Instructor : Prof. Larry McGlinn, Hamner House, mcglinnl@newpaltz.edu, 257-2696.
Office Hours : M 1-2, W 3:30-4:30, T & Th 11:30-12:30, all in Humanities 310
Required Text : Exploitation, Conservation, Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on
Natural Resource Use, 3^rd Edition
Prerequisite : None

    Welcome to Natural Resource Management! Natural resource management is important to many disciplines from politics to economics to environmental science to biology. Our goal here as geographers is to integrate the different approaches to natural resources into a coherent vision of how humans use materials from the earth to sustain themselves, and more. We will examine policies, regulations, and problems that you will likely encounter in the future, either as an environmental professional, or as just an interested citizen.
    As much as possible, I will try to bring up local resource issues in the context of the class. You may have insights about local issues, in particular, that you are more than welcome to talk about in class. I can learn a lot from you, too. I value participation highly, and I will reward you for it.

Grading :
 

2 midterms @ 250 points	500 points
Final	250 points
Term Project	200 points
Participation	50 points
Total	1000 points

Midterms will be a combination of multiple choice and short answer questions, based mostly on what is covered in class. About 20% of the questions will come from the reading only. The term project will be a resource management plan you devise for a hypothetical region I will give to you later in the semester. (We will review many plans for you to use as guides.) The 50 points for participation includes attendance, willingness to join discussions, etc.

925 points + = A, 900-924 = A-, 875-899 = B+, 825-874 = B, 800-824 = B-, 775-799 = C+,
700-774 = C, 600-699 = D, <600 = F

There will be no extra credit assignments in this class.

Attendance : I do not regularly take attendance because I feel that you as adults should be able to make it to class. I reserve the right to take attendance when I wish to help me judge whether to award or withhold the effort points for given students. There is a close correlation between class attendance and performance in class!
    If some personal or family crisis arises during the semester, email or call me ASAP. I will work with you to arrange make ups with no deduction, etc.
    If you miss a test or quiz without contacting me first, no matter the reason, you may only make it up with a 25% reduction from your score, e.g. an 85% on your make up will be recorded as a 60%.

Special Needs : Students requiring classroom accommodations or modifications because of a documented disability should discuss this need with me at the beginning of the semester.

Plagiarism : I consider turning in someone else's work as your own (current or previous semester), using notes during a test or copying text word-for-word from a book to your papers to be cheating. Likewise, downloads from the Internet that are submitted as your own work are considered plagiarism. If I find you cheating I will fail you and refer you to the dean, period!

Important Dates
Midterms - #1 10/3; #2 11/7.
Term Project Due – 11/19 (If you are gone all of Turkey Week, turn it in by 11/16!)
Withdrawal Deadline – Friday, October 26.

Final Exam – Monday, December 17^th, 2:30 PM.

Termlist #1
Termlist #2
Project Description
Online Catskill Exercise
Final Termlist