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Date of ClassTopic of ClassReadings for Class
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3 SepIntroductionNone
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10 SepAcademic Integrity and the Honor CodeComplete Academic Integrity Tutorial and Self-Test by Monday night (see instructions sent out by email)
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12 SepTime Management and Learning StrategiesMake It Stick, p. 1-7 and 200-215
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17 SepHuman Nature and ScarcityRousseau excerpt all
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19 SepMalthusian GrowthMalthus p. 5-17
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24 SepDemography in the 20th Century
Ehrlich p. 3-17 (link for in-class group work: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T6B87XmRup3z74GPU8kEERSGUEv08i7dvZ8o6kol4F4/edit?gid=0#gid=0)
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26 SepDemography in the 21st CenturyKearney et al. p. 151-156, bottom 158-bottom 160, bottom 167-173
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1 OctLibrary Orientation Session (meet in LIB 220!!)None
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3 OctWriting Workshop 1None (bring 2 printed copies of paper draft to class for peer review)
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8 OctIndustrial Revolution and the Role of TechnologyUnbound Prometheus p. 1-12
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10 OctAgricultural Productivity and the Green RevolutionGollin et al. p. 2344-2354 (use link above for in-class group work -- click on "Agriculture Data" tab at the bottom)
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15 OctFossil Fuels: SupplyMeadows Limits to Growth p. 1 through 2nd paragraph on p. 4; Schwerhoff Stuermer sections 1-3 (p. 1-15)
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17 OctFossil Fuels: DemandCovert et al. p. 117-120, 135-136; McKibben p. 21-23, 34-35
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22 OctWriting Workshop 2None (bring 3 printed copies of paper 2 outline to class for peer review)
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24 OctClimate Change: Latest ScienceIPCC Policy Summary p. 4-6 all + p. 7-31 bolded paragraphs and figures/tables only
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29 OctEnvironmental JusticeMohai Pellow Roberts Abstract and Introduction only (p. 405-408); Robinson Ministry for the Future Chapter 1 and Chapter 51
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31 OctAnti-RacismKendi Definitions (p. 13-23)
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5 NovGrowth and InequalityPiketty p. 72-79, 83-85; Steinbeck Chapter 25 (p. 473-477)
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7 NovOratory Now In-Class WorkshopNone
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12 NovSAC 1: Genetic Engineering and Agricultural ProductivityNone
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14 NovSAC 2: Nuclear Power and Climate ChangeNone
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19 NovEnvisioning the Future in 1930Keynes 1930 all (p. 1-7)
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21 NovArtificial Intelligence and EmploymentAutor p. 1-13 (up to "...awesome.")
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3 DecArtificial Intelligence and GrowthNordhaus Singularity: introduction + sections I., IX., and X
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5 DecEnvisioning the Future in 2024Harari Homo Deus p. 1-6, 20-25, 30-32, 43-47
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