Introduction to Environmental Studies
EnSt 200 - Fall 2003
Schedule
| Date | Subject | Person | ||
| August | 29 | Introduction to the course | Butler, K. Smith | |
| September | 1 | Recent
History of the Domain's Management (Related link: Office of Domain Management) |
K. Smith | |
| 3 | Water Sewage, and SUD (presentation 1, presentation 2) | Torreano | ||
| 5 | The Role of Physical Plant (Dorms, Other Buildings) | Pate | ||
| 8 | The Buildings We Work, Play, and Live In | Shaver | ||
| 10 | Heritage Conservation at American Colleges and Universities - The Archaeology of the Domain | McCollough | ||
| 12 | The Sewanee Herbarium | Priestley | ||
| 15 | Water, Lakes, and Dams | Potter | ||
| 17 | Food for Thought / Take home quiz on The Great Remembering (due 19 Sept) | Haskell | ||
| 19 | Extinct & Endangered Species of Tennessee | Butler | ||
| 22 | Class Review, Reading, etc. The Great Remembering Answers | Butler | ||
| 24 | Test 1 (Test 1 answers) | Butler | ||
| 26 | Land Use and Forest Change on the Cumberland Plateau | Evans | ||
| 29 | Social Aspects of Land Use Decision Making |
Gottfried | ||
| October | 1 | Birds and Biodiversity (Related Link: Economic Impact of Bird Watching - suggested by Dr. Gottfried) |
Butler | |
| 3 | Religion and Land Use (Battle
Creek reading) |
G. Smith | ||
| 6 | A History of the Environmental Movement | Coe | ||
| 8 | The Green Power Switch Program | A. Hamlin | ||
| 10 | Pines, People, and the Plateau
/ Take home quiz on Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (due 13 Oct) The Smith Tract Harvest |
K. Smith | ||
| 13 | Hydrology and Water Pollution Issues Ecology of a Cracker Childhood Answers |
M. Knoll | ||
| 15 | Test 2 / Test 2 answers | Butler | ||
| 17 | Environmental Residents Program | Brown | ||
| 22 | Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases | McGrath | ||
| 24 | Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases | Hart | ||
| 27 | Student project overview / Environmental Ethics | Butler | ||
| 29 | Climate Change Affects Flora and Fauna | Butler | ||
| 31 | The Politics of Water on the West Bank & Gaza | A. Knoll | ||
| November | 3 | Student Presentations: Sustainable development in Costa Rica | Students | |
| 5 | Student Presentations Recycling: sorting through America's trash | Students | ||
| 7 | Light Pollution / Quiz on Global Climate Change (due 12 Nov) |
Durig | ||
| 10 | Student Presentations Sewage Treatement Past & Present at Sewanee | Students | ||
| 12 | Student Presentations |
Students | ||
| 14 | Class Review | Butler | ||
| 17 | Test 3 / Test 3 answers | Butler | ||
| 19 | Students | |||
| 21 | Nuclear Power | Students | ||
| 24 | Introduced Species | Butler | ||
| 26 | Student Presentations | Students | ||
| 1 | Renewable energy / nifty charts & graphs | Students | ||
| 3 | Tying It All Together | Butler | ||
| 5 | Class Evaluations (online!) | |||
| 8 | No Class |
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