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4950 Integrative Seminar in Environmental Studies, Spring 2019
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GUIDE FOR EXAM 1 * * *
I. Course Information and Description
ENVS 4950 Integrative Seminar in Environmental Studies
MW 10:25-11:20am, Ball Hall 313
This course is a "capstone" experience for
Environmental Studies minors who are preparing to graduate. The purpose is to
help you synthesize what you've learned in the courses you've already taken for
the minor, and to help you identify your own niche, or area of interest, within
the broad field of environmental studies. Students in the class will read and
discuss two books and a range of articles in common. In addition, you will work
with me, individually, to arrange a service activity, project, or placement
related to your area of interest. You will also then select additional readings
(two books, or the equivalent) that relate specifically to your service
placement.
II. Instructor Information
Dr. Kevin O'Donnell, http://faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/,
odonnell@etsu.edu 423 439-6679
Office: Burleson Hall 313
Spring 2019 Office Hours: Mon and Weds 11:30am-12:30pm; Tues
12:45-3:35pm
III. Assignments and Activities
- 20 to
30 hours service activity or project.
- Readings, discussion, and written responses: You will
occasionally write responses to the readings, either as assigned ahead of time,
or in class on the day readings are due.
- Syllabus
and course materials: You will submit a customized syllabus by the fifth
week of class, to be posted on the web.
- Written final project: You will produce approximately 10
pages of formal writing--the form, audience, and purpose of which will be
related to your service project, and which will be determined by you, in
consultation with me.
IV. Final Grade Breakdown
- 20 to 30 hours of service work: 30%
- Written final project: 30%
- Weekly assignments, including customized syllabus; reading
responses; reading quizzes; etc: 15%
- Exam
1 (the midterm exam--which is the only exam): 15%
- Presentation to classmates, based on final project: 5%
- Miscellaneous--participation in draft workshops; informal
in-class writing, etc: 5%
V. Required Texts
- Hope Jahren, editor. The
Best American Science and Nature Writing
2017. Mariner Books, 2017. $15.99.
ISBN: 1328715515
- Elizabeth Kolbert. The Sixth Extinction: An
Unnatural History. Picador, 2015. $16.00 ISBN-13: 9781250062185
- Various reading selections posted on the web.
- In addition to the above texts, which we will all read in
common, you will select additional readings--typically two books, or the
equivalent-- in consultation with me, that are related specifically to your
area of interest, and to your service placement.