Human Population, BIOL 4961, Spring 2018
Syllabus
Office hours M 1-3 or by appointment. Science Center room 3C07.
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Term Projects
Lectures
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Slides
Title
When
How
Reading
Ask
HW
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Lecture
1
My worldview.
PDF
1/16
LG
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Lecture
2
Overshoot. InsightMaker.
PDF
1/19
LM
pp. 1-16
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Lecture
3
Growth.
PDF
1/23
LM
pp. 16-36
HW1
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Lecture
4
Demographics.
PDF
1/26
LG
pp 37-50
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Lecture
5
Critical thinking. Moral philosophy.
PDF
1/30
LMG
VanHeuveln
,
Tessman
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Lecture
6
Debate 1.
PDF
2/2
DV
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Lecture
7
Biosphere 1.
PDF
2/6
LM
pp. 51-86
HW2
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Lecture
8
Non-renewable resources.
PDF
2/9
MP
pp. 87-107
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Lecture
9
Climate change.
PDF
2/13
LG
pp. 108-127
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Lecture
10
Debate 2.
PDF
2/16
DV
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Lecture
11
World 3.
PDF
2/23
LM
pp. 129-136
HW3
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Lecture
12
Carrying capacity.
PDF
2/27
PM
pp. 136-147
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Lecture
snow day
PDF
3/2
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Lecture
13
The Land.
PDF
3/6
MG
pp. 147-162
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Lecture
14
Debate 3.
PDF
3/9
DV
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Lecture
15
Collapse.
PDF
3/20
ML
pp. 163-179
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Lecture
16
Ethical dilemmas.
PDF
3/23
PL
Hardin
1
,
2
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vonFoerster
HW4
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Lecture
17
Unexpected resilience.
PDF
3/27
LG
pp. 181-202
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Lecture
18
Debate 4.
PDF
3/30
DV
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Lecture
19
Growthbusters.
PDF
4/3
V
pp. 203-234
HW5
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Lecture
20
Guest lecture: Dave Gardner.
PDF
4/6
LG
pp. 265-284
youtube
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Lecture
21
Technology,Transitions.
PDF
4/10
PL
pp. 235-264
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Lecture
22
Female empowerment.
PDF
4/13
LV
Uzochukwu
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Lecture
23
Disavowal. Messaging.
PDF
4/17
LG
Coole
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Lecture
24
Family planning.
PDF
4/20
PL
Herd
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Lecture
25
Current events
PDF
4/24
PG
enter news item here>>
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Lecture
26
Term Projects
PDF
4/27
P
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Lecture
27
Term Projects
PDF
5/1
P
Select one of the readings and post a question or comment here
Append
Links
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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