| Week |
Day |
Topic |
Reading |
Due |
| Jan 15-19 |
Tu |
Intro&Orientation |
none |
. |
| Th |
Language Issues |
Weston (ed.), An Invitation to
Environmental Philosophy, pp. 1-42 |
. |
| Jan 22-26 |
Tu |
pp. 69-122 |
. |
| Th |
pp. 123-164 |
. |
| Jan 29 - Feb 2 |
Tu |
Preliminary Exercise in
Environmentalism |
Thoreau, Walden, fragments (on line) |
. |
| Th |
Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, pp.
3-53 |
. |
| Feb 5-9 |
Tu |
pp. 54-92 and 122-136 |
. |
| Th |
pp. 188-226 and "The Conservation
Ethic" (xerox) |
. |
| Feb 12-16 |
Tu |
Stegner, The American West as Living
Space, pp. 1-44 |
P#1 |
| Th |
pp. 44-86 |
. |
| Feb 19-23 |
Tu |
Three Structural Issues in
the Context of Case
Studies: Reciprocity,
Mass/Energy Balance, and
Health |
Water: Postel, Last Oasis, first half |
. |
| Th |
second half |
. |
| Feb 26 - Mar 2 |
Tu |
Agriculture: Jackson, New Roots for
Agriculture, first half |
. |
| Th |
second half |
. |
| Mar 5-9 |
Tu |
Architecture: Hoffmann, Frank Lloyd
Wright: Architecture and Nature, first
half |
. |
| Th |
second half |
. |
| Mar 12-16 |
Spring Vacation |
| Mar 19-23 |
Tu |
Technology and Human
Behavior |
Winner, The Whale and the Reactor,
pp. 3-39 |
. |
| Th |
pp. 40-84 |
P#2 |
| Mar 26-30 |
Tu |
pp. 85-120 |
. |
| Th |
pp. 121-154 |
Research
Prospectus Due |
| Apr 2-6 |
Tu |
pp. 155-178 |
. |
| Th |
Population and
Environments |
Brown, Gardiner, and Halweil, Beyond
Malthus, pp. 17-56 |
Research
Bibliography Due |
| Apr 9-13 |
Tu |
Beyond Malthus, pp. 57-96 |
. |
| Th |
pp. 97-138 |
. |
| Apr 16-20 |
Tu |
Universities and
Environmentalism |
Callicott & da Rocha, Earth Summit
Ethics, fragments (xerox) |
. |
| Th |
" |
Research
Outline
Due |
| Apr 23-27 |
Tu |
Presentations Period |
| Th |
Discussion of projects |
no reading |
. |
| Apr 30 - May 4 |
Tu |
no reading |
Research
Paper
Due |
| Th |
Senior Exams & Study Period |
| May 7-11 |
Final Exam Week |