Use this discussion sample as a guide when completing your own analysis.

Begin by introducing yourself to the class and explaining your background.

Throughout this course, we will use the discussion topic in each module to work on the final project in a step-by-step manner. This gives you the opportunity to get feedback from your instructor and your peers while you work. Due to the nature of these discussion assignments, they are weighted more heavily than a typical course discussion and you will spend a majority of your time engaging to this topic.

Before we begin, you might want to complete the final project review for this module. Post any questions you have in the General Questions topic.

In this first discussion, you will choose a country, other then the USA or Turkey, that you would like to focus on for your final project, and work on the following critical elements: Rationale, Location, and Country Composition.

Share your country choice for the final project and the reasoning behind this decision. Next, visit the World Atlas and The World Factbook to begin collecting important geographic and demographic information on the region.

Share a map of the country in the discussion and identify the following elements:

Regional location

Water access

Bordering countries

Identify the following of the country:

Literacy rate

Rate of urbanization

Heavily populated cities

Major religions

Educational data

Age structure

Address the following questions based on your findings:

What opportunities do you see from this information?

What considerations would impact shipping, labor, or other operations?

Are there any risks?