Winter
2012
Mike Springborn Assistant Professor website Department of Environmental Science & Policy 2104 Wickson Hall  office hours: Wednesdays, 2:00 P.M. | Teaching assistants: Isabel Call email: ilcall@ucdavis.edu office hours: Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 A.M., Wickson 2120J See the location for office hours in Wickson (2120J or 2133) in this floorplan. Justin Beaudoin email: beaudoin@primal.ucdavis.edu office hours: Mondays, 2:00 – 3:00 P.M., Wickson 2133 |
Class lectures: T/Th, 1:40-3:00 PM, Veihmeyer Hall 212 Discussion/Lab: Wed., 11:00-11:50 (Sec. 1), 12:10-1:00 (Sec. 2) and 1:10-2:00 (Sec. 3), Hutchison 93. Midterm: in class, Thursday, February 16 Final: 8:00 - 10:00 A.M., Friday, March 23 | |
Announcements (newest first)
| * 3/15: Final exam: If your last name starts with A-K please go to Hoagland 113 to take the final. This will give everyone some breathing room. * 3/15: Office hours for the week before the final, starting 3/19: Monday: Justin's regularly scheduled office hours Wednesday: My regularly scheduled office hours Thursday: Regular office hours cancelled. Justin to host additional office hours: 2-3:10 P.M. If students still present, will extend until 4 P.M. Location: Wickson 2148. * 3/15: If you have an interest in a paid climate change oriented internship with the National Park Service details can be found here. * 3/8: Note that there is a typo in one of the "practice only" problems from homework 5. Question 4(e) should include a pointer to the "cost effective allocation you identified in part (b)" rather than "part (a)" as originally written. * 3/6: Midterm/Final -- if your score on the midterm was less than or equal to a D+: o The standard weighting (from the syllabus) is midterm 25%, final 30%. If your midterm grade was <= D+ and you do better on the final: I will change the weighting for your final grade to midterm 15%, final 40% * 3/7: See homework 6 posted below and due in class on Tuesday 3/13. * 3/1: See homework 5 posted below and due in class on Tuesday 3/6 * 2/23: See homework 4 posted below and due in class on Tuesday 2/28 * 2/9/12: Midterm announcements: * 2/9/12: Extra office hours will be hosted this week by Justin at his regular location (Wickson 2133) on Friday (2/10) from 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. * 2/6/12: Homework #3 has been assigned below. It is due by Friday (2/10) at 4 P.M. * 1/29/12: Note the arsenic case study reading guide to be completed for lab on Wed., Feb 1 (see course schedule). * 1/26/12: Homework #2 has been assigned below. It is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, February 2nd. * 1/19/12: Additional office hours: Justin will be available on Friday (1/20) from 11 A.M. - noon in his regular spot (see above). * 1/18/12: The Student Disability Center asks that students interested in serving as paid notetakers for this course please contact Russ Zochowski at rjzochowski@ucdavis.edu. Notetakers are paid a stipend of $25 per unit, but must have a social security number in order to be paid. Students are asked to put notetaker, the course title and number, and instructor’s name in the subject lines of their emails. Their information will be passed along to the SDC student in need of notes, and if they are interested they will contact each student accordingly. * 1/15/12: See first homework assignment below, due by 4pm on Friday, 1/20. * UPDATE: the last line of the introduction to Question 4 should read: "the annual benefit per condor saved is $65K," that is $65,000 and not "$65". * 1/11/12: I highly recommend attending today's talk from visiting speaker Jane Lubchenco, who is the head of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration). The talk is at 4:10pm today at the ARC. The title is "Sustaining the Beauty and the Bounty of Oceans: Grand Challenges for Science and Society." Find further details here. * 1/10/12: See Schedule (link below) for short warm-up assignment to be completed before our first lab on 1/11. |
Links
| Syllabus Schedule of lectures and assigned readings (includes links to most articles) Writing for ESP 162: Expectations for formatting and content of written assignments. Key concepts list: Useful for directing your reading and studying for exams. (NOTE: not intended as a comprehensive study guide) Useful Economics & Environment Links: various economics and environment references and blogs. A set of example midterm questions. Note: this set of example questions is shorter than the actual mid-term and is meant to give you a sense of the format only is not a comprehensive review. | See this expandable mind map for an overview of the course (adapted from a flow chart by Robert Stavins). |
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Homework
Each homework assignment is due at the beginning of class.
Short papers (15 points each, except for Homework 1):
Short papers (15 points each, except for Homework 1):
- It is essential that you see "Writing for ESP 162" (see Links above) for requirements for formatting, citations, content, etc.
- You're score on short paper assignments will be broken down into two scores:
- Content: addresses the question, stays on topic, states a coherent position supported by analytically sound arguments and references (as needed).
- Writing: meets the standard for grammar, spelling, punctuation and mechanics. Follows formatting requirements including reference format specified in "Writing for ESP 162".
- May be handwritten or typed.
- We will typically grade two questions in depth for 2.5 points each and award the remaining five points based on the completeness of the remaining responses.
- For some problem sets we will note additional problems to "Read". These are not assigned and should not be turned in but are strongly suggested for practice and review.
- Data from the lab experiment for questions 1 & 2.
2. Homework 2: Short paper: Open Access Resources, due at the beginning of class on Thursday, February 2nd.
-Please read Writing for ESP 162 to understand general expectations for writing.
3. Homework 3: Problem set 2, due by 4pm on Friday, Feb. 10. You may hand the assignment in either (1) during class on Thursday or (2) anytime on Friday at my office in 2104 Wickson--please slide under the door.
4. Homework 4: Short paper: Climate Change Policy, due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, February 28th.
5. Homework 5: Problem set 3, due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, March 6th.
5. Homework 6: Problem set 4, due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, March 13th.