ANTH 410A | ENVIR 410A | ESRM 405A

GROWING STUFF
Ecology, Economy, and Politics of Resource-Extraction Ecosystems

Spring Quarter 2017
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-11:20, Denny 212
Field trips all day Fridays April 14, May 12, and May 26

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Discussion Board
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READINGS
Introduction
Forest General
Forest Local
Forest Post-Trip
Aquaculture Ecology
Aquaculture Politics
Aquaculture Local
Dairy General
Dairy Local
Dairy Post-Trip

FIELD TRIPS
Forest Products
Aquaculture
Dairy

ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS Forest Products
Shellfish
Dairy

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

To pass this class, students are required to complete all of the following tasks, some of them graded and some not:
  • Complete the readings for each section. The readings, along with the field trips, are the basic sources of information.
  • Serve as a presenter or discussant for some of the readings for each unit. We will assign presenters and discussants before each unit.
  • Post on the Class Discussion Board a 200 word or longer (requirements vary from day to day) comment on the readings for each class (other than the post-mortems) the night before class. Please note that the due time varies: when other students or guest presenters need to pick up on your posts for their class presentations and discussions, the posts are due at 7 p.m. When there is no student-led discussion the next day, you have until midnight.
  • Go on all three field trips. If you can't go, there is no way to make them up. If you have a true emergency, such as you wake up violently ill on the trip day, we will work something out. If you just oversleep, sorry.
  • Keep a field journal on each trip, and use it as a basis for your comments posted on the discussion board on the days of the post-mortem classes for the three trips.
  • Write a 1500-2000 word essay on an assignment related to each type of ecosystem, and turn it in to the instructor by 5:00 p.m. on the Monday or Friday following the last class session of that unit, Mondays April 24, Friday May 19, and Monday, June 5