ISS 310: People and Environment Spring 2000 Prof. Alan Rudy INTRODUCTION: Jan-08-01

Introduction: n Introduce TA(’s) u Victor Torres-Velez u ???? n A little about Dr. Rudy. u 4th Year at MSU F PhD: UC Santa Cruz u Soc of Env’t/Ag/Sci-Tech u Entomological Sociology n Review the Syllabus

The Course: n What the course is and is not. n Kinds of questions to be asked. n The Structure of the Class u Lectures u WebTalk Exam Prep u Exams F Research Opp. after Exam 1 n Evaluation

What we will and won’t be doing: n Focus on historical co-generation of society and nature. n Not focus on science, technology, mapping, landscapes, regulation, movements or attitudes. n Focus on environmental history and political ecology: u Social ecological coevolution u Political economy of environments

Political Ecological Questions: n Where and what is Nature/natural? n First Nature or second nature? n People or Society, Environment or Nature? n Peoples and Environments? n Industrial vs. Developing people(s) and environment(s)? n Human nature(s)?

Book Topics/Questions: n Nature and Colonial New England u Changes in the Land n Nature, Extraction and 19th C Chicago u Nature’s Metropolis n Race and Env’talism in 20th C Gary, IN u Environmental Inequalities n Pest/icides and Env’tal Contradictions u Nature Wars

Structure of the Course: n Interactive lectures u No attendance taken n Mandatory discussion sections u Attendance will be taken u One unexcused absence n WebTalk participation u One screen’s-worth a week. n Exams (multiple choice/essay)

How WebTalk Is Organized: n WebTalk is a structured bulletin board n ISS 310 WebTalk Home Page u Click on link to WebTalk pages. n Topic List u There will be one Topic per book. n Conversation List u There will be a Conversation per week for contributions.

For Example: n Topic: Nature’s Metropolis u Conversation: “The Wealth of Nature: Lumber.” F Student 1 F Student 2 new issue, response to Student 1 F Student 3 new issue, response to Student 2, 1 F Student 4 etc. F Student 5 etc. F etc. n All of the Topics will be on one page, all of one Conversation will be on another.

Readings/Exams n ~4 weeks of Change in the Land u Exam = 20 points n ~5 weeks of Nature’s Metropolis u Exam = 30 points n ~3 weeks of Env’tal Inequalities u Exam = 15 points n ~2 weeks of Nature Wars u Exam = 15 points (finals week) n TOTAL EXAMS = 80 POINTS

Evaluation Scale n Exams = 80 points n Sections = 20 points u 10 points attendance (-3/miss) u 10 points participation (subjective) n WebTalk u 1 point a week u -2 points each miss n Total possible = 114 u No preset standards/curves