GRY 203: Elements of Population Geography

First Semester 2014/15

                                                                 COURSE SYLLABUS

                                                              

Tuesdays   8.00 – 10.30am at Exam Hall PH /B

 Instructor: Mr. Sambou Darboe

Tel: 36 50 134/ 64 88 702     

Email: sdarboe@utg.edu.gm/mahmoodsambou@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

This course provides an introduction to population geography and it focuses on spatial distributions, spatial relationships and spatial interactions of demographic phenomenon. Thus the course examines the major concepts of population change: population growth and distribution and population movement. A general examination of these concepts is followed by case studies selected from developed and developing countries.

Text: Hornby, W.F. and Jones, M. (1993) an Introduction to: Population Geography

Additional Reading: Chandna, R.C. (2008) Geography of Population: Concepts, Determinants and Patterns

COURSE OUTLINE

 Week 1: Components of Population Change

Week 2: Population Censuses

Week 3: World Population Growth

Week 4: Demographic Transition

Week 5: Global Pattern of Population Distribution 

Week 6: Quiz 

Week 7: Population and resources

Week 8: Malthus vs. Boserup 

Week 9: Migration

Week 10: Processes and Patterns of Migration

Week 11: Circulation

Week 12; Quiz

  Course Requirements:

Students are expected to attend all lectures and to participate actively in class discussions (10% of course grade).

Students will do two quizzes in weeks 6 and 12; each of which will account for 20% of the course grade. There will be no makeup quiz for students who miss the quizzes; hence, all the students should take note of the quiz schedules.

Final Examination: 50%

The examination will consist of seven essay questions and the students are expected to attempt any five; all of which will carry equal marks.

Class Policies

·         Students late for more than 15 minutes will not be allowed into the lecture.

·         All mobile phones must be on silent mode during lectures.

·         Those who want to make or receive calls must step out of the lecture room to do so.

GRY 103: Introduction to Map Reading                                          

First Semester 2014/15

                                                                 COURSE SYLLABUS

                                                              

THURSDAYS 8.00 – 10.30am at Exam Hall PH /B

Instructor: Mr. Sambou Darboe

Tel: 36 50 134/ 64 88 702     

Email: sdarboe@utg.edu.gm/mahmoodsambou@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

This course introduces students to the basic skills of map reading with emphasis on topographic maps. The course entails practical training on the use of various map symbols in order to enable the students to appreciate their significance and understand their relationships. In this way, the symbols become a framework around which a description of the terrain can be formed. Hence, the map becomes a model of the area that can be examined and studied in detail.

Text: Sebert, L.M. (1986) Map Reading

Additional Reading: Khullar, D.R. (2006) Essentials of Practical Geography

COURSE OUTLINE

 Week 1: The Concept of Map Scale and Classification of Maps

Week 2: Map Content and Symbols

Week 3: Map Printing Colors and the Lettering on Maps

Week 4: Map Scale

Week 5: Map Measurement: Distance and area

Week 6: Quiz

Week 7: Directions

Week 8: Elevation and Relief 

Week 9: Contour Patterns and Slope Calculations

Week 10: Terrain Profiles

Week 11: Grids

Week 12: Quiz

Course Requirements:

Students are expected to attend all lectures and to participate actively in class exercises (30% of course grade).

Students will do two quizzes in weeks 6 and 12; each of which will account for 10% of the course grade. There will be no makeup quiz for students who miss the quizzes; hence, all the students should take note of the quiz schedules.

Final Examination: 50%

The examination will consist of seven essay questions and the students are expected to attempt any five; all of which will carry equal marks.

Class Policies

·         Students late for more than 15 minutes will not be allowed into the lecture.

·         All mobile phones must be on silent mode during lectures.

·         Those who want to make or receive calls must step out of the lecture room to do so.

GRY 205: Settlement Geography                                      

Second Semester 2014/15                                                                                        

                                                                 COURSE SYLLABUS        

Mondays from Mondays   8.00 am to 10.30am  at Agric 1

Instructor: Mr. Sambou Darboe

Tel: 36 50 134/ 64 88 702     

Email: sdarboe@utg.edu.gm/mahmoodsambou@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

This course examines the nature of settlements and analyses the pattern of land use as well as the process of land use change in a settlement continuum. Looking for patterning both within and among settlements provides some insight into how things are organized spatially. Thus the course will examine the sequence of occupation in rural areas, the sequential development of the town, town planning and theories of urban morphology.

