Week 1: Intro and course overview. Homework for Week 2: Wade Davis on Endangered Cultures (video) Week 2: Textbooks arrive: Chapter 1. Homework for Week 3: Beyond Backpacking (article) Week 3: Quiz #1 (because there is a chance that the textbook will not arrive in time on Week 2, Quiz # 1 will be based onWade Davis and Beyond Backpacking only). *Begin/finish Chapter 1 in textbook. Homework for Week 4: Janet Hsieh Week 4: In-class: Chapter 2 in textbook. Homework for Week 5: Formosan Black Bears. Week 5: Quiz #2 (Quiz is on Janet Hsieh, Formosan Black Bears, and Textbook Ch. 1). In class: Finish Textbook Ch.2.Homework break: no homework Week 6: In-class: Textbook Ch.3. Homework: Green Island. Week 7: Quiz #3: (On: Green Island and textbook Ch.2). In-class: Finish textbook Ch.3 Week 8: No homework. In class: Review for Midterm Exam Week 9: Midterm Exam. No homework. Week 10: Film.No Homework. Week 11: Quiz on Film (Quiz #4). Homework: Taiwan's Plunging Birth Rate. Week 12: Week 13: Week 14: Quiz #5 Week 15: Week 16: Review for Final Exam Week 17: Final Exam Week 18: Review of course materials
Syllabus
Week 1: Intro and course overview. Homework for Week 2: Wade Davis on Endangered Cultures (video)
Week 2: Textbooks arrive: Chapter 1. Homework for Week 3: Beyond Backpacking (article)
Week 3: Quiz #1 (because there is a chance that the textbook will not arrive in time on Week 2, Quiz # 1 will be based onWade Davis and Beyond Backpacking only). *Begin/finish Chapter 1 in textbook. Homework for Week 4: Janet Hsieh
Week 4: In-class: Chapter 2 in textbook. Homework for Week 5: Formosan Black Bears.
Week 5: Quiz #2 (Quiz is on Janet Hsieh, Formosan Black Bears, and Textbook Ch. 1). In class: Finish Textbook Ch.2.Homework break: no homework
Week 6: In-class: Textbook Ch.3. Homework: Green Island.
Week 7: Quiz #3: (On: Green Island and textbook Ch.2). In-class: Finish textbook Ch.3
Week 8: No homework. In class: Review for Midterm Exam
Week 9: Midterm Exam. No homework.
Week 10: Film. No Homework.
Week 11: Quiz on Film (Quiz #4). Homework: Taiwan's Plunging Birth Rate.
Week 12:
Week 13:
Week 14: Quiz #5
Week 15:
Week 16: Review for Final Exam
Week 17: Final Exam
Week 18: Review of course materials