Environmental Geography - Environment - Bridgewater State College - Brazil - Coffee
Dr . James- Kezar IV Hayes- Bohanan
Environmental Geography

Student Resources
Revised January 8, 2008

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I started this web site when I was teaching at the University of Texas-Brownsville in Cooperation with Texas Southmost College in the mid 1990s. That really was the name of the school: UTB-TSC! I lived in McAllen, over 50 miles away, and only came to campus one night each week to meet my students. I did not even have an office at the school, but I had a day job with a good computer and employers who let me spend some of my time fiddling around with this new thing called the World Wide Web, even though one of my bosses thought it would never amount to much!

So I started my web site as a way of communicating with my students. Even though the site now has a lot of material of interest to other people, my students are still my most important audience. Since 1997, though, these have been students at Bridgewater State College, far from Texas!. This page is where I put resources that students are most likely to need: information about special courses, advice on how to succeed in college, and ways to stay in touch with me.
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Looking for me? Where to find me and when, including phone numbers, addresses, and office hours. UPDATED for Spring 2008 Prison $$ > State College $$
October, 2004: At one of many protests over the years, I held this sign about prison and state college spending.

Resources for college success - writing, studying, standards, and more. This page is required for my students, this has become the most popular part of my web site, attracting thousands of visitors each year. I am gratified that educators all over the U.S. -- and a few other countries -- recommend this page for their students. The September 11 scholarship committee points its recipients (mainly surviving children of 9/11 victims) to this site.

Use the Not-the-13th-Grade pages to find out what professors really expect, how college differs from high school, how to write better, and how to succeed when, compared to high school, the stakes are higher, the costs are much higher, the workload is much more intense, the thinking must be clearer, and new-found freedom -- along with financial pressure -- can make concentration difficult.
State Colleges Woes

Massachusetts spends more on prisons than on higher education. The Commonwealth ranks 48th in per-capita spending on public higher education. This attack on the middle class is bipartisan, short-sighted, and elitist. Although some politicians are finally recognizing the good work being done in state colleges, it is still the case that the enemies of public education have too much influence over the fate of these institutions. Faculty morale is directly relevant to students. Some excellent faculty members have left already, and many of the rest of us think about doing so, but remain only because of our love of what we do.
Plato
Detailed information about all of my courses -- syllabi, assignments, notes, and so on -- are kept on a separate server called PLATO, using a courseware product called Blackboard. If you are in my current classes, go to Blackboard for all of your class needs. If Blackboard is down, please call the Help Desk at 508-531-2555 right away, and then e-mail me at jhayesboh@bridgew.edu .
GEOG 358: Geography of Latin America is one of my favorite courses to teach. Learn about human and physical geography of this dynamic and important region. We cover economic and political change, cultural interactions with other regions, religion, music, food, and much more!
Information, politics, and humor regarding matters of sexual identity and sexual/affectional orientation.

We are letting tobacco companies foul our air, entice our kids, kill thousands of people a year, all while getting rich. This page is for those who want to fight back, or at least try to kick the habit. Stop now and start feeling better in TWENTY MINUTES!
Crosswords to study content for some of my courses.
The Geography Department links to jobs, internships, and career guidance for geography and related fields.
Geography Major This is the page that answers the question: Why is GEOGRAPHY the perfect major for you? For those unable to change majors, information is also provided about the minor in geography, which can work with just about any major.
Information about Specific Courses

Many of the courses I teach have either special instructions -- such as required field trip dates or information about online requirements. Others have resouress that should be useful both to students and a more general audience. Information about my study abroad programs in Brazil, Nicaragua, Cape Verde and elsewhere is on my International page.
Information about GEOG 130-Y01, a web-hybrid course that I offer every semester. Eighty percent of the course takes place online. This is a challenging but rewarding course, both for students and for me as the instructor.
GEOG 199: Brockton Resources for my First Year Seminar, the Geography of Brockton.
GEOG 332: Management and Preservation of the Natural Environment (formerly GE 307) is a course I like to offer in the autumn, when I can include two excellent field trips in New England forests with expert forest ecologists. The course covers everything from the philosophy of land protection to the ecology of landscape change to the legal and financial details of land management and protection. The course will next be offered in Fall 2008.

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