| Instructor: | Dr. Darby Feldwinn |
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| Office: | CHEM 1105 or ED 3260 |
| Office Hours: | Wednesday 3:00 - 4:00 pm Friday 9:15 - 10:15 am or by appt. Location: CHEM 1105 |
| Phone: | (805) 893-2127 |
| Website: | people.chem.ucsb.edu/~feldwinn/greenworks |
| TA: | Ali Muller |
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| Email: | |
| Office: | ED 2238 |
| Office Hours: | Monday 2:00 - 3:00 pm |
Important announcements will be emailed to you via Canvas.
In recent years, we have seen a surge in world interest in energy efficiency and 'green' technologies. There is often public discussion on these green technologies and what impact they may have on society. This course will explore green technologies including energy sources, lighting, solar, green buildings, alternative/electric vehicles, and batteries. We will cover not only the scientific side of these technologies, but also explore the connections with history, culture, and politics, addressing such questions as "How do we define a 'green' technology?," "Can sustainable development be achieved solely through technological advances?" and "What are the broader impacts of personal technology choices?"
If you need disability-related accommodations in this class or have any questions please contact DSP: dsp.sa.ucsb.edu. If they cannot help you or you have any other questions feel free to email me.
I will not tolerate cheating in this class and I will report all cheating to the student-faculty conduct committee. Feel free to view UCSB standards of student conduct: sa.ucsb.edu/regulations/student-conduct-code/student-conduct-code.
| Attendance/Participation (19 @ 10 points a day) | 190 pts | 20% |
| Lab Reports (4 @ 50 points each) | 200 pts | 21% |
| Mini-Lab Reports (2 @ 20 points each) | 40 pts | 4% |
| Company Presentation | 100 pts | 10% |
| Ecotopia Paper | 100 pts | 10% |
| Debate/Final Quiz | 200 pts | 21% |
| Quizzes (4 @ 35 points each) | 140 pts | 14% |
All grades will be posted on Canvas.
All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date. If you are absent the day an assignment is due you must email the assignment to Darby by the beginning of class or it will be considered late. 10% of the points will be deducted for each day the assignment is late. No assignments will be accepted that are 4 or more days late. There will be no curve in the course. Please save all graded and returned material for your records.
10 attendance/participation points are given per lecture.
As a group you will pick a company that sells or is developing a green technology that will be or is available to the public. Your group will research the company and present your finding to the rest of the class. This is a great opportunity for you to learn about current and emerging green technologies. Details of this assignment will be given closer to the due date.
For the term paper, you will be given a choice of 3 topics relating the book Ecotopia to other topics studied in class, and you will be expected to write a 3-5 page term paper on one of these topics. Details of this assignment will be given closer to the due date.
Instead of a final exam you will have a debate and a final quiz. For the debate the class will be divided into three group and students will participate in one debate. Groups will pick one of three topics randomly and find facts to support and oppose the statement. At the time of the debate, groups will randomly be assigned a supporting or opposing position. In addition, a quiz will be given on the day of the debate that covers all the topics in the class. This will be worth 100 of the 200 points.