P. McKercher 459-2083
http://people.ucsc.edu/~pmmckerc/
College Eight Core Course Schedule
— 2009
NOTE: We may revise the dates slightly. See
online version
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Week |
Tuesday |
Plenary |
Thursday |
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0: 9/21-9/27 |
|
9/23
First Plenary |
9/24
First section
meeting Readings: Grapes of Wrath, 1–60, |
|
1: 9/28-10/4 |
9/29
Assignment due:
Reflective Essay Readings: Grapes of Wrath, 61–152, Sanders or Stegner |
9/29 Plenary, 4-5:30 pm,
Classroom Unit Two Why Grapes of Wrath Matters Today Susan
Shillinglaw, English, San Jose State |
10/1
Readings: Recommended: Wartzman (wiki).
Read Commoner (reader) |
|
2:
10/4-10/11 |
10/6
Assignment due:
Nettrail online quiz http://nettrail.ucsc.edu/ Readings:
Grapes of Wrath, 153–324. Skim Worster (all
3) |
10/6: The Environment and Human Rights Ravi
Rajan. Recommended: Jones, Bullard |
10/8 Assignment due: Integrative Essay #1 (with copies
for editing groups) Harden (reader) |
|
3:
10/12-10/18 |
10/13 Assignment
due: Revision of
Essay #1 Readings: Grapes of Wrath, 325–4
Steingraber
ÒWarÓ Jones (reader) |
10/13: Environmental Justice: the Case of the Silicon Valley Sheila Davis, Executive Director,
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Recommended readings: Ekrikson and Thorpe |
10/15 Readings: Schlosser (reader) |
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4:
10/19-10/25 |
10/20
Assignment due:
Field investigation proposal Student
conferences Readings:
Hawken p 275-
(reader) |
10/20: Conservation Science and Planetary Survival Ingrid Parker, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, Patrick
Chuang, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Recommended readings: Hertsgaard ÒIrresistable
AutomobileÓ |
10/22 Assignment due: Integrative Essay #2 (with copies
for editing groups & instructor). Readings: Optional ÒSlicing Up the
RainforestÓ (reader) |
|
5:
10/26-11/1 |
10/27
Assignment due:
Purposeful description for field project Student conferences. Pollan x 2
(reader) |
10/27: The Politics of Food Patricia Allen, Director Center for
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, UCSC |
10/29 Assignment due: Summaries of background
information for field investigation |
|
6:
11/2-11/8 |
11/3 Assignment due: Annotated revision of Essay #2,
with cover letter Readings:
Climate in California
(reader) |
11/3: Global Warming: Up Close and Personal Susanne
Moser, Research Associate, UCSC Recommended:
ÒClimate in CaliforniaÓ |
11/5
Assignment due: |
|
7:
11/9-11/15 |
11/10 Interview
questions due |
11/10: The Future of Water Brent
Haddad, Professor of Environmental Studies, UCSC Recommended:
Reisner (reader) |
11/12 Assignment due : Field Investigation, version #1 |
|
8:
11/16-11/22 |
11/17
Readings : review ÒThe Rights of BusinessÓ by
Hawken |
11/17: Risk and Disasters Ravi
Rajan. Recommended reading: OÕBrien |
11/19 Transcript of interviews for field
project. 11/21
ELWR exam |
|
9:
11/23-11/29 |
11/24
Assignment due:
Sustainability project essay and discussion Hawken
ÒRestorationÓ (reader) |
11/24: Engineering for a Greener World Ken Pedrotti, Professor of Electrical Engineering, UCSC John
Vesecky, Professor of Electrical Engineering, UCSC Recommended
readings: Bass, Oliver |
11/26
NO CLASS
(Thanksgiving week) |
|
10:
11/30-12/6 |
12/1 Assignment due: Field Investigation, final
version (including all materials and early drafts), AND Portfolio of class
work . ELWR appeals due |
12/1
Plenary: Closing
lecture with Provost Rajan |
12/3 Last section meeting. Final exam the following week. 12/4 Wr 2 enrollment noon |