Course syllabus

 LECTURE SCHEDULE

WEEK 1       (March 6)        INTRODUCTION TO COURSE: “WELCOME TO THE ANTHROPOCENE”          

WEEK 2       (March 13)      ECOCRITICISM: AN OVERVIEW

WEEK 3       (March 20)      CLIMATE CONTROVERSIES                                     

 WEEK 4      (March 27)      “CLI FI”                              

 WEEK 5      (April 3)          MAN’S INHUMANITY TO NATURE: NATURE’S INHUMANITY TO MAN

 WEEK 6      (April 10)        STAGE 3 MIDTERM (10-11) & WILDLIFE FILMS (11-12)

 

MID-SEMESTER BREAK FRIDAY APRIL 14 TO FRIDAY APRIL 28

 

WEEK 7       (May 1)           ENVIROTOONS

WEEK 8       (May 8)           GLOBALISATION & ECOLOGY

WEEK 9       (May 15)         PRODUCTION ECOLOGIES

WEEK 10     (May 22)         CONSUMPTION & TOXICITY

WEEK 11     (May 29)          WASTE

WEEK 12     (June 5)           NO LECTURE (QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY)

 

ASSESSMENTS

 

1. Tutorial Preparation & Participation:             10%
2. Reading/Viewing Quizzes:                              20%
3. Midterm Test                                                    25%
4. Research Essay (3 components = 45%)         45%

                     a. Trigger assignment 5%

                     b. Annotated Bibliography 10%

                     c. Essay 30%

 

 1. Tutorial Preparation & Participation:

Deadline: each tutorial beginning March 14 and June 6 (there will be no tutorial Tuesday April 11). 

This assessment consists of 10 weekly tasks in preparation for and participation in weekly tutorials. Each task/tutorial combination is worth 1 mark. Tasks will vary over the course of the semester but may include sourcing images and bringing them to the tutorial for discussion, preparing for and participating in a debate, playing an online game and sharing your experience, making short oral presentations and/or free and formal writing exercises. In order to receive a full mark for each of the 10 tutorials students will need to come in prepared and to participate in the workshop. No partial marks will be awarded. The tutorial tasks will be posted under ‘Assignments’ in CANVAS.

If you are ill or need to miss a tutorial, please advise me in writing via email as soon as you are able. Consideration will be given to extenuating circumstances when course results are finalized. 

 

 

2.  Reading/Viewing Quizzes:

Deadline: Midnight the same day as the lecture for which the readings/viewings were assigned.

For each of the topics from Week 2 to Week 11 you will be required to complete an online quiz based on the required readings and essential viewing. For the readings and viewing please see “Reading List or Modules” in CANVAS.  The quizzes will be online and available under “Quizzes” in Canvas. Each quiz is worth 2 points. The number of questions in each quiz may vary.

 

3.  Midterm Test:

April 10 at 10 am

Length: (45 minutes)

Covers course material from WEEK 1 through WEEK 5

 

 

4. Research Essay:    

a)   Trigger Assignment:

       Length: 500 words max

       Deadline: May 9 (midnight CANVAS)

       Template will be circulated on CANVAS under Quizzes.

 

b)    Annotated Bibliography

       Length:1000 words max

       Deadline: May 22 (midnight CANVAS)

       Instructions will be circulated on CANVAS under ASSIGNMENTS

 

c)     Research Essay

        Length: 2500 words

        Deadline: June 12 (midnight CANVAS)

        Instructions will be circulated on CANVAS under ASSIGNMENTS