Senior Seminar II Winter 2011ISP 4860

Section 001 (Bowen)

Class 2, January 24Course web site: www.is.wayne.edu/drbowen/SenSemW11

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Starting Off

• Agenda for tonight Using WSU Research Databases – Deborah

Tucker The signin sheet Moodle and Pictures Review of overview Research – MLA and references Content – Population In-class writing assignment

Signin Sheet

• If “WSU Email OK?” is marked with “No” or “?” for you, I am not sure that I have a valid WSU email address for you. I would like to have these, since then I can use Blackboard to send emails to the class.

• If you are marked as not registered, please let me know when you do register. Then you will be included if I send email to the class using Blackboard.

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Moodle and Pictures

• We will be using Moodle (similar to BlackBoard) for turning in work

• Meet here next week to see how to use Moodle

• Moodle has pictures Only visible to class members (signin) Ready for your Moodle picture tonight? If not, next week

Meet Here Again Next Week

• Next week 1/31 also meet in Computer Lab C How to use Moodle Then back to 195 Manoogian 2/7 for rest of

semester

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Review of Overview

• Course topic: The Human Footprint, 25 pg A research paper Huh? (What does it mean) Subtopics (topics for paper) on next slide Five suggested Chapters, avg. 5 pages each

1. Human footprint with focus on your subtopic

2. Present status for your subtopic

3. Trends for your subtopic

4. Sustainability for your subtopic

5. Human footprint and interactions with your subtopic

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The Human Footprint• Subtopics - pick one for research paper topic

Population Urbanization Development / disease Food / fish Institutional Capacity and Failed States Water Ecosystem services Energy / Global Warming Sustainability Consumption & waste Land: dwelling & food Tragedy of Commons

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Research:Why References/Citations?

• A citation or reference gives the information needed to find and, to some extent, evaluate a reference

• Purposes: To give credit to those you borrow from To trace your influences To let the reader check up on you To let the reader build on your work

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MLA Citations

• MLA – short in-text citations (minimize disruption to reader)

• All direct quotations and other references to authority must be cited. To say that Lansing is the capital of MI, no

citation necessary – this is common knowledge• If a reference is cited but the text is not in

quotes, then the words must be your own.• Borrowed ideas must be cited also• MLA citation in parentheses inside sentence

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MLA Citations

• Full bibliographic information on “Works Cited” page in back – slide coming up

• Example (in body) - author’s name and page inside parenthesesSome people argue that managing the commons will require harsh tactics (Hardin 3).

Means page 3 of the article written by Garrett Hardin

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MLA Citations

• Three basic MLA styles EDW #48 Pg 367:1. Author’s name in sentence, only one work

cited by that author: only page e.g. (3)2. Author’s name not in sentence, only one work

cited by that author: include name page e.g. (Hardin 3)

3. Author’s name not in sentence, more than one work cited by that author: include shortened title, e.g. (Hardin, Managing 3)

• See variations in EDW or on OWL• Next week: citing web pages

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At back: Works Cited/Consulted

• Reference to work, without page number

• Reader must be able to find the right line!

• So, for book EDW #50 Pg 373: Authors in alpha order by last name, first

author with last name first Title Place of publication Publisher Date of publication

MLA Style for Works Cited

• Examples for book: EDW #50 Pg 373 One author: Hardin, Garrett. Nature and

Man’s Fate. New York: New American Library, 1972.

Two or three authors: Appleby, Joyce, Lynn Hunt, and Margaret Jacob. Telling the Truth about History. New York: Norton, 1994.

MLA Style for Works Cited

• Periodicals: EDW #50 Pg 380: Author Title of article Periodical title Volume number Date Page, by periodical’s method

MLA Style for Works Cited

• Examples for Periodicals: EDW #50 Pg 380 Single author in a journal paginated by

volume: Norris, Margot. Narration under a Blindfold: Reading Joyce’s ‘Clay.’” PMLA 102 (1987): 206-15.

Paginated by issue: Lofty, John. “The Politics at Modernism’s Funeral.” Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory 6.3 (1987): 89-96.

