GEOGRAPHY FIELD COURSE

GEOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICAN

SOUTHWEST

When: Maymester (May 12-23, 2008)

Instructor: Dr. Robert Garza, physical geographer with extensive teaching experience at UTSA, SAC, and Houston area colleges and universities

Credit: Earn 6 hours of upper division credit

Courses: Grg 4953.01M Physical Geography of the American Southwest Field Course

Grg 4953.02M Cultural Geography of the American Southwest Field Course

Schedule: May 12-16 (M-F) (8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.) Classroom study of the American Southwest and preparation of travel log.

May 17-23 (Sat.-Fri.) The field trip portion of the course will entail the study of the physical and cultural geography of west Texas, central New Mexico, the four corners area, and the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area.

Trip Destinations:

The field trip will include visits to sites such as the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, the Four Corners area, the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area, the Judge Roy Bean’s Law West of the Pecos Historic Site, and the Pecos River Gorge, Texas.

Travel Expenses: $225 plus food expenses. Travel will be in rented

vans. We will be camping at KOA campgrounds.

Contact: For further information about the course, contact Dr. Richard Jones (Geography): richard.jones@utsa.edu, or Dr. Garza: rgarza_1999@yahoo.com . For registration procedures, contact Ethnna Cano in the Political Science and Geography Office, MS 4.03.02 (M-F 9-5), ethnna.cano@utsa.edu , or Martha Luna in the same office.

Commentary: This course is considered a capstone course in geography, an opportunity to see how the principles of physical and cultural geography play out on a rich and historic landscape. It is an intensive field experience that is unforgettable (just ask students who have taken the course!).