IE 270 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I. No previous lectureOutline of Current Lecture II. OrientationIII. Course ObjectivesIV. Organization and RequirementsV. Syllabus ReviewCurrent Lecture Course Objectives: 1. To understand the patterns and causes of change in human population and food production and consumption throughout the world community of nations. 2. To understand world economic interdependence and how it shapes population and food issues. 3. To understand cultural pluralism in the world and appreciate the problems and opportunities created by a world community of nations. 4. To understand the physical, scientific principles underlying food production and strategies for improving the world food supply. 5. To provide learning experiences to improve skills in reading, literature search, critical thinking, and writing. 6. To provide an opportunity to learn about the local economic and food situation through service learning at a community food service such as the Food Bank of Larimer Country. Organization and Requirements: 1. Grading Attendance 5% Quizzes: 6 @ 2.5% each 15% Exam I (midterm, in class) 15% Exam II (during finals week) 25% Four Short Response Paper Assignments 20% Term Paper or Service Learning project 20% Total 100% 2. Attendance: It is important that you attend regularly because most topics will be covered in a single session, discussion will be important to understanding, and there will be no opportunity for review in succeeding classes. Guest speakers may not provide handout summaries of their remarks. Media and case study presentations will be arich source of knowledge and perspective building, and contents of these classroom experiences will also be included in quizzes and exams. Attendance will be taken occasionally in order to assess participation. 13. Readings: There is no text for this course. Assigned readings can be found on the course’s RamCT site. There are four types of readings: • Those marked ‘A’ are peer-reviewed scholarly or ‘academic’ articles; • Those marked ‘O’ are ‘official’ reports from government agencies and international organizations such as the United Nations; • ‘N’ are ‘news’ items, and • ‘C’ are ‘case studies’. Contents of all assigned reading will be covered in quizzes and on exams. Students will choose an A or O reading onwhich to focus for each of the four Response Paper writing assignments. For more on the Response Paper assignments, see below. 4. Quizzes: On alternating Fridays there will be a brief quiz of about 10 questions; the purposes of the quizzes are to introduce you to the types of questions you will see on exams and to encourage you to keep current on class notes and readings. 5. Exams: There are two exams, a midterm and a final. The midterm consists of approximately 40 questions and thefinal consists of approximately 60 questions. Questions are multiple-choice and relate to lectures, readings, guest speaker presentations, films, and case studies. There will not be an opportunity to make-up the midterm; if the midterm is missed due to an accepted excuse (official university travel, documented medical emergency, etc.), thenthe final will count for the full exam portion of the grade (i.e. 40 percent). 6. Writing Assignments: All writing for this course is done in individual assignments, no group assignments. a. Response Papers: Each student is assigned four (4) one page, typed, response papers, each based on one of the primary peer-reviewed scholarly article readings, reports, of your choice, those marked with an A (academic) or an O (official reports), but not those marked N (news articles) or C (case studies). One response paper is due at the end of each four-week period on Friday at 5:00 PM (as noted in the schedule). Details of the response paper assignment will be covered in the College Writing Workshop. The objective of the response paper is to respond critically to one of the readings assigned during the prior four weeks. All four response papers will be graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory as to whether they meet the criteria for the assignment and are on time. This will account for a portion of the reaction papers grade (equal to 12% of course grade). The entire class will receive general feedback about the response papers, and individual feedback will be available in office hours upon request. In the final week of class, you will choose one of your four Response Papers to revise and resubmit for grading. That paper will be graded in detail and will constitute the rest of the course grade allocated to the response papers (equal to 8% of course grade). The response paper assignments make up a total of 20% of the course grade. b. Term Paper: Please see Term Paper assignment sheet for details. Deadlines for the term paper are: • College Writing Workshop: In class on the second Friday of the semester. Workshop attendance required for all students. • Term paper topic: Due second Monday in March. • Annotated references: Due last Friday in March. • TERM PAPER DUE in the Peer Review Workshop held in class on last Friday in April. Workshop attendance is required for all students submitting term paper; those doing Service Learning option are excused. • Final revised draft of term paper: Due in class on the second-to-last Friday of the semester. Submit in hard copy in the following order: (1) final revised version on top, (2) peer review worksheet from the Peer Review Workshop in between, and (3) previous version that was submitted and reviewed at the Peer Review Workshop on the bottom, all three stapled together. c. Service Learning Option: The service learning opportunity will be explained during the first week of class. Those who decide to take advantage of this opportunity will be required to establish an agreement with the 2designated volunteer coordinator or liaison person at an approved local food assistance program (including food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, or shelters) and inform Professor Graff about your commitment to that organization. If you are interested in volunteering at another organization, that is great, but you will need to get prior approval from Prof. Graff before you make your volunteer commitment. Credit cannot be given for unapproved volunteer work. Pre-approved volunteer programs include the food assistance programs of the following organizations: The Food Bank of Larimer County