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People
and the Environment Bemidji State University |
| Spring Semester 2010 [Tuesday, 8:30-9:45
AM, HS 107] Course FormatThe interdisciplinary survey of environmental issues will be provided in large group meetings. The approach will be problem solving oriented in that environmental problems will be identified and related causes, implications, and principles will be evaluated. Some of the problems will be addressed as case studies from various disciplinary perspectives and others will be presented as panel discussions, role-playing exercises, and student interaction. In all cases, integrative thinking will be emphasized through interactions between students and members of the interdisciplinary teaching team. The small-group sections will emphasize a more disciplinary perspective. The small-group setting will be more conducive to discussion, interaction, and collaboration in accord with the goals of the liberal education experience. Critical thinking and values clarification will also be enhanced by the blend of the interdisciplinary lecture and small-group meeting. Small groups will meet for 75 minutes per week as noted in the Teaching Team box below. Grading & ExamsThere will be a midterm and a final exam given in large group based on the readings and large-group lectures. Exams will be prepared by the teaching team and will consist of both multiple choice and short essay questions. A regular feature of the large-group meetings will be occasional writing exercises. The large-group work will comprise 50 % of the course grade (15% first exam, 15% final exam, 10% large-group activities and 10% service learning project - at least two hours) and the other 50% will be based on small-group work. Assignments of additional work and grading of student performance in small-groups will be the responsibility of the instructor of the departmental section in which students are enrolled. Regular attendance in both large-group and small-group is expected.
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| Back to Course Home | Syllabus
& Reading Assignments |
Teaching Team | ||
| Week | Date | Reading (9th Edn.) | Focus | Coordinator |
| 1 | 12 Jan | Ch. 1 | Environmental Problems, Causes and Sustainability | Team, Bilanovic |
| 2 | 19 Jan | Ch2. | Science Principles and Sustainability |
Greenberg, Bilanovic |
| 3 | 26 Jan | Chapter 14 | Economics |
Smith (Welle) |
| 4 | 2 Feb | Chapter 3 | Evolution and Biodiversity |
Greenberg, Smith |
| 5 | 9 Feb | Chapter 4 | Community Ecology, Population Ecology, Human Population | Smith, Greenberg |
| 6 | 16 Feb | Chapter 5 | Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach |
Greenberg, Bilanovic |
| 7 | 23 Feb | Chapter 6 | Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach |
Smith, Greenberg |
| 8 | 2 Mar | Chs. (9th edn. 1-6, 14) |
Midterm Exam
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Team |
| * | 8-12 Mar | Spring Break | ||
| 9 | 16 Mar | Chapter 7 | Food, Soil & Pest Management |
Greenberg, Bilanovic |
| 10 | 23 Mar | Chapter 8 | Water Resources & Water Pollution |
Bilanovic, Greenberg |
| 11 | 30 Mar | Chapter 9 | Nonrenewable Energy |
Smith, Bilanovic |
| 12 | 6 Apr | Chapter 10 | Renewable Energy |
Bilanovic, Smith |
| 13 | 13 Apr | Chapter 11 | Environmental Hazards / Toxicology |
Greenberg, Bilanovic |
| 14 | 20 Apr | Chapter 12 | Climate Change, Ozone Depletion & Air Pollution |
Bilanovic, Greenberg |
| 15 | 27 Apr | Chapter 13 | Solid & Hazardous Waste | Bilanovic, Greenberg |
Final Exam -- May 5, from 8-10 a.m., HS 107-- Study Questions  |
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