Chem321:Schedule
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| Course units 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 |
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| Assignments Paper - Acme - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 |
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| Basic editing Create an account Protocols Tutorial Demo, for practice |
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.
| Date | Unit | Topics | Readings | Assignments |
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| July 8-10 | Unit 1 | What is sustainability? What is sustainable development? Agenda 21, government responses to sustainability. Current environmental problems |
Hill Ch. 1 BBC, "Disposable Planet" |
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| July 11-12 | Unit 2 | Economic & political aspects | Hill Ch. 1, Brown reading | |
| July 15-16 | Unit 3 | Science and technology. Matter, energy & thermodynamics. | Hill Ch. 2 Matthew & Boltz reading |
Problem Set 1 due (Jul 15) |
| July 16-18 | Unit 4 | Business and sustainability, uses of technology, manufacturing |
Dorf, pages 101-107, 106-210 & Chap 19; van Nes & Cramer reading | Problem Set 2 due (Jul 18) |
| July 19 | Unit 5 | Consumption | Hill Ch. 4 | |
| July 19 | Unit 6 | Impacts, carbon footprints, waste management & reduction |
Hill Ch. 5, RCRA vision statement |
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| July 22-23 | Unit 7 | Energy resources | Problem Set 3 due (July 22) | |
| July 24-25 | Unit 8 | Material resources and mining, chemicals | Hill Ch. 3, 7 C&E News on Resource Sustainability |
First draft of case presentations due (July 25) |
| July 26 | Unit 9 | Forestry, food & agriculture | Hill Ch. 8 | Problem Set 4 due |
| July 29 | Unit 10 | Environmental management systems and ISO 14000 | Sample plans | Final draft of case presentations due* |
| July 30-31 | Unit 11 | Ecologic, green engineering, green chemistry, green manufacturing | Hill Ch. 6 Anastas video |
Problem Set 5 due (July 31) |
| Aug 1 | Unit 12 | Transforming the corporate mindset, new business models | First draft of term paper due | |
| Aug 2-5 | Unit 13 | Models for sustainable living | Hill Ch. 9, Rifkin interview Goodall reading |
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| Aug 6 | Unit 14 | What does the future hold? | Hill Ch. 9, videos | Final draft of term paper due |
| Aug 8 | Final exam |
- The exact date may be later, but this will be agreed when the draft presentations are reviewed, and the discussion dates chosen.
