TFCENV 91F Geography Notes

Course Coordinator: Rachael Boswell (r.boswell@auckland.ac.nz)
Tutors:
- Bethany Cox (bethany.cox@auckland.ac.nz)
- Debbie Larkins (debbie.larkins@auckland.ac.nz)
Lecturers:
- Joe Fagan (Physical Geography)
- Sonia Fonua (Development Geography)
- Hyesop Shin (GIScience)

Rachael Boswell:
- Has 4 kids, all boys.
- Likes dogs and wishes she had one.
- Likes chickens and wishes she had some.
Sonia Fonua: (Development Geography)
- Has been chased by:
  - A pig
  - A cow
  - A goat
Joe Fagan: (Physical Geography)
- Nicknames (Two truths and a lie):
  - Dojo
  - Afro Joe
  - GI Joe
Hyesop Shin: (GISCI lecturer)
- I once dreamt of becoming an economic geographer.
- I had never been to New Zealand before arriving at the University of Auckland.
- I had a classmate who became a famous football/soccer star.
Debbie Larkins: (TFC tutor)
- I hate to dance
- I once danced on TV in the USA
- I broke my ankle while dancing in the OGGB carpark
Bethany Cox
- I'm a professional dancer
- I'm an opera singer
- My favourite sport is darts

How does geography affect how we live today and our future?
Introduction to human and physical geography:
- Rachael: Population, social inequality, urban geography, sustainability.
- Sonia: Politics, economics and society, what is development?, rethinking development, human geographies in the Global South, development in the Pacific.
- Joe: Tsunamis, sea level change, coral reefs and atolls, tropical cyclones, floods.
- Hyesop: Mapping digital, geospatial data and the power of location, geographies of movement and flow, participatory GIS.

Lecture slides will be uploaded to Canvas before the class.
Lecture slides serve as illustrations and supporting material, not lecture notes.
Take your own lecture notes.
Each lecture will have a short quiz (on paper), contributing to 10% of your grade. Lecture attendance is required.

Lecture recordings will be provided through Panopto on Canvas if you miss a lecture.
Tutorials and group activities will not be recorded.
Quizzes will not be available online.

Tutorial activities: 20% (2% each), assessed weekly in the tutorial stream (10 weeks).
Assignments: 20% total, submitted online.
- Research interview (8%) - Due April 3.
- Written assessment (8%) - Due April 24.
- GISCI assessment (4% plus 2 tutorials) - Due May 29.
Lecture quizzes: 10% in total, on paper after each lecture, in person.
Physical Geography test: 10%, in lecture room.
Examination: 40%, in person, on campus, 2 hours.

Attendance and participation in lectures and assigned tutorial stream is expected.
Attendance will be taken at each lecture and tutorial.
Each lecture will include a short quiz (10% of total grade).
Tutorial activity submission at the end of each tutorial (20% of grade).
Free passes:
- One free tutorial pass for attending six or more tutorials.
- Two free lecture passes.
- Free passes awarded at the end of the semester.
Contact Bethany regarding attendance: bethany.cox@auckland.ac.nz

Nominate yourself.
Benefits:
- An important and recognized addition to your resume.
- Improve your leadership skill set.
- Ability to make significant changes to your education.
- End of Year Function.
- Class rep certificate provided you have registered with AUSA.
Responsibilities:
- Elicit feedback from your classmates.
- Attend department and faculty meetings.
- Help resolve issues that may arise in your class.
More information: www.ausa.org.nz/support/class-reps/, classreps@ausa.org.nz

Tasha Steel (tasha.steel@auckland.ac.nz)
Here to support you to through your transition into your first year of a science-based degree at UoA next year.
Need help planning your degree next year? Can’t find a resource? Don’t know who to contact?

Staying on top of things doesn't simply mean attending lectures and completing the assignments.
If you want to make the most of your first year, bring a writing notebook and a pen and go to every lecture.
This is important, as eventually, you'll soon realize that you can watch the lecture online, but you'll lose the opportunities to talk to the lecturers and sort out whatever you were confused about in person.