Human Population, BIOL 4961, Spring 2018

Syllabus

Office hours M 1-3 or by appointment. Science Center room 3C07.

Term Projects

Lectures

√∅ Slides Title     When How Reading Ask HW
Lecture 1 My worldview.  PDF  1/16  LG      
Lecture 2 Overshoot. InsightMaker.  PDF  1/19  LM  pp. 1-16    
Lecture 3 Growth.  PDF  1/23  LM  pp. 16-36    HW1
Lecture 4 Demographics.  PDF  1/26  LG  pp 37-50    
Lecture 5 Critical thinking. Moral philosophy.  PDF  1/30  LMG  VanHeuveln,
Tessman    
Lecture 6 Debate 1.  PDF  2/2  DV      
Lecture 7 Biosphere 1.  PDF  2/6  LM  pp. 51-86    HW2
Lecture 8 Non-renewable resources.  PDF  2/9  MP  pp. 87-107    
Lecture 9 Climate change.  PDF  2/13  LG   pp. 108-127    
Lecture 10 Debate 2.  PDF  2/16  DV      
Lecture 11 World 3.  PDF  2/23  LM  pp. 129-136    HW3
Lecture 12 Carrying capacity.  PDF  2/27  PM  pp. 136-147    
Lecture snow day  PDF  3/2        
Lecture 13 The Land.  PDF  3/6  MG  pp. 147-162    
Lecture 14 Debate 3.  PDF  3/9  DV      
Lecture 15 Collapse.  PDF  3/20  ML  pp. 163-179    
Lecture 16 Ethical dilemmas.  PDF  3/23  PL  Hardin1,2,vonFoerster    HW4
Lecture 17 Unexpected resilience.  PDF  3/27  LG  pp. 181-202    
Lecture 18 Debate 4.  PDF  3/30  DV      
Lecture 19 Growthbusters.  PDF  4/3  V  pp. 203-234    HW5
Lecture 20 Guest lecture: Dave Gardner.  PDF  4/6  LG  pp. 265-284    youtube
Lecture 21 Technology,Transitions.  PDF  4/10  PL  pp. 235-264    
Lecture 22 Female empowerment.  PDF  4/13  LV  Uzochukwu    
Lecture 23 Disavowal. Messaging.  PDF  4/17  LG  Coole    
Lecture 24 Family planning.  PDF  4/20  PL  Herd    
Lecture 25 Current events  PDF  4/24  PG  enter news item here>>    
Lecture 26 Term Projects  PDF  4/27  P      
Lecture 27 Term Projects  PDF  5/1  P      

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Debate instructions Academic dishonesty 7-minute Science essay template
VanHeuveln Hopfenberg Hardin1 VonFoerster
Coole HP_exercise_23feb.xlsx Wackernagel PamelaHerd Uzochukwu
Grapher Sketchpad Sign-up_for_talks InsightMaker Ecome
ecological footprint paper NAS climate change 1 NAS climate change 2 Gompertz Law
Abrupt climate change HW2 Biosphere 2 HW1 Zombie insight
Venezuela McKinney Writing Contest 7-minute Science grading rubric Debate argument diagram grading rubric
Deforestation Human Flow Timothy Clark Nicaragua news

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