北京联合大学于2014-2015（1）学期开设《Human Geography》课程，该课程由美国肯塔基大学地理系著名人文地理学家Professor Stanley D. Brunn讲授，现面向学院路共同体成员校开放，同学们可报名学习该课程，现将课程相关情况及报名要求说明如下：
一、上课时间安排表
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上课时间 |
星期几 |
节次 |
时间段 |
上课地点 |
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11月2日-11月27日（APEC期间11.7-11.12放假） |
星期一 |
1-3节 |
8：00-10：40 |
文理学院教学楼317室 |
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星期二 |
1-3节 |
8：00-10：40 |
文理学院教学楼317室 |
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星期四 |
3-5节 |
9：55-12：20 |
文理学院实验楼109室 |
二、课程情况
1、该课程全英文讲授，要求报名学生英语水平较高，课程内容见附件。
2、该课程向学院路共同体成员校学生免费开放。
3、课程按学院路共同体选修课程对待，2学分，给学生所在学校提供成绩单。
三、报名要求
1、可接受报名人数为20人。
2、报名截止时间：2014年11月5日。
3、接受电话报名时间：8：00-12：00，13：00-16：00
4、报名电话：64900105，吉老师，李老师。
四、上课要求
报名成功的同学于2014年11月6日按上课时间安排表上课，请携带本人学生证上课。
欢迎同学们踊跃报名，人数报满为止。
北京联合大学教务处
2014年11月3日
附件：
Human Geography Class at Beijing Union University:
November 2014
Instructor: Professor Stanley D. Brunn, Visiting Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 brunn@uky.edu
( 美国肯塔基大学地理系 著名人文地理学家)
Description of the Class
This class introduces you to major topics, themes and concepts used in human geography. Human geography includes these subfields: economic, cultural, social, political, and human/environmental.
Class Periods
The class meets Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays for three hours. The first hour or hour and a half will introduce you to various themes and concepts used by human geography. The second part of each class will be devoted to class discussion of field projects (described below). The purposes of the field projects are to stimulate your interest in studying and learning about the many interesting human geographies of your city. I would hope these projects and class discussions will stimulate your “geographic curiosity.”
Evaluation
You will be graded on the quality of your field projects, your interest in class discussions, your contributions to class and your overall scholarly efforts.
Major Topics for Each Class Period (venue: College of Arts & Science, Beijing Union University)
1. 2 November: Geography and Human Geography （3 hr）8:00-10:40 Room 317 Teaching Building
2. 3November: Globalization（3 hr）8:00-10:40 Room 317 Teaching Building
3. 4 November: Population and Migration（3 hr）8:00-10:40 Room 317 Teaching Building
4. 6 November: Languages + Religion（3 hr）9:55-12:20 Room 109 Lab Building
5. 13 November: Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Gender（3 hr）9:55-12:20 Room 109 Lab Building
6. 17 November: Political（3 hr）8:00-10:40 Room 317 Teaching Building
7. 18 November: Urban（3 hr）8:00-10:40 Room 317 Teaching Building
8. 20 November: Development （3 hr）9:55-12:20 Room 109 Lab Building
9. 24 November: Industry and Services（3 hr）8:00-10:40 Room 317 Teaching Building
10. 25 November: Agriculture（3 hr）8:00-10:40 Room 317 Teaching Building
11. 27 November: Environmental and Human Challenges（3 hr）9:55-12:20 Room 109 Lab Building
Discussion of Field Projects
As noted above, we will spend the second part of each class period discussing the field projects. You will be working with 2 or 3 others on a project. The composition of each small group will vary, so you will not always be working with the same students. You will study the topic and then prepare a report for the class. These projects will/should increase their awareness of the human and environmental geographies of Beijing. For some projects your report will require you to interview people, for others preparing maps and still others taking photographs. You will turn in the report to the instructor. I will hope that most of the topics below will be selected.
The twelve (12) class periods will introduce a new topic each day. Most of the projects will relate to that lecture topic. I will describe each project; students can chose the ones they are most interested. Grading will be based on neatness and completeness of the project, the materials gathered and analyzed and reports to class (which may include maps they construct, photos taken, and notes from interviews). For each project turned in, I want to know “who did what” on that assignment.
Class 1. Human Geography
a. Familiarity with Beijing: Your Knowledge Basis
b. Mapping your knowledge
Class 2. Globalization
a. Major international gathering places
b. Beijing’s Sister Cities
c. International restaurants
d. NOT “made in China” products
e. Regional books in major libraries
f. Airline connections and costs
g. International music venues
Class 3. Population and Migration
a. Family migration histories
b. International marriages
c. Mobility and immobility examples
d. “color-ness” culture
e. Retirement villages
f. Voluntary organizations
Class 4. Languages
a. Place name changes
b. Bi-lingual and multilingual signage
c. Foreign language training and translation services
d. Outdoor advertising
e. International body languages
Class 5. Religion
a. Religious landscapes
b. Religious tourism (pilgrimages)
c. Recycled church uses
d. Cemeteries
e. Religious music, bookstores, etc.
Class 6. Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Sexuality, Gender
a. Gendered spaces
b. Ethnic music scenes
c. Cultural diversity spaces
d. Social media differences
e. Westernization of China’s landscapes
f. Magazine advertisements
Class 7. Political
a. Memoryscapes
b. Organizing spaces (school districts, hospital, fire, etc.)
c. Embassy spaces and architecture
d. Stamp designers
e. Museum exhibits
Class 8. Urban
a. Pedestrian traffic in malls (women’s and men’s stores)
b. Defining community in vertical high rise buildings
c. Beijing at night
d. Gated communities
e. Work-trip travel patterns
f. Historical landscapes
g. Taxi drivers’ geographies
Class 9. Development
a. Creative spaces: film, art, crafts, music
b. The construction AND destruction industries
c. Tourist landscapes
d. Networks of zoos and botanical gardens
e. The beauty and cosmetic industries
f. International trade shows (and sponsors)
Class 10. Industry and Services
a. New and used car dealers
b. Realtors as urban gatekeepers of place knowledge
c. The informal working economy
d. The beauty industry and services
e. The toy and the game industries
f. Wedding and funeral planning
g. Health care: traditional medicine and highly specialized
Class 11. Agriculture
a. Feeding Beijing
b. International food suppliers
c. Urban agriculture
d. Food price comparisons (on ring roads)
e. The Beijing flower markets
Class 12. Environmental and Human Challenges
a. Destroyed spaces; new spaces
b. Green spaces (play) for children
c. Emergency and disaster planning
d. Pollution-scapes: traffic density, noise, air, visual
e. The greening (conservation ethic) of Beijing
f. Where the poor live
g. The Hukou system