Assignments & Class Update

Dear Class:

As the syllabus notes, the scheduled due dates and lecture materials on the calendar are merely tentative. I thought I would take a moment right now to highlight some minor changes to the schedule.

Lab Assignments

First of all, there will only be four "graded" assignments in lab. You have finished one – Learning FreeHand. The second assignment you are currently completing – the Brazil Reference Map. It is due on March 5^th. You will also have a final project which will be worth 15% of your grade.

Thinking About What You Would Like to Map

Beginning on March 5^th and continuing through March 26^th, you will be searching for and collecting data to make your thematic maps throughout the rest of the semester. You will be introduced to several methods of importing this information during lab beginning on March 5^th. Right now you should begin thinking about what you would like to map thematically. Perhaps there is a term paper that you would like to spruce up with several maps that you have created yourself. Perhaps you are affiliated with a group that could use a nice map on their website or for a poster. Or maybe you are just interested in a random topic – political, economic, or goofy – that you would like to make several maps of. Your two thematic maps (assignments 3 and 4) may be of the same geographic area, but they must each map different types of data.

Class Assignment Due Tuesday, March 4^th

Please take some time to think about what you would like to map thematically. I would like a short explanation of what you want to map and whether you have found the data yet one week from today (on March 4^th).

Thursday, February 28, In Class Assignment

After your lab on February 27^th, you will email me a JPEG of your Brazil map (ioas@UMN). We will constructively critique your maps on Thursday and try to give one another good ideas on what they might do to make their maps more effective.

 

If you have any questions regarding due dates or what is expected of you, please email me or, for lab assignments, Ben. Thank you. I hope you are having a great weekend!

 

Best,

 

Ian