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Fall 2017
GEO 162 Global Environmental Issues Dr. J. Anthony Stallins University of Kentucky - Department of Geography Teaching Assistants: Karen Kinslow | Camilo-Rey Sabogal |
Syllabus and office hours/locations
Current grades by last 5 digits of UK ID Final grade distributions in past semesters UK Core Project: Instructions | Powerpoint template |
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Aug 24
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Thur
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Aug 25
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Fri
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Activity: Good versus Bad Anthropocene | |
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Aug 29
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Tues
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Aug 31
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Thur
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Sept 1
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Fri
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Quiz 2 - Who Would Kill a Monk Seal? | |
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Sept 5
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Tues
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Sept 7
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Thur
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Quiz 3 - The Cove |
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Sept 8
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Fri
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Quiz 4 - Gringo Trails
Activity: Mediated nature |
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Sept 12
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Tues
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Quiz 5 - Radiolab(PBS): Galapagos | |
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Sept 14
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Thur
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Sept 15
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Fri
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Quiz 6 - If a Tree Falls | |
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Sept 19
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Tues
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Sept 21
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Thur
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Sept 22
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Fri
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Activity: Buying an exotic pet | |
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Sept 26
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Tues
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Sept 28
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Thur
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Quiz 8 - Big Game, Big Money | |
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Sept 29
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Fri
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Quiz 9 - Virunga Activity: Tracking illegal wildlife |
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Oct 3
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Tues
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Oct 5
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Thur
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Quiz 10 - A River Changes Course | |
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Oct 6
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Fri
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Activity: Demographic transition | |
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Oct 10
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Tues
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Quiz 11 - A Place at the Table | |
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Oct 12
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Thur
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Oct 13
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Fri
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Quiz 12 - A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA. Activity: Demographic transition |
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Oct 17
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Tues
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Oct 19
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Thur
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Oct 20
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Fri
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Activity: Beekeeping start up | |
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Oct 24
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Tues
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Quiz 13 - Radiolab (PBS): How Do You Put a Price Tag on Nature | |
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Oct 26
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Thur
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Quiz 14 - The Last Beekeeper | |
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Oct 27
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Fri
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Activity: Beekeeping as development |
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Oct 31
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Tue
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Nov 2
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Thur
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Quiz 15 - Tuna's End |
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Nov 3
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Fri
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UK Core Project: Selection of topic and abstract preparation (due Nov 17) |
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Nov 7
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Tues
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Nov 9
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Thur
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Quiz 16 - Sushi: The Global Catch |
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Nov 10
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Fri
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Nov 14
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Tues
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Nov 16
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Thur
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Nov 17
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Fri
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UK Core project abstract due (upload in Canvas) UK Core Project: Research and draft slides (due Dec 1) |
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Nov 21
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Tues
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No class - listen to Radiolab episode on the origins of HIV and watch the short films for the PBS series "The End of AIDS". Here is the homepage for the "The End of AIDS". The videos for "The End of AIDS" are available on YouTube as well. |
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Nov 22 - 25
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Thanksgiving
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TEST 7 Posted online Friday, Nov 24; available online thru Nov 30th. The test is the same format as the other tests and will cover this one set of slides, the Radiolab episode on the origins of HIV, and the videos from "The End of AIDS" |
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Nov 28
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Tues
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Nov 30 |
Thur |
Quiz 17 - Secrets in Greenland's Ice Sheets | |
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Dec 1
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Fri
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Quiz 18 - Not Your Mother's Jersey Shore UK Core project slide drafts due (upload in Canvas) |
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Dec 5
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Tues
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Quiz 19 - The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas | |
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Dec 7
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Thur
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Quiz 20 - Chasing Ice | |
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Dec 8
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Fri
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UK Core project feedback | |
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Exam week
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Dec 14
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Thur
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TEST 8
Test 8 covers only the material on climate change in the cryosphere. The test will be held in the same room but at a different time, 3:30 - 6:00 pm |
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Dec 15
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Fri
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UK Core projects due in Canvas by 5:00 pm
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