RLS
42 Course Calendar - Spring 2003 |
Week
|
Date
|
Day
|
Daily Topics, Reading
Assignments, Due Dates |
January |
Unit 1. Course Introduction |
1 |
28 |
T |
Review course syllabus &
role of WebCT in course
Prep for next session:
Read Dennis
Ch. 1
Complete course survey for Thursday
Set up
SacLink account if you don't have one |
30 |
R |
Video "Wild By Law" & The
Land Ethic
Prep for 1/30:
Hand in course survey
Have read Dennis Ch. 1, and
WebCT orientation |
February |
Unit 2. Resource & Social Values |
2 |
4 |
T |
Shared Resources
and Social Values
Prep for 2/4: Read Dennis
Ch. 2, 3 and read Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" |
6 |
R |
Historical
Background of Natural Resource Management
Prep for 2/6: Read
Dennis Ch. 4, Jubenville Ch. 1
|
3 |
11 |
T |
History, continued
Prep for 2/11:
Review Chapter Objectives, Catch up on readings |
13 |
R |
No class session |
Unit 3. Recreation Impacts & Resource
Protection |
4 |
18 |
T |
Big Picture
Environmental Policy, Managing
Recreation Impacts
Prep for 2/18: Jubenville
Ch. 7, 8 |
20 |
R |
Ecosystem
Management, Scenery Management
Prep for 2/20:
Jubenville Ch.11 |
5 |
25 |
T |
Recreation
Planning
Prep for 2/25: Read
Jubenville Ch. 17 |
27 |
R |
Resource Issues:
Scenery Management, Hazards
and Risk
Prep for 2/27: Read
Jubenville 12, 18 |
March |
Unit 4: Outdoor
Recreation Management Frameworks & Agencies |
6 |
4 |
T |
Management
Frameworks: ROS, LAC
Prep for 3/4: Read Jubenville
Ch. 2, 3 |
6 |
R |
Problem Solving &
Recreation Resources
Prep for 3/6: Read Jubenville
Ch. 4, 5 |
7 |
11 |
T |
Government
Agencies & Why Their Missions are Such a Big Deal
Prep for 3/11: Read
Dennis Ch. 5, 6 |
13 |
R |
Government
Agencies & Why Their Missions are Such a Big Deal |
8 |
18 |
T |
Wild & Scenic
Rivers
Prep for 3/18:
Special Guest: Harry Williamson, National
Park Service
Sacramento, California |
20 |
R |
No class session -
CPRS Conference in San Jose
|
9 |
25 |
T |
Dept. of the
Interior Agencies: The National Park Service and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Prep for 3/25: Read
Dennis Ch.7, 10 |
27 |
R |
USDI: US
Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation
Prep for 3/27: Read
Dennis Ch.11
Special Guest: Jill Russi from U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
RLS Graduate Student -
Sacramento, California |
April |
10 |
1 |
T |
USDI (cont'd):
Bureau of Land Management & Nevada
Prep for 4/1: Read
Dennis Ch.9
Special Guest: Rob Perrin from Bureau
of Land Management
Battle Mountain, Nevada |
3 |
R |
Special Topics
Consultation Sessions, USDA Forest
Service
Prep for 4/3:
Dennis Ch. 8 |
Unit 5: Politics, Interest Groups, &
Public Involvement |
11 |
8 |
T |
USDA Forest
Service
Prep for 4/1: Read
Dennis Ch.9
Special Guest: Jeff Marsolais from
the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Ranger
District - Pollack Pines, California |
10 |
R |
State Agencies:
California Department of Parks and Recreation
Prep for 4/10: Read
Dennis Ch. 12, 13 |
12 |
BREAK
|
13 |
22 |
T |
Activism, Citizen Involvement,
and Political Interests
Prep for 4/22: Read
Dennis, 14, 15, 16 Jubenville Ch. 6 |
24 |
R |
The Role of Public
Participation in Natural Resource Management
Topic Papers Due in Class |
14 |
29 |
T |
The work world:
The recreation consultant
Alternative Title: Tales from the field--Public involvement
war stories
Prep for 4/29: Read
Dennis 17, 23, 24
Special Guest: Dr. John Baas,
Consultant with ENTRIX, Inc.
Walnut Creek, California |
May
|
14 |
1 |
R |
Group Presentations |
15 |
6 |
T |
Library Session (No Class) |
8 |
R |
Group Presentations |
16 |
13 |
T |
Group Presentations |
15 |
R |
Course Wrap Up |
17 |
|
|
Final Exam |