Environmental
Sciences 505 & 506
Environmental
Sciences Seminar
Southern
Spring Semester 2002
Wednesday,
SL 3225
Course Instructors:
Dr. Kevin
A. Johnson, SL 3316 650-5934,
kevjohn@siue.edu
Office Hours:
Wed:
Course Description:
One of the most critical aspects of
environmental analysis is presentation/communication of the results. In this course we will discuss the steps and
processes necessary for presenting the results of an environmental analysis or
scientific experiment. Faculty in the
Environmental Science Program will demonstrate how to formulate a scientific
presentation and registered students will each make an oral and a poster
presentation. Being able to effectively
communicate the results of an environmental study is critical for evaluating
environmental and ecological problems.
Objectives:
To be able to
organize materials for a scientific presentation; To be able to make an oral
and a poster scientific presentation; and To enhance our oral communication
skills.
Class Presentations:
Students registered in ENVS 505
will be required to make a 20 minute oral presentation (15 minute presentation
with 5 minutes for questions) on a scientific topic of their choice and a
poster presentation of the same material.
Students registered in ENVS 506 will be required to make a 45 minute
oral presentation (35 minute presentation with 10 minutes for questions) on
their thesis or research paper topic and a poster presentation of the same
material.
Attendance:
Regular
prompt attendance is required for success in this course.
Grading System:
Posters will be presented in the
last class of the semester and will be evaluated by your classmates and faculty
from the Environmental Science Program immediately following your
presentation. Your instructor will
assess the evaluation materials and assign your grade. You will be required to meet with the
instructor to review the evaluation materials during non-class time. Posters
will be presented in the last class of the semester and will also be evaluated
by your classmates and faculty from the Environmental Science Program.
In both oral and poster
presentations, you will receive a score ranging from 1-5 based upon your
performance in the categories on the evaluation sheets. Grades will be assigned based on the average
scores as indicated below.
Oral: maximum of 70 points
Overall
Presentation (20 points)
Topic
(15 points)
Visual
Aids (20 points)
Speaker
(15 points)
Poster: maximum of 50 points
Overall
Presentation (10 points)
Topic
(10 points)
Visual
Aids (20 points)
Speaker
(10 points)
Evaluations:
maximum of 21 points (with 14 enrolled at time of press)
1.5 points for each oral presentation evaluation that you turn in.
Final Grades will be computed as the sum of the maximum
scores of 70 points (oral) plus 50 points (poster) plus 21 points (1.5 x 14
students) which equals 141 points.
(Note: this total can change if more than 14 students enroll). An A grade will be at least 90% of this sum,
a B at least 80% and so forth…
Course Schedule
Week 1 (Jan 9)
Lecture: Introduction to seminar course.
Week 2 (Jan 16)
Lecture: Preparing and presenting an oral scientific
paper and a poster.
Week 3 (Jan 23)
Seminar:
Dr. Hildebrandt (Geography)
Week 4 (Jan 30)
Seminar:
Dr. Taylor (Public Administration and Policy Analysis)
Week 5 (Feb 6)
Seminar:
Dr. Retzlaff (Environmental Sciences)
Week 6 (Feb 13)
Alina Acosta-Schnietz; Alesa Rehman
Week 7 (Feb 20)
Sunitha Yerragodula; Wade Rives
Week 8 (Feb 27)
Rebecca
Brose; Linda Covilla,
Week 9 (March 6)
Neeta Satam, Suzanne Page
March 13 S P R I N G B R E A K
Week 10 (March 20)
Thesis: Suparna Biswas
Week 11 (March 27)
Thesis:
Christina Friedel
Week 12 (April 3)
Thesis:
Week 13 (April 10)
Thesis: Sashi Vissa
Week 14 (April 17)
Thesis:
Cha-Chi Fan
Week 15 ( April 24)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS