Posted:
11/20/2009
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LOCALIZATION: ADAPTATIONS FOR THE COMING DOWNSHIFT.
What is localization?
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Courses
Posted:
11/10/2009
Instructor : Dr. David "Bo" Bunnell
Day/time:í‚ Tuesday's from 6-8PMí‚
Credits: 2í‚
Class format: First half lecture-style (either by Bunnell or guest speaker); second half will include student-led discussion on readings.
Includes above, plus stock assessment assignments, and group presentation (last two weeks).
Stock assessment assignments (3): Students will use existing fisheries data to estimate traditional fisheries analyses: von Bertalanffy growth curve, bioenergetic models, catch-curve analyses, stock/recruit models etc.í‚
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Posted:
09/29/2009
Instructor -í‚ Sara Adlerstein
Fri 2-5PM
3CR
Messing with messy data" is a course that will actively engage students in topics where data exploration and modern regression techniques are used to approach a variety of issues, in particular dealing with ecological questions. The course will improve student learning by promoting educated and intuitive approaches to working with data. The combination of skills provided by this course will help the student in conceptualizing, solving and communicating data analysis.
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Posted:
09/29/2009
Instructors: Emilia Askari and Julie Halpert
Time: Fridays 1-4PM
1.5CR
Specific skills to be covered include:
1. Understanding how the media industry is evolving and how that affects public discourse on environmental issues.
2. How to choose and develop environmental story ideas that will appeal to large audiences.
3. How to conduct an interview with questions that will reveal the best information from news sources; how to woo reluctant sources; and how to handle questions from reporters when you are the news source.
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Posted:
09/29/2009
Instructor - Prof. Michael Moore
MWí‚ 11:30-1PM
3CR
An intermediate level review of Natural Resource Economics. Topics include basic optimization techniques, resource scarcity, cost-benefit analysis, depletion or exhaustible resources, harvesting of renewable resources and common property problems.
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Posted:
09/29/2009
Instructor - Prof. Allen Burton
TTh 1-2:30PM
3CR
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Posted:
09/29/2009
Instructor - Kathleen Bergen
NREí‚ 541.001í‚ (lec) - TTh 10-11:30AM
NREí‚ 541.002 í‚ (lab) - Mon 10-12PM
4CR
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Posted:
09/29/2009
Instructor - Lauren Persha
Time - TBD
3CR
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Posted:
09/29/2009
Instructor -í‚ John DeCicco
Time - TBD
3CR
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Posted:
09/29/2009
Instructor - Prof. MaryCarol Hunter
Thu 3-5PM
2CR
Course Description:
This course considers integrative aspects of sustainable site design through lecture and discussion of readings and evaluation of built works.í‚ You will learn about the premises and methods for achieving the ecological, aesthetic and engineering goals of sustainable site design. Social and economic aspects will be considered where relevant.í‚ The semester will proceed in the topical sequence below.
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