DATE TOPIC/ISSUES      READINGS
March 31      Introduction to course, ÒResources are not, they become,Ó ES xi-32; W 1-25;
          concepts of property rights             WoE ix-20; O 1-34; RWL 1-40
April 2      Economic & Ecosystem concepts                             W 29-120
 
April 7      Conceptual Content Cognitive Mapping (3CM) group process will be
            introduced & used to develop the position papers concepts
April 9      Class time devoted to working on 3CM group reports  
April 14      3CM oral reports      
April 16      American Conservation History                      ES 223-257
 
April 21      American Conservation History 
April 23      Introduction to Benefit-Cost analysis
             & its shortcomings, B-C exercises handed out    
 
April 28      Cost-Effectiveness concepts
April 30      Alternative Evaluation Methods of Ecosystem Services       ES 191-222

May 5      In-class Game & HardinÕs ÒTragedy of CommonsÓ                      WoE 21-98
        http://www.sciencemag.org/content/162/3859/1243.full
                       ÒEcological EconomicsÓ thanks to Robert Costanza                       ES 127-190
                         Read and respond to Costanza's ÒFour Visions of the FutureÓ:          http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol4/iss1/art5/
May 7      Mineral Resources and land                       RWL 128-208                            B-C exercises due,    first exam handed out