http://web.pdx.edu/~rueterj/courses/esr101-200904/index.html

Instructor:

John Rueter
Professor, Envionmental Sciences and Management
office - SB1 414
email - rueterj@pdx.edu
office hours - to be announced

Final Exam Tuesday Dec 8

Announcements:

12/06 - the vocabular-part 1 has been completed
11/28 - quiz 3 & 4 study guide
11/22 - mini quiz 4 has been posted, it's due by Dec 2 at 11:59 PM.
11/19 - quiz 2 key has been posted
11/13 - quiz 2 study guide has been posted
11/08 - the quiz 1 key and grades have been posted

vocabulary for lectures 1 thru 8
vocabulary for lectures 9 thru 17

 

Class times:

Tuesday and Thursday from 10 AM to 11:20
in EB 102 (Engineering Building 102)

Lab times:

see the lab web page and syllabus

Quiz grading: These are approximate cutoffs for the grading. The performance on the mini-quizzes and the lab will also determine the final grade.

Quiz C range B range A range
Quiz 1 10 to 13 13.5 to 18 18.5 and above
Quiz 2 10 to 14.5 15 to 19.5 20 and above
Quiz 3      
Quiz 4      

 

 

Other Information:

syllabus with grading and other information
Course Studio at my.pdx.edu for online assignments and grades

Course resources:

this website
my.pdx.edu
Wikipedia
NCCE - Encyclopedia Earth
Multiple Perspectives and Approaches to Complex Environmental Problems
vocabulary

 

Lecture Date Topics Text Other reading Assignment
lecture 1 Sep 29 Introduction, problem types Preface
Chap 1: 		wiki - wicked problems  
lecture 2 Oct 01 Multiple Perspectives Framework
 Chap 3:
  
lecture 3 Oct 06 Patterns of interaction - environmental problems Chap 4: wiki - precautionary principle do the practice mini-quiz - due by Fri at 11:59 PM
lecture 4 Oct 08 Patterns of interaction - catalog app. 1    
lecture 5 Oct 13 energy and material flow, systems view Chap 5: Systems wiki - ecology
wiki - herbivore		 mini-quiz 1 on lecture notes and Chapter 5 is due by Fri 10/16 at 11:59 PM
lecture 6 Oct 15 plant transformations, community structure   eoearth- photosynthesis
lecture7 Oct 20 global energy budget
global nutrient cycles for C, N, P		 eoearth - Carbon Cycle
eoearth - soil carbon sequestration
lecture8 Oct 22 community ecology, food net/web Chap 7: Networks resaliance - adaptive capacity
resaliance - adaptive cycle
resaliance - resilience		 mini-quiz 2 on network vocabulary
Sat 10/24 by 11:59 PM
on network vocab
lecture9 Oct 27 adaptation, biodiversity wiki - biodiversity
  Oct 29 quiz 1 (through lect 8) quiz 1 study guide
lecture10 Nov 03 succession and disturbance wiki - succession
wiki - intermed dist
lecture11 Nov 05 resilience, collapse and ecosystem restoration
lecture12 Nov 10 biomes and ecoregions Chapter 6: Scale

eoearth - biomes
eoearth - terrestrial biomes
lecture13 Nov 12 biodiversity plans for Metro, Oregon and Costa Rica

mini-quiz 3 on 13 biomes prep page:
mini-quiz by Sat 11/14/09 at 11:59

quiz 2 study guide
  Nov 17 quiz 2 (lectures 9 thru 13)
lecture14 Nov 19 natural resource management
maximum sustainable yield		 Chapter 9:
Games

wiki - maximum sustainable yield
lecture15 Nov 24 CPR, tragedy of the commons, game theory

 

 wiki - tragedy of the commons
  Nov 26 Thanksgiving holiday
lecture16 Dec 01 forest harvest practices wiki - sustainable forestry
wiki - deforestation		 mini-quiz 4 due by Dec 2 at 11:59 PM
lecture17 Dec 03 natural resource management - fisheries wiki - fish harvest
final Dec 08 10:15 to 12:05  

last updated on December 5, 2009 by John Rueter