The comprehensive final exam will consist of several brief essay compositions along with a short set of objective questions. An oral presentation on a writer not covered in class will complete the requirements for student evaluation. There will be a sequence of 5 writing assignments during the quarter that focus on the required readings. You are expected to follow the instructions carefully and to use the set of questions as a springboard to launch into narrative explication and elucidation. Stay within the stipulated limits but likewise don't hold back.
Minimal effort results in minimal credit.
This three credit hour class includes the development of student interest in a particular environmental writer and the subsequent research and preparation of an oral presentation. These presentations will comprise brief introductions to the chosen writer's life and work, with particular attention given to the context of, and relation to, the universal required readings. Class discussions will be held each Monday. Please be prepared to participate in these discussions by carefully reading the texts listed prior to that afternoon's class. Readings with page numbers are those found in Jenseth and Lotto's Constructing Nature.