Section 1: Introduction, concepts and tools

Date	Topic #	Topic	Instructor*	Learning Materials available on Blackboard
Aug. 26	1	Problems facing Planet Earth and modern society; course logistics	DA, JB	now available
Aug. 28	2	Signature Course concept; Expectations for Discussion Section; The concept of Sustainability: Social equity, economy, and environment	DA, JB	now available
Aug. 31	3	The Scientific Method	JB	now available
Sept. 2	4	Tragedy of the Commons I: The history of civilizations and sustainability	JB
Sept. 4	4	Tragedy of the Commons II	JB
Sept. 7		Labor Day Holiday

Section 2: Natural cycles: How the Earth works

Sept. 9	5	Plate tectonics and the rock cycle	JB
Sept. 11	6	Atmosphere I: Structure and composition	DA
Sept. 14	7	Atmosphere II: Circulation	JB
Sept. 16	7	Atmosphere III: Weather and climate	JB
Sept. 18	8	Climate change through time	JB
Sept. 21	9	Hydrosphere and the water cycle	JB
Sept. 23		Exam I	JB
Sept. 25	11	Grand Cycles and the Anthropocene	DA
Sept. 28	10	Hydrosphere and the oceans: Structure, composition and circulation	JB
Sept. 30	12	Ocean-atmopshere interactions& Abrupt Climate Change	JB
Oct. 2	13	Cycles of life - Introduction	DA
Oct. 5	13	Cycles of life - Carbon	DA

Section 3: Human perturbation of natural cycles and sustainability

Oct. 7	13	Cycles of life - Nitrogen	DA
Oct. 9	14	Human Impact on the water cycle	JB
Oct. 12	15	Sustainability of Freshwater Resources - 1	JB
Oct. 14	15	Sustainability of Freshwater Resources - 2	JB
Oct. 16	16	Sustainability of the Oceans	JB
Oct. 19		Exam II
Oct. 21	18	Energy I	DA
Oct. 23	18	Energy II	DA
Oct. 26	19	Energy III	MW
Oct. 28	20	Human impact on the atmosphere I	DA
Oct. 30	20	Human impact on the atmosphere II	DA

Section 4: Societies, economies, technologies, ecologies, and paths to sustainable solutions

Nov. 2	20	Human impact on the atmosphere II (cont'd)	DA
Nov. 4	21	Green Products	DA
Nov. 6	22	Industrial Ecology I	DA
Nov. 9	23	Industrial Ecology II	DA
Nov. 11		Exam 3	DA
Nov. 13	24	Environmental change and biodiversity	TBA
Nov. 16	25	Climate change impacts on ecosystems and landscapes	KY
Nov. 18	25	Environment, science and the media	JB
Nov. 20	26	Environmental Music Symposium	JB, DA
Nov. 23		Sustainable development of cities	SM
Nov. 25	27	Environmental Change, Policy and Society I	DA
Nov. 27		Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 30	27	Environmental Change, Policy and Society II	JB
Dec. 2	27	Environmental Change, Policy and Society III	JB
Dec. 4		Final thoughts and final exam review	DA, JB

* Denotes Instructor or Guest Speaker

DA - David Allen, Chemical Engineering
JB - Jay Banner, Geological Sciences

KY - Ken Young
SM - Steven Moore, School of Architecture