Instructor:
John Whitehead
e-mail: whiteheadjc@appstate.edu
Date | Topic | Notes | |
1 | T, 8/22 | Introduction | Syllabus |
2 | R, 8/24 | Environmental "ethics" | |
3 | T, 8/29 | Micro review with environmental applications | Conservation Reconsidered -- Reconsidered, Boot camp? |
4 | R, 8/31 | continued | |
5 | T, 9/5 | Market Failure | Micro quiz due |
6 | R, 9/7 | Efficient pollution level | |
7 | T, 9/12 | No instructor today[*.ppt]: Community meetings | Project Assignment #1 [due at 2 pm] |
8 | R, 9/14 | Benefit estimation | Take home quiz [The "Thanks!" page is due on Tuesday 9/19 at 2 pm; click the "I do not consent to participate. However ..." button on the second page] |
9 | T, 9/19 | continued | Theoretical Coase and the Real World |
10 | R, 9/21 | continued | |
11 | T, 9/26 | continued | Project Assignment #2 [due at 2 pm] |
12 | R, 9/28 | continued | |
13 | T, 10/3 | Exam #1 | |
14 | R, 10/5 | Cost estimation | |
15 | T, 10/10 | continued | |
16 | R, 10/12 | Benefit cost analysis | |
17 | T, 10/17 | continued | |
R, 10/19 | Fall Break | ||
18 | T, 10/24 | Regulation | |
19 | R, 10/26 | continued | |
20 | T, 10/31 | continued | |
21 | R, 11/2 | continued | Pollution Trading; Project Assignment #3 [due at 2 pm] |
22 | T, 11/7 | Exam #2 | |
23 | R, 11/9 | Nonrenewable natural resources | |
24 | T, 11/14 | Renewable natural resources | |
25 | R, 11/16 | ||
26 | T, 11/21 | No class today | Research groups (i.e., Learning Communities) physically meet (somewhere, sometime) for a thorough review and planning session. A progress report is due via email before the state holiday. The progress report should include (1) an MS Excel spreadsheet containing all data, (2) an update to the Project Assignment #3 that includes a statement of the final sample size and (3) plans for completion of tasks 5, 6 and 7 (with individual assignments [i.e., who will be doing what]) |
R, 11/23 | State holiday - no class | ||
27 | T, 11/28 | Sustainability | |
28 | R, 11/30 | ||
29 | T, 12/5 | Exam #3 | |
W, 12/6 | Reading Day | ||
F, 12/8 | Friday, December 8, 2006 from 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM |