Geography 370 
3 Credit Field Course in Geography - Japan (0,3,0 Winter),

2008 Instructor: Tom Waldichuk Phone/Voice Mail: 377-5718 Office: A&E 135

Brief Description of Course:

• Examine both physical and human geography of Japan
• Focus on human interaction with the natural environment
• Natural hazards – volcanoes
• Different farming systems, e.g., rice, tea plantations, mandarin oranges
• Land-use planning challenges, e.g., sprawl on farmland, land reclamation in the ocean in Tokyo
• Structure of small and large cities
• Social planning problems, e.g., homelessness in Tokyo

Where will we go?

• meet at the Narita airport on the Kanto Plain where Tokyo is located
• west over the mountains of Honshu Island to the Sea of Japan
• back over the Japan Alps to the Kyoto area of eastern Japan
• the Hiroshima area to see the atomic bomb museum
• back to the centre of Tokyo – formal end of field course

Who can take this course?

• Student with third year university standing
• Geography 119, 120 or 390-Japan is recommended
• Must fill out a course application form and meet with the instructor for an interview before being allowed to take the course

Schedule:

• Preliminary meetings in late April and early May
• Pre-departure quiz
• Field course will tentatively run in the second half of May 2008.
• 16 day itinerary in Japan.
• Field component starts and finishes in Japan

Evaluation:

• Quizzes
• Presentation on a place in Japan
• Field journal
• Research paper upon return to Canada

Costs: 

• Program fee: approximately $1600
• Airfare: approximately $1100 (Vancouver – Tokyo return 
• Tuition for a 3 credit course

Please send me your name, telephone number and e-mail:
Tom Waldichuk
Geography Department
AE 135
Tel 250-371-571
e-mail: twaldichuk@tru.ca

I will forward you more information

NOTE: This course is subject to the approval of the Vice-President Academic – Provost