Schedule

Geography 360 Course Schedule: Fall 2009

updated: 11/11/09

Week 1: Wednesday Aug 26

Introduction to Course & Course Project & Presenters & Blogs

Week 2: Wednesday September 2

Discuss: Cronon “The Trouble with Wilderness” + Sullivan The Meadowlands (entire book) + Review EDUCAUSE “7 Things You Should Know About” Blogs & Google Jockeying
Presenter: John Krygier

Week 3: Wednesday September 9

Discuss: Abbey Desert Solitaire (entire book)
Presenter:
Assign: Preliminary Project Proposal Due W S 16

Week 4: Wednesday September 16

Discuss: Williams Red (entire book)
Presenter:
Due: Preliminary Project Proposal (PDF)

Week 5: Wednesday September 23

Discuss: Coates Nature Preface and ch. 1-5
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Week 6: Wednesday September 30

Discuss: Coates Nature ch. 6-9 + White “The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis”
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Week 7: Wednesday October 7

Discuss: Perkins Observatory / Light Pollution Fieldtrip
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Week 8: Wednesday October 14

Fall Break

Week 9: Wednesday October 21

Discuss: Hodgkinson: How To Be Idle (entire book)
Presenter: Group

Week 10: Wednesday October 28

Discuss: Berry Unsettling of America ch. 1-6
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Week 11: Wednesday November 4

Discuss: Vandermeer & Perfecto: Breakfast of Biodiversity (entire book)
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Week 12: Wednesday November 11

Discuss: Robbins Lawn People (entire book)
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Week 13: Wednesday November 18: Project Presentations (30-40 minutes each)

Matthew Jordan: “Porches vs Pork Sausage: The Real Debate”

Week 14: Wednesday November 25: Thanksgiving Break

Week 15: Wednesday December 2: Project Presentations (30-40 minutes each)

Connor McGowan: “Ban Wooden Wigs: An Environmentalist’s Plea”
Bridget Fahey: “Where Have All the Pet Rocks Gone?”
Veronica Malencia: “Lawn Care as Grass Torture: Stop the Madness”
Dylan Ewing: “An Environmental History of My Favorite Pair of Socks”

Week 16: Wednesday December 9: Project Presentations (30-40 minutes each)

Dylan Ewing: “Recapitulation + Refreshments” (brief)
Evan Jerfson: “The Hunt for my Missing Shoe, or, Why Birds Sing”
Christian Eakins: “Why Bigfoot Exists: A Quantum Physics Proof”
Selby Majewski: “Three Interpretive Dances about Global Warming”
Rebecca Kelly: “When Trees Get Angry”

Finals Week: Tuesday December 15 (5pm)

Due: Digital Course Summary (see syllabus under Evaluation; blog posting)
Due: Course Evaluations & Summary Comments (email PDF or Word Doc)