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Course
Syllabus and Assignments
This
course will explore the historical, natural, social, and economic
factors that influence the quality of Wisconsin�s environment.
Major theme areas include: Conservation History, Ecological
Foundations, Biodiversity, Water, Land, Energy, Air, Environmental Health,
and Environmental Quality and the Future.
The
Course Mission
is:
To
increase awareness and develop participant interests and literacy in Wisconsin
environmental content,
issues, and ideas.
The course is 10 weeks in duration, including 3 Assignments and continuous Discussion. It is strongly recommended that students progress according to the recommended dates. Instructors:
Assignments
Written
assignments During the
course, there will be a total of three 1,500 word written assignments focusing
on the various environmental topics covered in the course. The assignments are intended to help you develop writing
and exploration skills using
the information obtained from the web sites provided or any additional web
sites or resources you find to answer questions on various course
topics. The web sites
that are provided for each topic are the starting point to begin your
explorations. You are
encouraged to explore additional sites and other sources of information
such as personal visits, phone calls to resource professionals, e-mails to
organizations, anything you can think of. If additional websites were used
to answer the question, please share their urls with us. Written responses to each question should be limited to 1,500 words, double-spaced, no less than 12-pt font, with one-inch margins on each side. Written work should be clear, concise, properly cited, and the caliber expected of graduate students. You might expect to spend 6 to 8 hours researching and developing your written responses. The due dates
listed in the Course Schedule are designed to keep students on track and allow
instructors and students to discuss topics (see section on Discussions below) at specific times throughout the course. In
addition, there is a penalty for late assignments (see section on Grading
below). Therefore, it is important that you keep up with the schedule
provided. Submission of written assignments When submitting assignments, please 1.
Send assignments via email as an attached file for each
topic question. 2.
Put the name of the topic and question number in the subject line. Discussions During the course, discussion will be continuous.
Students and instructors will share information and ideas regarding course topics and discuss course
components and delivery. The discussion sessions will be conducted in the
Desire-to-Learn (D2L) forum. Participation is the key to your grade. In
all of these activities, you will be instructed as to how or where to
submit your responses. Your responses to the discussions will be open to
others in the class (meaning that your classmates can read what you
wrote). It is intended to be an interactive discussion. Feel free to
respond to other class participants to generate discussion. I will log on
at least once a day, if not more. If for whatever reason you have
something that you felt you would rather communicate to me privately, you
may contact me via email at nres600@uwsp.edu Students are strongly encouraged to check the
D2L Discussion Forum regularly and communicate
with fellow classmates throughout the course because past experience had shown
that such interaction is invaluable.
Grading
Grades will be based on a point system. Each letter grade has a
designated number of points that you must achieve in order to earn that
grade. You will be expected to write one 1,500 word paper for
each of three assignments on a variety of environmental topics covered in the course.
It is imperative that you limit each paper to 1,500 words. Each assignment
must be quality work. Quality work is defined as complete, considered
responses to questions. Responses should be written in complete,
grammatically correct sentences with appropriate citation as needed. A
late assignment will be deducted one point for each day that it is late.
Three (3)
1,500 word
assignments @ 25 points =
75 points These assignment will be due more or less in Weeks 5, 8, and one week after the last discussion. Your instructor will determine exact due dates and will provide direction for the assignments in your discussion forum. 10 discussions @ 10 points = 100 points To earn full credit for discussion you must post at least three substantive comments/responses in each discussion. A substantive comment/response means that your post moves the discussion along and is not merely a simple agreement or disagreement with the original poster.
Total
points =
175 points A - 90% =
157, B - 80% = 140, C - 70% = 122, D - 60% = 1 Good luck! Questions? Contact Tim Byers, UWSP Extension Outreach Program Manager, tbyers@uwsp.edu
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Date Last Modified: 10/06/2006 10:53 AM |