Assignments
Assignments are due on the week listed. See Paper Guidelines. Readings should be
completed prior to the discussion section for that week.
A complete list of requirements
and grading is available on the course
syllabus.
Week 1: The Global Ecological Crisis (W)
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Intro. & Ch. 1
Week 2: Population and Environmental Economics (M)
Readings:
Ecology,
Ch. 6-10
Course Reader
Week 2: Premodern Culture (W)
Readings: Course
Reader
Week 3: Premodern Culture (W)
Readings: Course
Reader
Week 4: Modern Culture
Paper 1: Due on Monday
in the lecture section (late papers will be downgraded)
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch 2;
Ecology, Ch 2-5
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 5: Environmental Ethics
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch 3
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 6: American Culture; Wilderness
Paper 2: Due on Monday
in the lecture section (late papers will be downgraded)
Readings: Course
Reader
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 7: Classroom Discussion
Wednesday: Midterm Examination
Week 8: Deep Ecology
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch. 4;
Ecology, Ch. 11-13
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 9: Biotechnology; Eastern Philosophy
Readings:
Course Reader
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 10: Spiritual Ecology
Readings:
Radical
Ecology, Ch. 5;
Ecology, Pt. VI
Paper 3: Due on Monday
in the lecture section (late papers will be downgraded)
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 11: Ecofeminism
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch 8;
Ecology, Pt. IV
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 12: Environmental Justice
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch. 7;
Ecology,
Pt. V
Paper 4: Due on Monday in the Lecture Section (late papers will be downgraded)
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 13: Social Ecology
Readings:
Radical
Ecology, Ch. 6;
Ecology, Ch. 1, 14-15
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 14: Postmodern Science
Readings: Radical
Ecology, pp. 99-107;
Ecology,
Pt. VII
Wednesday:
Course Reader
Week 15: Sustainable Development
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch. 9 & Conclusion;
Ecology, Conclusion
Your Environmental Ethic: Due on Wednesday
in the lecture section. See below (late papers will be downgraded)
Your Environmental Ethic
Please elaborate your own environmental ethic as it has
evolved from the readings, lectures, and discussions in ESPM 161. Your essay is due on Wednesday of week 15 in class.
Write your answer in 6 double-spaced typed pages in essay form,
drawing
on the content of the course lectures, discussions, and
readings.
You will be
graded on organization, clarity, and specificity in the
expression
of your personal views, but not on the views themselves.
Your essay should include the following THREE components (2 pages each):
Ethics: What is the theoretical ground of your
environmental
ethic; where is it located within the range of ethical
frameworks
such as those discussed in Chapter 3 of Radical Ecology, the course reader, and the lectures? Defend your choice.
Thought: What are the theoretical assumptions of your
own worldview as they are reinforced by or contrasted with
frameworks
such as those discussed in Chapters 4-6 of Radical
Ecology, the essays in Ecology, and the course reader?
Practice: How would you put your ethic into practice
in helping to resolve specific problems and dilemmas of human
interactions with the environment today? Choose two or
three examples
such as those discussed in Chapters 7-9 of Radical
Ecology, the essays in Ecology, and the course reader.
Final Examination
Everyone must attend the final examination. No
incompletes will
be given unless accompanied by a medical excuse and
arranged in
advance. All grades are final and cannot be changed except in
the event of a clerical error.
The final examination will consist of
a choice of essay questions to be drawn from the set of class
discussion questions used since the midterm (i.e. Weeks 8-15).
Write your name and section day and time on the cover of
your essay and bluebook(s).
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