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 GRADUATE SEMINAR II
ESC571,  Section 1, Th 4:30-5:20 Spring 2007
Room 207 Holt Hall

Schedule

 

Instructor: John Tucker
Office Hours:   TBA
Office Location: 110A Holt Hall; Telephone: 425-2316

Course Description

Presentation of programs of current environmental interest by students, faculty, and visiting speakers. Each student will be required to present or take part in discussion of a topic each week. Required during first year in graduate program.

Course Objectives

There are four main course objectives: 1) provide an introduction to the Environmental Science Masters Program, 2) provide for faculty and student dialogue, 3) provide for mastery of skills for professional presentations, and 4) gain knowledge about current environmental topics.

Course Requirements

Graduate faculty have selected [TBA] as the general theme for this semester.  Students must select a published work relating to the general topic.  The selected work may be a scientific paper, a law or policy article, or a government document.  The student must give a formal presentation presenting the work as though it were their own, and lead a follow up discussion on the work.  The presentation should be about 15 minutes long and the discussion about 15 minutes.   Each presentation should follow the format of the original work.  For example, presentation of scientific works would include Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Literature Cited, or some close variation.  The student should hand out copies of the paper to the seminar participants the week before the presentation. 

Students observing the presentation must read the paper prior to the presentation, and participate in the discussion portion of the presentation by asking questions and contributing comments.  Students observing the presentations must also complete a form evaluating the presenter’s performance. 

Regular attendance and participation is required.

Assessment

70% of your grade will be computed from your seminar presentation.  The grading will be based upon three main criteria:

1.         Structure of the presentation
2.         Clarity of the presentation
3.         Command of the Material

15% of your grade will be based on completion of thoughtful evaluations of other speakers, both student presenters and guest speakers.

15% of your grade will be based on meaningful participation in the discussion portions of the seminar.


Grades are straight percentage:  A =  90 - 100%         B = 80-89%         C = 70-79%

                                                     D = 60-69%             F = 0-59%

Materials

1. Published works available in the UTC library, other libraries, or the Internet.  

2.  Updates to the syllabus will be posted on the internet at the course homepage
(http://www.utc.edu/Faculty/John-Tucker/esc571sy07.html ) 

Attention:   If you are a student with a disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) and think that you might need special assistance or a special accommodation in this class or any other class, call the Office for Students with Disabilities/College Access Program at 425-4006 or come by the office - 110 Frist Hall.

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  GRADUATE SEMINAR II

 

Class Schedule TBA
 

Class

Date

Topic & Assignment

1

1/11

Introduction to Seminar and Overview of Graduate Program

2

1/18

Presentations 

3

1/25

TBA presenting

4

2/1

TBA presenting

5

2/8

TBA presenting

6

2/15

TBA presenting

7

2/22

TBA presenting

8

3/1

TBA presenting

9

3/8

TBA presenting

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3/15

Spring Break

10

3/22

TBA presenting

11

3/29

TBA presenting

12

4/5

TBA presenting

13

4/12

TBA presenting

14

4/19

 TBA presenting

This schedule may be adjusted depending upon the progress of the class and student needs.