Humanities 330--Description and Schedule

Journal
1. Students keep a weekly journal--on paper or or as web site. Entries include written prose as well as maps, diagrams, drawings, photos, and other forms of expression.
2. Journal entries center on the week’s place on Cal Poly Land, combining what students learn from lecture-presentations and reading with what they discover during the talk-walk and independent exploration.
3. The weekly Journal entry has three elements: 1) a descriptive account of a place on Cal Poly Land 2) a scientific explanation of how something observed was made and how it works 3) a discussion of both sides of an issue regarding land and technology.
4. