Professor: Dr. Barbara E. McDade
 

Email: bmcdade@geog.ufl.edu

Class Time: Monday Wednesday Friday - Period 4 (10:40-11:30am)

Class Room: Williamson Hall 100

My Office: Turlington Hall 3133 Phone: 352-392-0494 ext. 222 FAX: 352-392-8855

My Office Hours: Monday 2-5 pm Tuesday 10am-Noon  Wednesday 2-5pm
 

*I will REGULARLY update the GEA 3600 Bulletin Board web site throughout the semester. Check this Web Site for announcements, changes, instructions, resource information, etc.
 
 

GEA 3600 Course Description
 

This course presents the Geography of Africa from an economic development perspective. We will look at dynamic issues facing contemporary African societies and the challenges that the people and nations of this vast Continent are working to resolve. You will learn "the names of all of the countries and where they are located" as well as environmental and resource issues, historical impacts on development, cultural aspects, peoples and societies, rural and urban organization, industrialization and trade, and prospects for the future.
 
 

GEA 3600 satisfies the following General Education Requirements (GER):

S Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 credit hours

I International Studies and Diversity: 3 credit hours

C Gordon Rule Communication Requirement: 6,000 words
 

Required Text:

· Stock, Robert.  Africa South of the Sahara: A Geographical Interpretation.  1998.  New York:  Guilford Press.

Available in paperback at The Hub Campus Bookstore.

Additional Resource Materials: Videos, guest lecturers, internet sites, etc. scheduled throughout the semester.
 
 
 

Basis for Grading	Total 130 points	Due Date
¨ 2 Map Quizzes 10 points each	20 points	Jan. 19           Feb. 2
¨ 3 Multiple Choice Exams 15 points each	45 points	Feb. 9,    March 23,   April  25
¨ Article Review	10 points	A-K: * L-Z: October 17*
¨ Africa   Research Report Web Page	25 points	April 20
¨ 3 Discussion Questions 5 points each	15 points	Three times during the Semester.**

 Map Quizzes and Exams  will be held during the regular class meeting period.

*Due dates are according to your last name.

 **Questions will be posted periodically during the semester at the GEA 3600 Bulletin Board web site. Questions will be based on previous class lectures and reading materials. Students will take the Discussion Quizzes  in GEA 3600 Web CT.
 
 
 
 

Grade Legend

A                   90-100%                of Total Points

B+                 85-89%

B                  80-84%

C+               75-79%

C                  70-74%

D+                65-69%

D                  60-64%

E                   <60%

 

GEA 3600 · Fall 2000 Semester Class Schedule:
 

August 24. Introduction and General Course Information

August 29, 31 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS/ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT

                        Readings: Chapter 1 Aryeetey-Attoh Text
 
 

September 5, 7. Physical Features, Climate, Vegetation

                        Readings: Chapter 1 text.

Sept. 7 Thursday. Map Quiz #1
 
 

September 12, 14. Environmental Change/Degradation

                        Readings: Chapter 2 text.

Sept. 14. Thurs. Guest Speaker: Lucy Kasaija "Community Based Natural Resource Management in Tanzania"

Tuesday, Period 5. Conclusion of Environmental Change

Tuesday, Period 6. African History: Ancient & Medieval Periods

                        Readings: Chap. 3 text; Self-Chosen Selections from GEA 3600 Reader

Sept. 21. Thursday. Map Quiz #2
 
 

September 26:  African History: Colonialism to Independence

                        Readings: Chapter 3 text; GEA 3600 Reader Section 3: West Africa to 1600; West African States and
                                    Economic Change...: Select from Articles on Slavery, Colonialism, Independence.
September 28.  NO CLASS.  Work on Readings, Article Review.
 
 

October 3, 5. AFRICAN CULTURE & DEVELOPMENT:   Peoples, Religions, Philosophy, Languages,
                                                                                                Customs, Gender Issues, Healthcare
                             Readings: Chapter 4 Text; GEA 3600 Reader Section 4: Ethnicity-An African Predicament;
                               Population Distribution Map; Peoples of AfricaMap; Akan Proverbs.

Oct. 3, Tuesday. Article Review/Report Due: Last Names A-K

October 5, Thursday. Exam 1: Physical Characteristics, Environment, History.
 
 

October 10, 12. Religion and Languages.
                            Readings:  Continued from previous Week.

October 10, Tuesday: Guest Speaker: Agnes Leslie; Vanessa Slinger      "Aspects of African Culture"
Oct. 12, Thursday: Guest Speaker: Tim Ajani, "Modern African Languages"

                            Readings: Chapter 4; GEA 3600 Reader Section 4:Vai People & Their Script,
                                                Review Selections on Swahili, Twi, Amharic.
 
 

October 17, 19. Population Change & Distribution, Healthcare

Oct. 17, Tuesday. Article Review/Report Due: Last Names L-Z

                            Readings: Chapter 5, 6; GEA Reader Section 4: Maps of Major Diseases in Africa;
                                            Traditional Medicine in Ghana; Aids in Africa.
 

October 24, 26. Gender Issues & Development.

                            Readings: Chapter 9 text; GEA 3600 Reader Section 4: Chart: African Women;
                                            Issue 16: YES. NO. POSTSCRIPT.
 

October 31, Nov. 2.
                        Readings: Chapter 6, 9: GEA Reader Section 4: See Previous Week.

Nov. 2, Thursday. Exam 2:CULTURE: Religions, Language, Gender, Health, etc.
 
 

November 7, 9. GOVERNANCE, POLITICAL ISSUES & DEVELOPMENT

                        Readings: Chapter 12; GEA 3600 Reader Section 5: Africa's New Leaders; The Way Forward;
                                        Powerful Partners.; Relations Outside Africa.
 
 

November 14, 16: Political Issues, Governance.  ECONOMIC PROCESSES: Agriculture & Rural Development.
                    Readings: Chapters 10 text; GEA 3600 Reader Section 6: Key Terms of Economic Development;
                                        Farming Systems in Africa; Lost Crops of Africa.
 
 

November 21.  ECONOMIC PROCESSES & DEVELOPMENT:  Urbanization & Development.
                    Readings: Chapter 7 text; GEA 3600 Reader Section 6: Adjustment and Growth
                                        In Sub-Saharan Africa; Economic Take-Off in Africa.

November 23. NO CLASS. Thanksgiving Holiday.
 
 

November 28, 30, Economic Processes & Development Industrialization, Trade, Business

                  Readings: Chapter 11 text; GEA 3600 Reader Section 6:  Waiting to Export;
                                      Botswana-One Success Story; Africa May Be Finally Emerging.
 

December 5. Economic Processes & Development

Readings: GEA 3600 Reader Section 6: Another Side of Africa.

December  5,  Tuesday.  Exam 3: Covers: Urbanization, Rural Development, Political Issues, Economic Processes.

December 6, Wednesday. . Africa Web Page Project Due uploaded in Web CT by Midnite.