Text: Daniel, P. and Hopkinson, M. (1990) the Geography of Settlement: Conceptual Frameworks in Geography

Additional Readings: Rubenstein, J.M. (1994) The Cultural Landscape: an Introduction to Human Geography

Siddhartha, K. and Mukherjee, S. (2006) Cities, Urbanization and Urban Systems

COURSE OUTLINE

 Week 1: Settlement Origins and Growth

Week 2: The Growth of Towns

Week 3: The Evolution of Urban Planning and Housing Policies

Week 4: Urban Morphology

Week 5: Change in the Inner City

Week 6: The Central Business District

Week 7: Central Place Theory

Week 8: The Urban Field

Weeks 9 to 11: Class Presentations and Submission of Field Reports                                                                             

 Course Requirements:

Students are expected to attend all lectures and to complete all assigned readings (10% of course grade).

Students will be divided into groups to carry out field work in order to discover geographical concepts relating to location, patterning and spacing of settlements as well as functional zoning within settlements.  Each group will make a presentation on their field work and will complete a report on that presentation.  You will be graded on quality of your participation in the group effort and the presentation (20% of course grade) and on your report (20% of course grade).

Final Examination: 50%

The examination will consist of seven essay questions and the students are expected to attempt any five; all of which will carry equal marks.

 Class Policies

·         Students late for more than 15 minutes will not be allowed into the lecture.

·         All mobile phones must be on silent mode during lectures.

Those who want to make or receive calls must step out of the lecture room to do so. 

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GRY 104: Analytic Geography (Statistics in Geography)                

First Semester 2013/14

                                                                 COURSE SYLLABUS

     

Mondays from 14:30 to 17:00 at Science Lab PH

Instructor: Mr. Sambou Darboe

Tel: 36 50 134/ 64 88 702     

Email: sdarboe@utg.edu.gm/mahmoodsambou@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

This course introduces students to the statistical concepts and techniques widely used in geographical analysis. Some of these techniques have a relatively long and respectable history in geographical research and thus are useful aids in geographical studies.  areas to be covered include statistical concepts, descriptive statistics, and sampling.

Texts: Ebdon, D. (1985) Statistics in Geography, Second Edition

Additional Reading: Elhance, D.N and Aggarwal, B.M. (2005) Fundamentals of Statistics, 49^th Reprint Edition

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COURSE OUTLINE

 Week 1: The Uses of Statistics and Types of Data

Week 2: Calculating Probabilities

Week 3: Probability Distributions

Week 4: Significance Testing

Week 5: Central Tendency

Week 6: Quiz

Week 7: Dispersion

Week 8: Skewness and Kurtosis 

Week 9: Sampling Methods

Week10: Estimates from Samples

Week 11: Spatial Statistics

Week 12: Quiz

 Course Requirements:

Students are expected to attend all lectures and to submit in time all class exercises (30% of course grade).

Students will do two quizzes in weeks 6 and 12; each of which will account for 10% of the course grade. There will be no makeup quiz for students who miss the quizzes; hence, all the students should take note of the quiz schedules.

Final Examination: 50%

The examination will consist of seven essay questions and the students are expected to attempt any five; all of which will carry equal marks.

Class Policies

·         Students late for more than 15 minutes will not be allowed into the lecture.

·         All mobile phones must be on silent mode during lectures.

·         Those who want to make or receive calls must step out of the lecture room to do so.

Impact of Mother’s Education on Family Size

Introduction

Education is one of the most important means to improve the quality of life of society and thus increased education is an integral component of social and economic development.

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Impact of Mothers Education on Family Size Survey Questionnaire

A. Profile of Respondent

1. Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Address :…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Date of Birth / Age: ………………………………………………………………...

4. Place of Birth: ………………………………………………………………………….

5. Ethnicity: ………………………………………………………………………………….

6. Religion: ……………………………………………………………………………………

7. Occupation: ……………………………………………………………………………..

8. Husband’s Occupation: ……………………………………………………………..

9. Contact Number:…………………………………………………………………………

B. Educational Background

1. Did you attend school? Yes/No

    If yes please see 2 below, If no please see 3

2. (a) Name(s) of School(s)

                      School/Institution                                                               Year

I.                    …………………………………………                                        ……………………

II.                  …………………………………………                                        ……………………

III.                …………………………………………                                        ……………………

IV.                …………………………………………                                        ……………………

V.                  …………………………………………                                        …………………...

VI.                …………………………………………                                         ……………………

2. (b) What is the highest certificate obtained?

3. Do/Did you attend any adult literacy class? Yes / No

     If yes , for how long?

C. Matrimonial

1. Is this your first matrimonial home? Yes/No

    If yes please see 2, if no please see 3.

2. (a) When was this marriage contracted?

     (b) What was your age at the time ?

3. (a) When did you first get married ?

    (b) What was your age at the time ?

4. (a) Are you currently staying with your husband? Yes/No

     (b) If no, please indicate the duration for which you have not been with your husband.

