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PHIL 112 

Thinking About the Environment
 


Schedule of Readings and Assignments:

Note:  "Essay 10" refers to the essay listed as #10 in the main text (not to a page number).
 
WEEK DAY READINGS
ASSIGNMENTS
     1 3/29 read syllabus and look at website
3/31 Essay 1 (pp.1-15)
4/2 Essay 2.1-2.3; 2.6 (pp.16-24; 30-33)
     2 4/5 Essay 2.4-2.5; 2.7-2.9
(pp. 24-30; 33-39)
  4/7 Essay 10 (p.99)
 
4/9    ---------------------->
QUIZ (in class)
     3 4/12 "Faking Nature" (Reading Packet); suggested "Walking" (Reading Packet)  
4/14 Essay 47  
4/16 Essay 48
     4 4/19 Essays 49, 50  
4/21 Essays 13, 22  
4/23 Essays 25, 26
     5 4/26 Essays 53, 55
suggested "Can the Growing Human Population Feed Itself?" (Reading Packet)
 
4/28 Essays 56, 61  
4/30 Essay 59
     6 5/3 "Recycling: Myths and Realities" (Reading Packet)  
5/5 Essay 98  
5/7    ------------------------>
MIDTERM EXAM 
(in class)
     7 5/10 "The Great Climate Debate"; "Global Warming Trends" (Reading Packet)  
5/12 "Messy Models, Decent Data, and Pointless Policy" (Reading Packet)
  5/14 finish discussions of global warming
     8 5/17 Essay 64, 65
5/19  Essay 66  
  5/21 "Chronology of an Ecosystem Crisis"; "The River was Crowded with Salmon" (Reading Packet)
SHORT ESSAY
DUE
     9 5/24 Essay 30, 31
5/26 Essay 76  
  5/28 Essay 35
    10 5/31 HOLIDAY
no lecture
6/2 Essay 95; "Ecotage" (Reading Packet)
6/4 Summary and Wrap-Up
    11 6/10 [Thursday]    ----------------------->
FINAL EXAM
8:30-10:20 a.m.
EE1 105

 

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