1. CLASS DESCRIPTION: This writing intensive course deals with the collection and analysis of environmental data and the structure and writing of land use and environmental reports for public and private agencies. The course will be facilitated with textual resources and on-line readings. Students will develop a report dealing with a typical component of an environmental impact statement or feasibility review.
2. COURSE OUTCOMES:
The following outcomes are a result of the completion of this
course.
1. Students will become familiar with the general structure of
Environmental Impact Statements.
2. Students will understand the character of technical writing.
3. Students will apply scientific geographic methods to writing
themes.
3. Students will be able to synthesize themes from professional
research.
4. Students will be exposed to methods and skills used by geographers
to investigate spatial issues.
5. Students will be able to practically apply the concepts in
the course to a personal perspective.
3. THE CORE COMPONENT
OF THIS COURSE WILL COVER
1. An Introduction to the nature of the scientific method and
the SM14 system
2. An overview of technical writing styles
3. An overview of EIS processes
4. THE SUBJECTIVE COMPONENT
OF THIS COURSE WILL COVER
1. The establishment of a subjective
research proposal
2. The formulation of a compiled data in report form specifically
dealing with a component of an EIS
3. The analysis of the data
4. The evaluation of research themes
5. TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
1. Environmental Impact
Statement Process and Environmental Law, 2nd Edition.
E.B. Moore.
2. The Scientific Method, Norman Edmund, Edmund Scientific
(also used with the 401 class)
3. Technical Writing
in the Corporate World, H. Estrin and
N. Elliot
6. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Students are expected to exhibit appropriate academic behavior
and motivation. Students are expected to follow and complete the
assignments associated with each unit of reading.
Three Units of inquiry have been developed
around the two text and ancillaries associated with this text.
(These are listed in the Calendar below.). Beyond this core curriculum
the student will develop a report (not a research paper) derived
by a prescribed and instructor-directed inquiry. The focus of
this work will be based around a subject inquiry, pertinent to
an environmental impact statement, feasibility type study, or
risk analysis.
7. COURSE PROCEDURES
PLEASE READ
Assignment
Protocol For All Assignments in Geography
Procedures:
The course is set up around
activities derived from two texts. The Edmund book is support
materials for students who have not taken any of the other courses
such as 401. Complete the unit assignment by following the instructions in each unit. Unit 1 deals
with practical technical writing skills, Unit two deals with the
development of environmental impact statements. Unit three is
your proposal and report investigation.
Produce all the above in a word processing document (or typed)
and send it via ground mail to the distance education office.
REMEMBER TO KEEP A COPY OF THE FILE FOR RECORDS AS WELL.
Please, NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS.
The Eastern Oregon University Writing
Requirement
This course satisfies the EOU UWR. Students will complete research in the form of a paper and oral presentation. Following after a scientific and technical writing model, students will produce writing during the duration of the course totaling a minimum of 5000 words. This total will reflect the work of drafts, in-class writing, informal and finished papers. Additionally an oral presentation will be required which overviews the finished written product.
Through the course, drafts of papers will be evaluated by the instructor at the point of proposal. Three additional draft reviews will be conducted by the instructor and one possibly by peer review through the duration of the course.
The student will access a wide variety of sources such journal articles, internet sites, and field interviews, incorporating these sources into the paper with proper citations and bibliography.
Writing products will be produced as drafts, revised and edited by students and the instructor. Additional writing and research assistance is available from the EOU Writing Lab. Tap here to access the Writing Lab.
In order to satisfy the UWR requirement the course must be passed with a C- or better.
Note: Due to the research nature of this course,
over 60% of the final grade will be derived from writing assignments.
Meeting Times
The class will meet to pursue the core
requirements of the course approximately three times during the
semester.
The course will meet once during the quarter
to discuss proposals of presentations.
The course will meet once during the final week to present reports
THUS: this course will meet a total of five times.
Missing meetings will result in a reduction of a letter grade.
The Students should expect to meet with the instructor individually
through the duration of the course. The final meeting will be
focused on student presentation.
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WEEK OF: MEETING TIMES APPROXIMATE AND WILL BE SET DURING THE CLASS |
CHAPTERS YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR | FIND ASSIGNMENTS
HERE NOT LINKED UNTIL THE START OF CLASSES |
| 1 2 3 |
Review the Edmund pamphlet Complete Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the |
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| 4 5 6 | The Environmental Impact Statement Process and
Environmental Law Read Chapters 1-28 |
UNIT
2 CORE COMPONENT The Environmental Impact Statement Process and Environmental Law Proposal Due 20th |
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7 8 9
REPORTS PRESENTED ON DAY OF FINAL |
Reports due no later than 3 June | Report Due |
8. POINTS: Grades in this course will be based on the following POINTS:
9. LETTER GRADES: are based on the following percentage
scale: 90 and above A, 80-89 B, 70-79 C, 60-69, D.....below 60....
10. SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY
For questions regarding scholarship please refer to the EOU student
guide. This guide discusses dishonesty....copying answers off
of another person's test, plagiarism etc. My comments on this:
If you are not into policies, consider your heart in this matter....and
if you have no heart.....consider your pocketbook. These behaviours
are nothing less analogous to deliberately spilling gas on the
ground when you fill your car. It's a waste of energy, a waste
of money, and a misuse of a resource.
11. DROPPING THE COURSE
Drop day information can be found in the 2004 Class Schedule.
Talk to me before you drop.
12. DISABILITIES
Do you need some special help with
regard to accessibility or some other issue regarding your learning
performance? Please talk to me. We can work it out. (The Beatles,
ca 1960).
Dear Students,
Howdy. It is my responsibility to try and challenge
you to think about the substance of this course. Be assured that
this experience is not a contest between you and I. What I hope
for is that I can facilitate your consideration of the world around
in context of a spatial paradigm. I hope some years from now when,
by chance I see you at Denny's, you will still be thinking about
life from a geographic perspective. Jowett, the translator of
Plato's works once asked, "Can geography be taught so as
to make students think?" I enjoy this subject and I hope
that in this course I can present it to you with integrity and
an appropriate amount of verve. I can honestly say from my heart,
I appreciate the opportunity to teach here at EOU and to have
you as my students. Please feel free to contact me by phone if
you have questions. Thank you for taking this course.
INSTRUCTOR CONTACT: My
office is Zabel 236. E-MAIL me at on internet at: mmustoe@eou.edu.
Telephone 541 WOodland-2 3502. Office Hours: 1000 -1100
Pacific Time, or by appointment. About
Me
NOTE ON E-MAILS: I can only
receive e-mails for accounts that are listed as @eou.edu. If you
have some other domain name you must notify me in writing or by
phone so I can make the necessary modifications to me e-mail utility
so as to be able to receive your messages.
Ancillaries:
Please feel free to contact me at my
office if you have questions about the substance of the course.
Please consider restraint in grade negotiations with me. The reason
for this is rooted in my subjective epistomological outlook on
judgment. I can only assure you that I make every attempt at being
fair and that you will learn....something.
Additional EOU Geography Resources:
Associated web sites for geography
courses at EOU can be found at:
| RD MAC DOGAMI |
| Mineral Land Regulation and Reclamation Program |
| Baker Lawsuit Smith Ditch |
| Ashgrove Locations |
| Utah Geology |
| Columbia River Canal |
| Columbia Gorge |