| Day | Date | Discussion Topic | Reading(s) |
|---|
| M | Aug 25 | Class syllabus distribution; objectives and requirements | --- |
| W | Aug 27 | Economic Geography | Chapter 1 |
| F | Aug 29 | Environments and Human Economies | |
| M | Sept 1 | Labor Day | |
| W | Sept 3 | Basic Global Demographic Trends | Chapter 2 |
| F | Sept 5 | Population Problems | |
| M | Sept 8 | Population continued | |
| W | Sept 10 | Economic Development | Chapter 3 |
| F | Sept 12 | Spatial Interaction | Chapter 4 |
| M | Sept 15 | Spatial Interaction | |
| W | Sept 17 | Transportation | Chapter 5 |
| F | Sept 19 | Transportation | |
| M | Sept 22 | Regional Economic Specialization | |
| W | Sept 24 | Regional Economic Specialization | |
| F | Sept 26 | Small Towns in Urban Hierarchy | Chapter 7 |
| M | Sept 29 | Regional Regional Service Centers/Metropolitan Growth | |
| W | Oct 1 | Economic-Geographic Structure of the United States | |
| F | Oct 3 | World Cities | |
| M | Oct 6 | World Cities | |
| W | Oct 8 | Urban Structure and Morphology | Chapter 6 |
| F | Oct 10 | Urban Structure and Morphology--urban fields | |
| M | Oct 13 | Urban Structure and Morphology--corridors, etc. | |
| W | Oct 15 | Exam 1 | |
| F | Oct 17 | Urban Land Use Determinants | Chapter 8 |
| M | Oct 20 | Intensity of Urban Land Use | |
| W | Oct 22 | Urban Land Values | |
| F | Oct 24 | Retail and Service--Locational Factors | |
| M | Oct 27 | Retail and Service--Locational Factors | |
| W | Oct 29 | Retail and Service--Locational Factors | |
| F | Oct 31 | The Evolution of the Shopping Center | |
| M | Nov 3 | The Evolution of Shopping Areas and Shopping Centers | |
| W | Nov 5 | Manufacturing Plant Location Factors | Chapter 9 |
| F | Nov 7 | Manufacturing Plant Location Theory | Chapter 10 |
| M | Nov 10 | Regional Patterns | |
| W | Nov 12 | The Automobile Industry | |
| F | Nov 14 | Agglomerative Economies--the electronics industry | |
| M | Nov 17 | Transportation Costs and Agriculture | |
| W | Nov 19 | Agricultural Patterns--US | Chapter 13 |
| F | Nov 21 | Agricultural Patterns--Global | Chapter 14 |
| M | Nov 24 | Agriculture--population/food supply ratios | |
| W | Nov 26 | Thanksgiving | |
| F | Nov 28 | Thanksgiving | |
| M | Dec 1 | Comparative Advantage | |
| W | Dec 3 | Economic Integration--economic systems | |
| F | Dec 5 | World Economic Trends | |
| M | Dec 8 | World Economic Trends | |
| W | Dec 10 | World Economic Trends | |
| F | Dec 12 | TBA | |