outcomes All but one of the assignments within the portfolio demonstrate a clear and appropriate application of the geographic concepts and skills required to achieve the core learning outcomes 2-3 of the assignments within the portfolio fail to demonstrate a clear and appropriate application of the geographic concepts and skills required to achieve the core learning outcomes None of the assignments within the portfolio demonstrate a clear or appropriate application of the geographic concepts and skills required to achieve the core learning outcomes GGH200 F1A 2023 DL by Adam Grodek - Park University https://app.park.edu/syllabus/syllabus.aspx?ID=1024836 10 of 12 10/27/23, 14:05

Content of Communication Objectives Multiple examples of terms discussed through the course that are relevant to each assignment and the core learning outcomes are used appropriately throughout the written work A variety of terms discussed through the course that are relevant to each assignment and the core learning outcomes are used throughout the written work, however 1-2 may be incorrectly used Only a few terms discussed through the course that are relevant to each assignment and the core learning outcomes are used in the written work; or 3-5 of the terms are incorrectly used Written work within the portfolio contains numerous errors in the following format items: MLA or APA citation format, length, works cited, internal documentation Technical Skill in Communicating Objectives All written work within the portfolio is entirely error-free in the following format items: MLA or APA citation format, length, works cited, internal documentation Written work within the portfolio contains only 1-2 errors in the following format items: MLA or APA citation format, length, works cited, internal documentation Written work within the portfolio contains 3-4 errors in the following format items: MLA or APA citation format, length, works cited, internal documentation Written work within the portfolio contains numerous errors in the following format items: MLA or APA citation format, length, works cited, internal documentation First Literacy: Civic Objectives All of the artifacts within the portfolio clearly address a recognition of the existence of diverse alternative systems and their necessary global relationships, an appreciation of the geographical and historical roots which are shaping these systems, and demonstrate that the student is able to see the complexity of social, political, and economic systems and problems on the national and international scene At least 2 of the artifacts within the portfolio clearly address a recognition of the existence of diverse alternative systems and their necessary global relationships, an appreciation of the geographical and historical roots which are shaping these systems, and demonstrate that the student is able to see the complexity of social, political, and economic systems and problems on the national and international scene Only one of the artifacts within the portfolio clearly address a recognition of the existence of diverse alternative systems and their necessary global relationships, an appreciation of the geographical and historical roots which are shaping these systems, and demonstrate that the student is able to see the complexity of social, political, and economic systems and problems on the national and international scene None the artifacts within the portfolio clearly address a recognition of the existence of diverse alternative systems and their necessary global relationships, an appreciation of the geographical and historical roots which are shaping these systems, and demonstrate that the student is able to see the complexity of social, political, and economic systems and problems on the national and international scene GGH200 F1A 2023 DL by Adam Grodek - Park University https://app.park.edu/syllabus/syllabus.aspx?ID=1024836 11 of 12 10/27/23, 14:05