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Instructor: |
Prof. Joe Ryan
office: Engineering Center OT 517
phone: 303 492 0772
email: joseph.ryan@colorado.edu
web: http://www.colorado.edu/ceae/environmental/ryan/
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Locations
and Times |
lectures:
Friday, 3:00 to 3:50 pm
STAD 140 (yes, that's Folsom Field) |
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Course
Description |
From the course
catalog:
"Introduction to environmental engineering. Introduces the
field, including specialties such as air and water pollution control and
site remediation. Learn about career opportunities and professional ethics
through guest lectures and case study. Develop a goals statement and degree
plan." |
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Prerequisites |
No courses.
Recommended for EVEN first-year and transfer students and OPEN first-year
students. Not recommended for other students. |
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Course
Objectives |
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Introduce
you to environmental engineering as an academic major and a career.
- Help you to succeed in the study of
environmental engineering.
- Instill in you a sense of ethics and a
commitment to service inherent in engineering.
- Develop your writing skills.
Some of the objectives echo the
mission
statement and objectives
of the Environmental Engineering program. You can also examine the course objectives in the
context of the ABET Outcome Criteria for the
EVEN degree.
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What
to Expect |
We'll
achieve these objectives by lectures, guest lectures, readings, and short writing assignments. The details of the
course content are shown in the schedule.
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What
to Achieve |
By the end of this
class, you should have a good understanding of what you want to accomplish
by pursuing a degree in environmental engineering at the University of
Colorado, and you should have a good idea of what to expect for
environmental engineering as a career. You should have enough
information to decide if environmental engineering is for you. You
should have an understanding of the history and development of
environmental engineering as an engineering discipline. You should
have a sense of the importance of ethics and service in environmental
engineering. Finally, you should improve your communications skills.
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Assignments |
The only assignments
for the course are four short writing assignments. Each writing
assignment must contain 150-250 words. The writing assignments must be
formatted with a 12 point font and 1 inch margins. The writing
assignments must be turned in electronically as an email attachment (with
the file name as shown below for the "First Submission").
After they are turned in, I will review them and send them back with
comments (as a file called Lastname Writing x Joe Comments.doc). The writing assignment must then be rewritten
using my comments, submitted
to the College of Engineering's Online Writing Lab (OWL), revised again
using
the OWL comments, and resubmitted to me a final time along with the OWL-commented file
(as shown below for the Revision Submission).
Check all submissions for viruses, and use the following file naming
convention:
First Submission: Lastname Writing
x.doc
Revision Submission: Lastname Writing x
Revised.doc
Lastname Writing x OWL.doc
where "Lastname" is your last name and "x" is
the number of the writing assignment.
All assignments are due by
3:00 pm (before class) on the due
date listed in the schedule.
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Grading |
Many of the achievements expected in this class
are intangible, or hard to measure (and grade), so the grading will focus
on attendance, participation, and writing improvement.
Attendance and Participation. You
are expected to attend class, and as long as you are here, you might as
will participate. If you need to miss a class, I need a valid excuse
(illness, family obligation, religious holiday). Participating in
class means listening actively, asking questions of guest lecturers, and
engaging in class discussions. The opposite of participation
includes the simple occupation of space, reading the newspaper, and
sleeping. You get a point for each class you attend and participate,
and we meet fifteen times.
Writing Improvement. You'll have
four writing assignments, each worth four points (two for the quality of
writing, and two for the quality of content), so sixteen points total.
Each writing assignment will be reviewed and revised, and only the revised
version will be graded.
Late Submission Policy.
The first late
submission of a writing assignment (either the draft or the final version)
will not penalized. A second late
submission will be given only half-credit. The third and other late
submissions will not be accepted for credit. Anything submitted more
than a week after the due date will not be given credit.
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Course
Texts |
See the "Readings"
page.
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Communication |
We will use a
class email list to facilitate out-of-class
communication and updates.
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Academic
Honesty |
Violations of academic honesty will be dealt with according to
University policy and the newly-established guidelines
of the College of Engineering and Applied Science. The writing
assignments will be checked for plagiarism using a web-based service
provided by the University. |
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Other University Policies |
Students with disabilities will be accommodated
in class following University
policy. Students with conflicts between religious observance dates
and course examinations or assignments may request a change in the course
schedule following University
policy. Inappropriate and disruptive class room behavior will be
dealt with following University
policy. |
