Political Geography
Course Outline
Fall, 1997

Lecture and Reading Schedule

Day	Date	Discussion Topic	Reading(s)
T	Aug 26	Introduction; Coure Requirements	---
Th	Aug 28	Political Geography	G-1
T	Sept 2	Territoriality	G-1 and 2
Th	Sept 4	Political Organization of Space
T	Sept 9	Group Identity	G-1, 2, 3 and 35
Th	Sept 11	Nationalism	G-5 and 6
T	Sept 16	Nationalism	G-9 and 10
Th	Sept 18	Nation and States	G-4 and 5
T	Sept 23	Theories of the State	G-5
Th	Sept 25	Territory--Frontiers and Boundaries	G-7 and 8
T	Sept 30	Core Areas	G-9
Th	Oct 2	Capital Cities	G-10
T	Oct 7	Political Iconography
Th	Oct 9	Exam 1
T	Oct 14	Colonial Empires	G-16
Th	Oct 16		G-17 and 18
T	Oct 21	Nation-State Building	G-19
Th	Oct 23	Geopolitics	G-21 and 22
T	Oct 28	Geopolitics	G-22 and 23
Th	Oct 30	Democracy and Political Cultures
T	Nov 4	Electoral Politics (US)
Th	Nov 6	Regional Politcal Patterns--the Middle East
T	Nov 11	the Middle East
Th	Nov 13	Russia and the CIS
T	Nov 18	Europe
Th	Nov 20	Asia
T	Nov 25	Exam II
Th	Nov 29	Thanksgiving
T	Dec 2	Aspects of International Law	G-24
Th	Dec 4	Trade and Economic Integration	G-25 and 26
T	Dec 9	Global and Regional Organizations	G-27 and 28
Th	Dec 11	Law of the Sea	G-31 and 32

• This list is tentative. The instructor will make changes as necessary.
• G=Glassner, Political Geography
• Additional short exams will be scheduled in advance. These will include map location and interpretation questions.