5. Do you have co-wive(s)?

 D. Parenting

1. (a)How many children did you give birth to ?

    (b)How many of the children are alive ?

   Please give their names and dates of birth /ages below

Name                                                           Sex        Date of Birth /Age

        I.            ……………………………………………………..      ……...     ……………………………..

      II.            ……………………………………………………..      ……....    …………………………….

    III.                ………………………………………………...       ………     ……………………………..

    IV.            …………………………………………………….       ………      ………………………………

      V.            ……………………………………………………        ………      ………………………………

    VI.            ……………………………………………………       ……….      ………………………………

  VII.            …………………………………………………..        ………       ………………………………

VIII.            ……………………………………………………       …………   ……………………………….

    IX.            …………………………………………………..        ………..     ………………………………

      X.            …………………………………………………..       …………      ……………………………..

2. (a) When did you give birth to your first child ?

    (b) What was your age at the time ?

3.(a)How many children would you like to have ?

4.How many of your children are attending/attended school ?

semester 2 courses

GRY 403: History of Geography & Geographers

Second Semester 2013/14

                                                                 COURSE SYLLABUS

                                University of The Gambia, School of Arts and Science

                                                             

Thursdays from 8:00 to 10:30am at Exam Hall PH /B                

Instructor: Mr. Sambou Darboe

Tel: 36 50 134/ 64 88 702     

Email: sdarboe@utg.edu.gm/mahmoodsambou@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

This course introduces students to the philosophy, history and methodology of geography by exploring the major thinkers and key theoretical developments in the field of geography.  The course incorporates prehistory of geographical ideas, the works of classical and modern geographers as well as contemporary movements in geography. 

Text: Husain, M. (2006) Evolution of Geographical Thought.

Additional Reading: Johnston, R.J. (1990) Geography and Geographers: Anglo-American human geography since 1945.

COURSE OUTLINE

 Week 1: Greeks contribution to Geography

Week 2: Romans contribution to Geography

Week 3: Ancient Indian and Chinese Geographical Concepts

Week 4: Arab Geographical Thought  

Week 5: The Impact of Explorations and Discoveries

Week 6:  Founders of Modern Geographical Thought

Week 7: Schools of Geography

Week 8: Dichotomy between Determinism and Possibilism

Week 9: Dualism and Dichotomies in Geography

Week10: Quantitative Revolution, Paradigms, System Analysis and Region  

Week 11: Models in Geography

Week 12: Modern Themes in Geographical Thought

 Course Requirements:

Students In years Three and Four majoring in Geography

Students will do twelve short quizzes, the best ten of which will account for the 50% of the continuous assessment. A quiz will be conducted before every lecture on the topic to be covered to assess prior reading of the course material.

Final Examination: 50%

The examination will consist of seven essay questions and the students are expected to attempt any five; all of which will carry equal marks.

Class Policies

·         Students late for more than 15 minutes will not be allowed into the lecture.

·         All mobile phones must be on silent mode during lectures.

GRY 405: Development Geography of West Africa                  

Second Semester 2013/14

                                                                 COURSE SYLLABUS

                                University of The Gambia, School of Arts and Science

                                                             

Mondays from 14:30 to 17:00 at Agric 3

Instructor: Mr. Sambou Darboe

Tel: 36 50 134/ 64 88 702     

Email: sdarboe@utg.edu.gm/mahmoodsambou@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

This course examines the spatial pattern of development in West Africa;

by focusing on the inequalities between the various places of the region. It will look at the factors responsible for these inequalities and assess whether current developments are contributing to a breakdown of this pattern and a dispersions of economic activity, or are rather consolidating it and bringing about even greater disparities between areas of prosperity and areas of poverty within the region.

COURSE OUTLINE

 Weeks 1 and 2: Development Concepts and Geography

Reading list and references: 

de Blij, H.J. 1994.  “Focus on a Systematic Field: Geography of Development” in Geography: realms, regions, and concepts

Esteva, G.  1992.  ‘Development’ The Development Dictionary.

Chakravarty, S. 1991. “Sustainable Development” in Olave Stoke(ed) Sustainable Development

Weeks 3 and 4: Inequality between states and inequality within a State

Haggett, P. 1983. Geography: a modern synthesis, Chapters 21 and 22

 Dicksenson, J.P 1983. “Approaches to Third World development” A geography of the Third World: Cambridge University Press, chapter 1.

