ELA 4000 A Delicate Balance

General Information:

Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus

Precis Guidelines

Synopsis Guidelines

Final Paper Guidelines

Lecture Materials

Science and Ways of Knowing (PowerPoint PDF)

Research Concepts (PowerPoint PDF)

Data and Measurement (PowerPoint PDF)

Bill Bryson--A Short History of Nearly Everything Introduction (MP3)

Bill Bryson--A Short History of Nearly Everything Part 2 (MP3)

Readings

Assignment #1. Speaker Dafydd Roberts (Sept. 12)

Slate Industry of Wales

The Welsh Language

The Labor Movement in the Vermont/NY Slate Industry (Primary Precis Article)

Assignment #2. Speaker Jacob Park (Sept. 19)

Depend on Nature--IUCN Report (Primary Precis Article)

Wetlands and New Orleans Floods

Assignment #3. Speaker Conrad Reining (Sept. 26)

The Northern Appalachians Wildlands Project Website

A Critique of the Wildlands Project Website

Biological Science in Conservation (Primary Precis Article)

Science, Values, and Uncertainty: A Critique of the Wildlands Project

Assignment #4. Speaker Rebecca Purdom (Oct. 3)

Would Ecological Landscape Restoration
Make the Bandelier Wilderness More or Less
of a Wilderness?
(Primary Precis Article)

Assignment #5. Speaker Linda Weintraub (Oct. 17)

Introduction to Book (Unpublished Draft) (Primary Precis Article)

Ecosystems and Home (Unpublished Draft)

Themes (Unpublished Draft)

Assignment #6. Speaker Adam Werbach (Oct. 26)

The Death of Environmentalism (Primary Precis Article)

New York Times Article (Provides context for the "Death of Environmentalism" essay)

Assignment #7. Speaker Robert Manning (Oct. 31)

Use of Visual Research Methods to Measure Standards of Quality for Parks and Outdoor Recreation (Primary Precis Article)

Assignment #8. Speaker Robert Thorson(Nov. 7)

Stone by Stone (Primary Precis Article)

Wiseman Reading--Mysterious Structures