To me it's all about working hard, having fun, and...then like,
working really hard some more…but then
having some more fun.… – Derek Zoolander
COURSE SCHEDULE:
Classes will be held at the following locations and times:
| Monday | Lecture Seminar/Wkshp |
9:00-11:00 1:00- 3:00 |
Lecture Hall 1 Rob – Sem. 2, B3109 Peter – Sem. 2, D3107 |
| Wednesday | Film/Discussion/Wkshp/Seminar | 9:00-1:00 | Sem. 2, A1105 |
| Friday | Exploring Place at Evergreen Seminar/Lab |
9:00-11:00 1:00-3:00 |
Sem. 2, A1105 Rob – Sem. 2, A21099 Peter – Sem. 2, A2107 |
PROGRAM SCHEDULE:
| Week 1 -- Washington's Magnificent Waters | |
| 3/31 | Lecture (Rob): Salmon and Sacredness in the PNW Seminar: Uncommon Ground, “Reinventing Eden,” pp. 132-159; and “Ecological Fragmentation in the Fifties,” pp. 233 – 255 |
| 4/2 | Film & Discussion: Mystery of the Megaflood and Cadillac Desert (1 |
| 4/4 | Lecture (Peter): Intro to Geography: Location and Place; Biomes of the World |
Week 2 -- Week-long Field Trip to the Columbia River Basin |
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| 4/7 | The Organic Machine, pp. Intro. – 58 |
| 4/8 | The Organic Machine, pp. 59-113 |
| 4/9 | Uncommon Ground, “Touch the Magic,” pp. 204-217 “On the Search for a Root Cause,” pp. 256-268 Visit and explore Grand Coulee Dam MAP QUIZ #1 Overnight: Sun Lakes Memorial Environmental Learning Center |
| 4/10 | The Good Rain, Intro. – chap. 5 |
| 4/11 | Return to campus |
Week 3 -- Urban by Nature |
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| 4/14 | Lecture (Rob): Seattle: Urban by Nature (thanks to Matt Klingle) |
| 4/16 | Field Trip: Seattle |
| 4/18 | Lecture (Peter): Forest and Resource Management History in the PNW. The Science of Conservation Planning , Ch. 2 pp. 19 – 48. Seminar: Emerald City, chap. 5 - Epilogue |
Week 4 -- Research with a Purpose |
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| 4/21 | Workshop: Term Project Research - Library Tuition |
| 4/23 | Field Trip: The Skokomish Rainforest. Uncommon Ground, “Whose nature? The Contested Moral Terrain of Ancient Forests,” pp. 269 – 297 |
| 4/25 | Workshop: Term Project Research II - Library Skills Seminar: Biophilia DUE: Research Draft 1 (5-6 pages) |
| Week 5 -- Nature via Art and Photography | |
| 4/28 | Guest Lecture (Paul Reynolds, class photographer): |
| 4/30 | Midterm Examination: a short test Film & Discussion: Guns, Germs, and Steel |
| 5/2 | Lecture (Peter): Island Biogeography: A Theoretical Approach to Fragmentation. The Science of Conservation Planning , Ch. 4 pp. 73 – 110 Seminar: Guns, Germs, and Steel, pp. 193 – 292 MAP QUIZ #3 |
| Week 6 -- On Guns, Parks, and Place | |
| 5/5 | Lecture (Rob): Lahemaa: History of a Foreign National Park, or, The Geography of Somewhere |
| 5/7 | Film & Discussion: Cadillac Desert 2 & 3 |
| 5/9 | Lecture (Peter): Landscape Ecology and Conservation Planning. The Science of Conservation Planning, Ch. 3 pp. 49 – 72, and Ch. 5 pp. 110 – 154.5/9 Seminar: Composition Workshop DUE: Research Draft 2 (9-10 pages) |
| Week 7 -- The Stunning Olympic Peninsula -- a Week-long Field Trip | |
| 5/12 | Olympic Peninsula |
| 5/13 | Olympic Peninsula Seminar: Smurr, "Nationalizing Nature: History, Natural Monuments, and Estonian National Identity" [1.32M Word Doc] Overnight: Ramblewood Environmental Learning Center at Sequim Bay State Park |
| 5/14 | Olympic Peninsula Seminar: The Power of Place Overnight: La Push, Washington |
| 5/15 | Olympic Peninsula Overnight: La Push, Washington |
| 5/16 | Return to campus Visit: Lake Quinault & Rain Forest on return |
Week 8 -- Catastrophe or Change: Learning to be Stewards of the Earth |
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| 5/19 | Lecture (Rob): Nature's "Place" Today, Nature's Significance Tomorrow |
| 5/21 | Film and Discussion: An Inconvenient Truth and Cadillac Desert IV |
| 5/23 | Lecture (Peter): Ecosystem Management and Conservation Planning. |
| Week 9 -- Preparation Week | |
| 5/26 | HOLIDAY: NO CLASS |
| 5/28 | DUE: Final Research Paper (15 pages). Due in faculty offices. |
| 5/27-5/30 | Individual and group meetings with faculty. Times to be announced. |
| Week 10 -- Natural (and UNnatural) Presentations and Conclusions | |
| 6/2 | Practice Presentations. Times to be announced |
| 6/4 | Class Presentations |
| 6/6 | Class Presentations and Class Adieu DUE: Self Evaluation Faculty Evaluations Course Portfolio |
| Week 11 -- NO CLASS -- Evaluation Week -- June 9 – 13 | |