 Week 5: The Spatial Pattern of Development in West Africa

 O’Connor, A.M.  1981. The geography of tropical African development, chapter 1

PRB 2012 World Population Data Sheet

Week 6: Agricultural Change

O’Connor, A.M.  1981. The geography of tropical African development, chapter 2

ECOWAP: Regional Agricultural Policy

Weeks 7 and 8: Mining and Industrial Development

O’Connor, A.M.  1981. The geography of tropical African development, chapters 4 and 5

Ajayi, D. D. 2007, “Recent Trends and Patterns in Nigeria’s Industrial Development” in Africa Development, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, 2007, pp. 139–155

Weeks 9 and 10 : Energy and Transport

O’Connor, A.M.  1981. The geography of tropical African development, chapters 6 and 7.

Bromley, D. and Foltz, J. 2011 Sustainability under siege: Transport costs and corruption on West Africa’s trade corridors

ICA 2008: Power Supply Situation in Africa

Weeks 11 and 12: Urbanization

O’Connor, A.M.  1981. The geography of tropical African development, chapter 8

AFRICAPOLIS: Urbanization Trends in West Africa 1950-2020

 Course Requirements:

Students are expected to attend all lectures and to complete all assigned readings (10% of course grade).

Students will participate in group presentations on given topics in class.  You will participate in a group discussion to the rest of the class, and will complete a report on that presentation.  You will be graded on quality of your participation in the group effort and the presentation (20% of course grade) and on your report (20% of course grade).

GRY 205: Introduction to Map Analysis

First Semester 2013/14

                                                                 COURSE SYLLABUS

                                University of The Gambia, School of Arts and Science

                                                             

Mondays from 08:00 to 10:30 at Agric 1

Instructor: Mr. Sambou Darboe

Tel: 36 50 134/ 64 88 702     

Email: sdarboe@utg.edu.gm/mahmoodsambou@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

This course exposes students to the study of different map types based on projections and usages. The course looks at the different types of map projections, weather maps, distribution maps, and Aerial Photo Maps.   

Text: Khullar, D.R. (2006) Essentials of Practical Geography &

 Sebert, L.M. (1986) Map Reading

COURSE OUTLINE

 Week 1: Map Projections: Definition and types

Week 2: Cylindrical Map Projections

Week 3: Conical Map Projections

Week 4: Zenithal Map Projections

Week 5: Conventional Map Projections

Week 6: Identification and choice of Map Projections

Week 7: Quiz

Week 8: Weather Maps

Week 9: Distribution Maps 1

Week 10: Distribution Maps 2

Week 11: Aerial Photo Maps

Week 12: Quiz

 Course Requirements:

Students are expected to attend all lectures and to participate actively in class exercises (30% of course grade).

Students will do two quizzes in weeks 7 and 12; each of which will account for 10% of the course grade. There will be no makeup quiz for students who miss the quizzes; hence, all the students should take note of the quiz schedules.

Final Examination: 50%

The examination will consist of seven essay questions and the students are expected to attempt any five; all of which will carry equal marks.

Class Policies

·         Students late for more than 15 minutes will not be allowed into the lecture.

·         All mobile phones must be on silent mode during lectures.

·         Those who want to make or receive calls must step out of the lecture room to do so.

GRY 305: Regional Geography of Senegambia

Second Semester 2013/14

                                                                 COURSE SYLLABUS

                                University of The Gambia, School of Arts and Science

                                                             

Tuesdays from 08:00 to 10:30 at Exam Hall PH /B                 

Instructor: Mr. Sambou Darboe

Tel: 36 50 134/ 64 88 702     

Email: sdarboe@utg.edu.gm/mahmoodsambou@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

This course examines the geographical entity of Senegambia in a physical, cultural, political and economic context with special emphasis on the Gambia. It looks at the interrelationships between physical and human patterns. A section on the physical environment is followed by a discussion of settlement, cultural patterns and economic development.

The reading materials of the course will be selected from various sources including government publications to provide detailed information on the topics to be covered.

COURSE OUTLINE

 Week 1: The concept of region

Week 2: Regional Historical Background of Senegambia

Week 3: Physiography of Senegambia

Week 4: Drainage

Week 5: Climate and Vegetation

Week 6: Soils 

Week 7: Agriculture (Quiz #1)

Week 8: Minerals and Industries

Week 9: Population and Settlements

Week 10: Transportation and Trade

Week 11: Tourism

Week 12: (Quiz #2)

 Course Requirements:

Students are expected to attend all lectures and to participate actively in class discussions (10% of course grade).

Students will do two quizzes in weeks 7 and 12; each of which will account for 20% of the course grade. There will be no makeup quiz for students who miss the quizzes; hence, all the students should take note of the quiz schedules.

Final Examination: 50%

The examination will consist of seven essay questions and the students are expected to attempt any five; all of which will carry equal marks.

Class Policies

·         Students late for more than 15 minutes will not be allowed into the lecture.

·         All mobile phones must be on silent mode during lectures.

·         Those who want to make or receive calls must step out of the lecture room to do so.