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The table below outlines the schedule for the whole semester.  The details of each week's schedule can be accessed by clicking on the "week of" links.  Additional readings may be assigned as the semester progresses.
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|+'''Chemistry 321 Class Schedule'''
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!Date || [[Chem321:Units|Unit]] || Topics || Readings/videos || Assignments
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 6, 2015|July 6-8]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 1|Unit 1]]
| What is sustainability? What is sustainable development?<br/>Agenda 21, government responses to sustainability.<br/>Current environmental problems
| Hill Ch. 1<br/>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/11/miami-drowning-climate-change-deniers-sea-levels-rising The Guardian on Miami]<br/>[http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/gallery/2015/apr/01/over-population-over-consumption-in-pictures Picture gallery]<br/>[http://www.nature.com/news/biodiversity-life-a-status-report-1.16523 Biodiversity crisis]<br/>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWT-EWKIR3M Is climate change real?]

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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 6, 2015|July 9-10]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 2|Unit 2]]
| Economic & political aspects
| Hill Ch. 1, Readings: [http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA351687016&v=2.1&u=potsdam_main&it=r&p=STND&sw=w&asid=204ea89babcbcde061de2877844b7f59 Bjorn Lomborg reading] and [http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.webproxy.potsdam.edu:2048/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=19&sid=889b96a0-ca22-4327-bdbf-2f96e0e2b6f1%40sessionmgr4001&hid=4108 Naomi Klein reading]
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 13, 2015|July 13-14]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 3|Unit 3]]
| Science and technology. Matter, energy & thermodynamics.
| Hill Ch. 2<br/>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3378623/?tool=pmcentrez Matthew & Boltz reading]
| [[Chem321:Problem Set 1|Problem Set 1]] due (Jul 13)
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 13, 2015|July 14-16]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 4|Unit 4]]
| Business and sustainability, <br/>uses of technology, manufacturing
| Dorf, pages [http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/f/f9/DorfP101_107.pdf 101-107]  & [http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/5/5e/DorfChap19.pdf Chap 19]; [http://site.ebrary.com.webproxy.potsdam.edu:2048/lib/potsdam/reader.action?docID=10684921 Responsible Innovation (read p17-21 on Innovation for Sustainable Development)]; [http://www.sciencedirect.com.webproxy.potsdam.edu:2048/science/article/pii/S0959652614000419 Article by Bakker ''et al.'']
| [[Chem321:Problem Set 2|Problem Set 2]] due (Jul 16)
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 13, 2015|July 16]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 5|Unit 5]]
| Consumption
| Hill Ch. 4 
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 13, 2015|July 17]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 6|Unit 6]]
| Impacts, carbon footprints,<br/>waste management & reduction 
| Hill Ch. 5,<br/>[http://www.epa.gov/wastes/conserve/smm/pdf/vision2.pdf RCRA vision statement (exec summary only)],<br/>[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/greenhouse-gases Video on greenhouse gases]   
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 20, 2015|July 20-21]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 7|Unit 7]]
| Energy
| [http://www.cnbc.com/2014/11/27/why-living-off-the-grid-will-get-a-lot-easier-in-25-years.html CNBC on going off the grid], videos of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIvwdGWt88s Visser] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrPNuOPflmQ Ewy]
|  [[Chem321:Problem Set 3|Problem Set 3]] due (July 20)
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 20, 2015|July 22-23]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 8|Unit 8]]
| Material resources and mining, chemicals 
| Hill Ch. 3, 7<br/>[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/b/b4/CandEN_ResourceSustainability.pdf C&E News on Resource Sustainability]
| First draft of<br/>case presentations due (~July 23)
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 20, 2015|July 24]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 9|Unit 9]]
| Forestry, food & agriculture
| Hill Ch. 8, and video TBA
| [[Chem321:Problem Set 4|Problem Set 4]] due
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 27, 2015|July 27]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 10|Unit 10]]
| Environmental management systems and ISO 14000
| [http://www.haworth.com/en-us/About-Us/Sustainability/Pages/Vision.aspx Haworth],[http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6481&page=32 Lockheed Martin]<br/>[http://www.praxiom.com/iso-14001-summary.htm ISO 14001 summary],<br/>[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/c/c6/321EnvPolicy.pdf Two sample Env. Policies], [http://www.ibm.com/ibm/environment/policy/ IBM]
| Final draft of<br/>case presentations due*
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 27, 2015|July 28-29]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 11|Unit 11]]
| Ecologic, green engineering, green chemistry, green manufacturing
| Hill Ch. 6<br/>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HhBSd8ntsQ Anastas video] 
| [[Chem321:Problem Set 5|Problem Set 5]] due (July 31)
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 27, 2015|July 30]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 12|Unit 12]]
| Transforming the corporate mindset, new business models
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| [[Chem 321:Week of July 27, 2015|July 31 - Aug 3]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 13|Unit 13]]
| Models for sustainable living
| Hill Ch. 9, Envelope house [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4LdODDHKI exterior] & [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujiXbg7Huv0 interior]<br/>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/dec/13/ethicalliving.carbonfootprints Goodall reading] 
| First draft of<br/>term paper due
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| [[Chem 321:Week of August 3, 2015|Aug 4]]
| [[Chem321:Unit 14|Unit 14]]
| What does the future hold?
| Hill Ch. 9, videos on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VFe8vsdpq4 Masdar City]<br/> & [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yXU1nEIFqM Melbourne]
| Final draft of<br/>term paper due
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| [[Chem 321:Week of August 3, 2015|Aug 6]]
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| Final exam
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* The exact date may be later, but this will be agreed when the draft presentations are reviewed, and the discussion dates chosen.

==See also==
*[[Chem321:Syllabus]]

[[Category:Chemistry 321]]