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Number of References

• 12 research-quality references, i.e. 8 from WSU research databases Scholarly books or articles UN & other government websites Websites of scholarly/research organizations SOP textbook, references there

• Others may be mixed in Examples: newspapers, popular magazines Put “RQ” in front of the research-quality ones

or have two sections of Works Cited

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Research Portfolio

• Handouts, review of handouts

• Bring to class in two weeks (2/7)

• In-class evaluation: Group comparison Self-assessment of your own portfolio

• Regular evaluations during semester

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Content:Population

• Not in Planet in Peril – mainly natural environment There in the background – helps to cause

many of the environmental problems in PIP• Right at the start of State of the Planet• Humans are the dominant species on

earth (Will microorganisms make us extinct?) We dominate all major ecosystems /

continents We are a very successful species

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The Dominant Species

• To a large extent, we are responsible for most other (large?) species – they survive or become extinct because of what we do Are we ready for this responsibility?

• Do we understand that we are responsible?• Are we able? Complex relationships, lack of

knowledge

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Population Trends

• Started out as minor species in Southern Africa ~ 5MYA

• Growth rate increasing 600 M 1700 2 B 1927 4 B 1974 6 B 1999 6.6 B 2008 9.1 B 2050 (UN does not project beyond this)

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Population Background

• All population figures are estimates• Population tends to grow by percent, not

by absolute numbers If there are more people, they naturally have

more children

• Population rates of growth (e.g. percent) are not fixed, but have many influences ~ 1965 growing by 2.1% per year By 2002 fell to 1.2% - worldwide decrease

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World Regions

• 1750 – 1950 most growth in Europe & New World

• Now most growth in Africa, Middle East, Asia

• Rich countries = developed: North America, western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan

• Less developed = ROW• Least developed: 49 countries

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Human Population (updated)

Region 2010 Pop (B) 2050 UN est.

World 6.91 9.15

China 1.35 1.42

India 1.21 1.61

US 0.318 0.404

Europe 0.733 0.691

More Developed 1.24 1.28

Less Developed 5.67 7.87

Least Developed 0.855 1.67

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UN World & Africa Estimates

• Charts make it clear that population is not expected to level off by 2050

• Most growth expected in poorer countriesEstimated World Population

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Vital Rates

• For an individual country,Change in population = births – deaths + migration (can be + or -)

• For the world, change = births – deaths

• Population can increase if births ↑ or deaths ↓ (population gets older) Worldwide, life expectancy ↓, but this should

be OK because births decrease after a lag (“demographic transition”)

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Malthus

• 1798 Thomas Malthus An Essay on the Principle of Population Population tends to grow by percent, food by

absolute amount, so predicted worldwide famine

Didn’t happen – technology raised food supply

This is similar but often dismissed because Malthus was wrong

I think we will come through, with major changes

Demographic (Population) Trends

• Increase in population In less-developed areas (may lessen impact

since they use fewer resources) Decreasing fertility (slows rate of increase and

peak population)• Population aging in developed countries

More expensive• Urbanization (another topic)• Literacy and prosperity increasing while

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Writing

• Last week one-half page on how the new year is starting off for you A clear overall impression of your experience. You did

well here Give specific examples in an organized manner. Yes. No spelling or grammar standards as long as

meaning is clear. But these were generally OK.• Group critique – read yours aloud to the group• Group discusses each piece and makes

suggestions for improvements, you take notes• Rewrite, turn both in with notes on discussion• Grades: everyone gets an A for this one.

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Next Week – 1/28• Meet again in Lab C• You should have PIP finished• Have a good idea of your subtopic• Start working on finding research-quality

references Don’t let practice here tonight get stale!

• Start reading in SOP First Chapter to read is the one on your topic!

• Topic: use of Moodle for turning in work Be ready for your Moodle picture! Will need AccessID and Password for webmail, or

other web-based email

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Two Weeks –2/7

• Back to 195 Manoogian, for good

• Bring Portfolio to class

• Reading in SOP: read “your” chapter first, then rest in order

• Moodle pictures

In-Class Writing Assignment

• For this course, your main tasks in the next few weeks are to (a) choose a topic and get any approvals that are needed, and (b) start collecting research references

• Write a brief paragraph (two total) for each task, including (1) any results you have already, (2) where you think you are in good shape to get started, and (3) where you might need help or encouragement

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