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Today’s Outline

Today’s Outline. Our Stolen Future EVEN Curriculum Humanities and Social Sciences electives. Our Stolen Future. “Beyond Cancer” Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1948 discovery of DDT prevented malaria, cured typhus Paul M ü ller , Swiss chemist Carcinogen, hormone disrupter, 1950

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Today’s Outline

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  1. Today’s Outline • Our Stolen Future • EVEN Curriculum • Humanities and Social Sciences electives

  2. Our Stolen Future • “Beyond Cancer” • Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1948 • discovery of DDT • prevented malaria, cured typhus • Paul Müller, Swiss chemist • Carcinogen, hormone disrupter, 1950 • rooster study in Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine • Lindeman and Burlington, Syracuse University zoologists

  3. Our Stolen Future • “Defending Ourselves” • water • bottled water? • food • breast-feeding? • use of synthetic chemicals • alternatives? • legislation • research • “green” design of chemicals

  4. Our Stolen Future • “Loomings” • sperm count • intelligence • behavior problems • lead and mercury

  5. Our Stolen Future • “Flying Blind” • CFC example – warnings early 1970s

  6. EVEN Curriculum

  7. EVEN Curriculum

  8. EVEN Curriculum

  9. EVEN Curriculum • Humanities and Social Sciences • Eighteen credits • usually six three-credit courses • H&SS electives • fifteen credits • at least three creditsat 3000- or 4000-level • Required Communication Course • three credits

  10. EVEN Curriculum • Required Communication Course • junior fall • must be at 3000 level or above • usual options • WRTG 3030 Writing on Science and Society • offered every semester • HUEN 3100 Humanities for Engineers 1 • offered in fall semester • GEEN 3000 Professional Communication for Engineers • sometimes offered during summer

  11. EVEN Curriculum • WRTG 3030 Writing on Science and Society • from the catalog: • many sections, many faculty and instructors • wide range of FCQs Through selected reading and writing assignments, students examine ethical and social issues that arise in the decision-making processes associated with science and technology. Focuses on critical thinking, analytical writing, and oral presentation. Taught as a writing workshop, the course emphasizes effective communication with both professional and non-technical audiences. Restricted to junior and senior engineering students and junior and senior physical and biological science majors.

  12. EVEN Curriculum • HUEN 3100 Humanities for Engineers 1 • must be followed by HUEN 3200 • faculty in Lesser House • must apply for admission online The Herbst Seminar, the centerpiece of the Herbst program, is almost entirely devoted to roundtable discussions of original texts, primarily in literature and philosophy. Class size is limited to 12. Classwork stresses responsible reading and cooperative learning. By taking the two semesters of the Herbst Seminar, students fulfill the college’s writing requirements (1 course) and upper division requirements in Humanities and Social Sciences (2 courses), so 1 + 1 = 3. HUEN 3100 is a prerequisite for HUEN 3200.

  13. EVEN Curriculum • H&SS Electives • HOMER • Humanities and Social Science Info Center • Advisor (Prof. Wayne Ambler, Herbst) • email • List of approved courses • updated by semester, online • petitions for new courses allowed • BIG LIST!

  14. EVEN Curriculum • H&SS Electives • College rules • EVEN rules in Program Guidelines • courses that can’t be taken as H&SS • performance and fine arts • mathematics and natural sciences • accounting, finance, business practices

  15. EVEN Curriculum • H&SS Elective Ideas • Courses from a single department • e.g., History, Economics, Political Science • may be enough for a minor or a certificate • Courses from Herbst Humanities • starts at 1000-level

  16. EVEN Curriculum • H&SS Elective Ideas • Courses from a Culture • HIST 1608 Intro to Chinese History • CHIN 1051 Masterpieces of Chinese Lit • ARTH 2409 Intro to Asian Art • CHIN 4841 Women & Supernatural in Chinese Literature • Courses from a Time Period • ancient history • Courses around a Theme • Courses around an Interest

  17. EVEN Curriculum • H&SS Elective Ideas • Courses for “real world” benefit • ECON 1000 Intro to Economics • COMM 2600 Organizational Communications • ECON 3535 Natural Resource Economics • GEOG 3412 Conservation Practice & Resource Management • ECON 4999 Economics in Action

  18. EVEN Curriculum • H&SS Electives • if I were an undergraduate in EVEN: • CAMW 2001 The American West • ECON 4545 Environmental Economics • GEOG 4501 Water Resources and Water Management of Western United States • HIST 4267 Mining in the Western United States • HIST 4417 Environmental History of North America • PHIL 2140 Environmental Justice • PHIL 3140 Environmental Ethics • PSCI 3201 Environmental and Public Policy

  19. EVEN Curriculum • H&SS Electives • one other resource:Environmental Studies’undergraduate curriculum

  20. EVEN Curriculum • H&SS Elective Reminders • Prerequisites • check prerequisites • ask instructor if you don’t have them • Scheduling • great plans can be derailed by schedules • have a backup plan

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