Sustainable Communities
CRP/Env S 484/584
Professor Clapp
484:
paragraph or two for each reading
descriptive and evaluative
- identify the main idea or a key idea (your choice)
- say what you think about it in evaluative terms by:
o what is good about it (reason)
o what is bad about it (reason)
o how it could apply to your project/your thinking/your actions
how I will evaluate:
- meets basic criteria
- competent organization (readable),
- competent spelling and grammar (no more than two mechanical errors)
ESL: use spelling and grammar check, will accept mechanical errors that would get by the spelling/grammar check on the word processor
About half the submissions may be written in spanish
584 and XQ:
most readings three paragraphs
descriptive and evaluative, reflective
- see 484 description
- go ahead and be complicated
supplementary materials:
- total for term:
- 3-4 books (write a review of about 5 paragraphs), or
- 6-8 articles (quality of Thering and Doble)
- 20 sustainability project websites
- some combination at about that weighting eg.
2 books, 2 articles, 6 websites
- to start you off, I have a list of books on the website, plus you can explore through the ‘useful links’ that should lead on to many sub-specialty areas eg. sustainable transportation, sustainable urban design etc.
how I will evaluate:
484 criteria, only grammar and spelling at professional levels
basic expectation is no mechanical errors, organization good
plus choice of materials to include/review
inclusion of complete bibliographic info for materials chosen