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Course Requirements:
Class will meet for 3 hours each week, ideally MWF. In general, the first two classes of each week will be lectures, while the third class will be an in-depth discussion of a specific environmental problem or observation. Grades will be determined by
Weekly problem sets: 30%
Mid-term exams (2): 15% each
Final project: 20%
Participation: 20%
Weekly activities:
Problem sets will be handed out on Fridays and will be due the following Wednesday.
Readings for Friday's discussion will be handed out on the preceding Friday.
Class participation will be ongoing. There will be time at the beginning of each class to discuss examples of concepts from class observed elsewhere and current events. Occasional assignments will fall under this category.
I will start each week with a current-event issue related to the course. Participating in the current-event selection will count as class participation.
Mid-terms:
There are two scheduled during the semester; each one will be taken during class time. They will be short-answer questions requiring some calculations and some written answers. Diagrams will be helpful, so pay attention to pictures that I draw in class.
Final project:
This will be a 10-page paper exploring an interesting research problem of your choosing. This can be a literature review, but I want you to articulate in your own words the problem and approaches for solving that problem.
Start brainstorming now!
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