Please Read Carefully:
This course is being offered using Blackboard Vista as the Learning Management System. If you have never used Blackboard vista before, please visit the orientation site.  http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

You will access your CCA Blackboard Vista course at http://online.ccaurora.edu

Note:  You will not be able to access your course until the start date, June 2^nd.

New this semester: A support desk is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you with setting up your computer and solving problems. http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/helpdesk/

WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

GEO 105 176&-177 (Online)

3 Credit Hours

(June 2 to Aug 9)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

An introductory course designed to facilitate an understanding of spatial relationships between and among the geographic regions of the world.  Included are demographic and cultural forces related to the physical environments of selected regions.  Methods of study include analysis of and interrelationships between developed and developing regions.  Special emphasis will be placed upon the historical antecedents of the current global scene and issues of the day.  The positive and negative implications of global interdependence among countries and regions will be the unifying theme of the course.

COURSE WEBSITE:

http://online.ccaurora.edu

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Name

Emelda Jones

Phone

303 340 7508

E-mail

Emelda.jones@ccaurora.edu

Fax

303.361.7432

Mailbox Location

CTC 210

Other

A106F (Advising Office)

REQUIRED COMPUTER SKILLS:

·        Send/receive mail

·        Download files to your computer and then open them

·        Basic word processing skills 

·        Experience with the Blackboard Vista tool or having read the orientation guide at http://www.ccconline.org/support/vista

REQUIRED TEXT BOOK(S):

World Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives.  Pulsipher, Lydia and Pulsipher, Alex. 3^rd Edition.2006.

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

REQUIRED HARDWARE/ SOFTWARE:

·        Supported Web-browser

·        Supported version of Java

·        To confirm your software is supported, run the Browser Check at http://online.ccaurora.edu

HOW TO GET STARTED:

You will not be able to login to the course until the first day of class.  Before class begins, please complete the browser tune-up and. review the orientation guide. Complete the “Getting Started “assignment by the first Friday of the term (6/6/2008). Once you are able to login, please review the syllabus, announcements, schedule and the “Getting Started” file.

ORIENTATION SESSION/FIRST MEETING:

None

OTHER INFORMATION:

 Assignments must be submitted via the “Assignments” page by attaching a MS Word or Rich Text Format document.  Other word processing programs will not be supported (Works or WordPerfect).All email correspondence must be sent via Blackboard/Vista mail.