Lecture/Readings Schedule:
| Date | Topic | Chapter |
| Th 8/28 | Course Overview | 1 & 2 |
| M 9/1 | HOLIDAY - No Class | |
| Th 9/4 | Maps and political geography | 3 |
| M 9/8 | States and nations | 4 - 6 |
| Th 9/11 | State territory | 7 |
| M 9/15 | Frontiers and boundaries | 8 |
| Th 9/18 | Core areas and capitals | 9 |
| M 9/22 | Types of states | 10 & 11 |
| Th 9/25 | First order civil divisions | 12 |
| M 9/29 | HOLIDAY - No Class | |
| Th 10/2 | Civil divisions of the U.S. | 13 |
| M 10/6 | Special purpose districts (Undergrad: First analytical essay due today) |
14 |
| Th 10/9 | HOLIDAY - No Class | |
| M 10/13 | HOLIDAY - No Class | |
| Tu 10/14 | Electoral geography | 15 |
| Th 10/16 | Spaces for indigenous peoples | 16 |
| M 10/20 | Colonial empires (Political District Exercise due today) |
17 & 18 |
| Th 10/23 | Aftermath of colonialism | 19 |
| M 10/27 | MID-TERM EXAMINATION | |
| Th 10/30 | Geopolitics | 20 & 21 |
| M 11/3 | Geography of war and peace (Undergrad: Second analytical essay due today Grad: First 10 article abstracts due today) |
22 - 24 |
| Th 11/6 | Trade and globalization | 25 |
| M 11/10 | Economic integration | 26 - 28 |
| Th 11/13 | Landlocked States | 29 |
| M 11/17 | Outlaws and merchants of death | 30 |
| Th 11/20 | Law of the Sea | 31 & 32 |
| M 11/24 | Antarctica and outer space | 33 & 34 |
| Th 11/27 | HOLIDAY - No Class | |
| M 12/1 | The cultural dimension | 35 |
| Th 12/4 | The cultural dimension (Undergrad: Third analytical essay due today Grad: Second 10 article abstracts due today) |
35 |
| M 12/8 | Transportation and communications | 36 |
| Th 12/11 | Demographics and food (Term project due today) |
37 |
| M 12/15 | Politics and the physical environments | 38 & 39 |