Economic Education

ECO 516

Geography with Focus on Economics

Description: This course will focus on two specific geographic perspectives:  spatial and ecological.

Credits: 3 graduate quarter hours

Prerequisites:  None

Fees: See the Schedule of Quarterly Fees

Please check with a campus advisor when seeking courses for a degree.

Sections of this course with distance learning components:

ECO 516 section 05

Section Specific Course Description: This course will focus on two specific geographic perspectives--spatial and ecological--to help teachers in grades 6-12 integrate economic concepts into an existing geography curriculum. Students will learn to relate spatial patterns to the interaction of living and non living elements within nature and between nature and society, using the perspectives of the disciplines of economics and geography to identify and solve problems, ask and answer questions, and evaluate the consequences of alternative actions.

Offered: Every Quarter

Registration Deadline:

Delivery method: World Wide Web. Students and instructors communicate via e-mail, phone and World Wide Web.

URL: http://www.wright.edu/cee/51605/

Contact: Roger Sylvester, roger.sylvester@wright.edu,
937-775-2115

Frequency of On-Site Contact: No onsite contact needed.

Minimum technical requirements: Access to the Internet.

Intel/Microsoft Windows

• Intel Pentium (or equivalent) 650mHz processor
• 256mb RAM (512 strongly recommended)
• 10gb Hard Drive
• CD-ROM (DVD-ROM recommended)
• monitor capable of 1024x768 resolution
• Windows 2000 is acceptable, but Windows XP Pro is recommended
• Internet service provider and 56 kbps modem or broadband connection

Apple Macintosh

• Power Macintosh G4 550mHz
• 256mb RAM (512 strongly recommended)
• 10gb Hard Drive
• CD-ROM (DVD-ROM recommended)
• monitor capable of 1024x768 resolution
• MacOS X 10.3
• Internet service provider and 56 kbps modem or broadband connection

You will also need internet access with a 56 kbps modem or faster connection and a compatible web browser.

Enrollment Procedures: See the Distance Learning Sign Up page.