GEO 3372 1656: Conservation of Natural Resources (3Sh)

Fall 2004

 

Class:  Fort Walton Campus,  5:00pm – 8:30pm Monday

Room:   836, Bldg 8

Instructor:  Dr. Wilbur Hugli, Ed.D.

                    (850) 863-0874; Fax 863-0875, e-mail: whugli@uwf.edu

                    PNS:  M/W 9:30am – 1:00pm; EAFB/FWB: T/Th 10am – 1pm

 

Prerequesites/Corequesites:  N/A

 

Textbook (Required):  Exploitation, Conservation and Preservation of Natural Resources, 4ed, by Cutter & Renwick

 

Course Description and Student Learning Outcomes:

This course deals with the conservation, relationship, use, and renewal of naturally occurring resources with an emphasis on the physical, scientific, political, and economic issues of conservation. Additional current events concerning conservation issues will be discussed in class.  Occasional off campus class meetings may be scheduled.  Classes will be open discussion format.

Students are responsible for text material whether this material is entirely covered in lecture or not.  It is expected that the text and required readings will be completed prior to class. Check the text website:  http://www.wiley.com/college/cutter

Students will be a primary source of information to be shared with the entire class. Students are encouraged to and may request (with approval) a 30 to 45 minute presentation by a local expert who has unique information to share on a conservation issue.

 

Papers:

Eight one page, double spaced, reaction papers will be written and submitted every other week.  If submitted via e-mail do not send them as attachments but include the following in the subject and address element “ Name, GEO3372 Reaction Paper (#)”.  These papers will have a one-paragraph summary of a current conservation article and a one-paragraph individual reaction commentary.  Papers submitted after the start Nov 15 will have a 10% grade reduction.  Pace Library has a number of relevant journals that may be used for material.

 

Text Assignments during the week of:

 

            Aug 23                         Chapter 1                     (Introduction, Natural Resources)

            Aug 30                         Chapter 2                     (Economics)

            Sep 6                           Chapter 3                     (Ideology, Politics and Decision)

            Sep 13                         Chapter 4                     (Ecological Perspectives)

            Sep 20                         Chapter 5                     (Human Population)

            Sep 27                         Chapter 6                     (Agriculture and Food Production)

            Oct 4                           Chapter 10                   (Water)

            Oct 11                         Chapter 7                     (Forests)

            Oct 18                         Project

            Oct 25                         Chapter 8                     (Biodiversity)

            Nov 1                          Chapter 9                     (Marine Resources)     

            Nov 15                                    Chapter 11/12              (Air/Atmospheric Change)                   

Nov 22                                    Chapter 13/14              (Non-Fuel Materials/Energy)

Nov 29                                    Chapter 15                   (Sustainable Society)                           

Dec 6                           Exam Week

 

 

Grades:

 University grade scale will be used based on the statistical norm conversion of points for work completed.  Value: Papers (35%), In-class projects (5%), Participation (15%), Tests (45%). Work and papers turned in late will be reduced in grade value.  (Note: Policy on makeup work and quizzes.)  Plagiarism will result in a failing grade.

 

Tests:

A midterm and final exam will be scheduled. The midterm may be a variable format exam to determine student understanding of information based on the text using the text test bank. The final exam will be formatted to evaluate student comprehension of concepts.

 Unannounced and weekly quizzes may be used to test specific knowledge understanding based on text material. There will be no makeup for these quizzes.

 

Misc:

            University students are adults who are responsible for their performance and on time class attendance. The university absence-drop policy is applicable.  Individuals are responsible to make up work missed due to absences; however, this work may be graded with reduced points.  If you cannot attend class for a viable reason let me know before hand.  Changes that affect the entire class will be sent using the ArgoNet Group Mail system – remember to have this account forwarded to your regularly used e-mail account.

            Some course material is available on my UWF web site.

            Students are not authorized to place class notes or resources on the Internet or sell them to Internet sources. Pagers and cellular telephones are inappropriate in the classroom!

 

Special Technology Utilized by Students:  None.  Baseline technology code: Easy.

 

Expectations for Academic Conduct/Plagiarism:  Refer to:

            http://uwf.edu/StudentAffairs/division/publications/ClassDisrup.pdf

            http://uwf.edu/StudentAffairs/division/publications/PlagBroch.pdf

 

Assistance for Students with Special Needs:  Refer to: Page 3

            http://uwf.edu/dss/dss_tub.pdf