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
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Intro. and Ch. 1
Week 2: Population and Environmental Economics
Readings:
Ecology,
Ch. 6-8
Week 3: Premodern Culture
Readings: Course
Reader Paper 1: Due on Monday
in the lecture section (late papers will be downgraded)
Week 4: Modern Culture
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch 2;
Ecology, Ch 2-5
Week 5: Environmental Ethics
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch 3
Paper 2: Due on Monday
in the lecture section (late papers will be downgraded)
Week 6: American Culture and Preservation
Readings: Course
Reader
Week 7: Classroom Discussion Paper 3: Due on Monday
in the lecture section (late papers will be downgraded)
Wednesday: Midterm Examination
Week 8: Deep Ecology
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch. 4;
Ecology, Ch. 11-13
Week 9: Biotechnology; Eastern Philosophy
Readings:
Course Reader
Week 10: Spiritual Ecology
Readings:
Radical
Ecology, Ch. 5;
Ecology, Pt. VI
Paper 4: Due on Monday
in the lecture section (late papers will be downgraded)
Week 11: Ecofeminism
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch 8;
Ecology, Pt. IV
Week 12: Environmental Justice
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
pp. 93-100;
Ecology,
Pt. V
Week 13: Social Ecology
Readings:
Radical
Ecology, Ch. 6;
Ecology, Ch. 14-15
Paper 5: Due on Monday
in the lecture section (late papers will be downgraded)
Week 14: Postmodern Science
Readings:
Ecology,
Pt. VII
Week 15: Sustainable Development
Readings: Radical
Ecology,
Ch. 7, 9;
Ecology, Ch. 9-10
Your Environmental Ethic: Due on Wednesday
in the lecture section. See below (late papers will be downgraded)
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 TWO components:
A choice of essay questions to be drawn from the set of class
discussion questions used since the midterm (i.e. Weeks 8-15) and your
environmental ethic, as
explained below.
Write your name and section day and time on the cover of
your essay and bluebook(s).
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 2-3 single-spaced typed pages in essay form,
drawing
on the content of the course lectures, discussions, and
readings.
(Remember this is part of your final examination for this class, you
should be demonstrating what you've learned and thought about,
not just your own opinions drawn from elsewhere.) 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:
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.
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