DATETOPIC/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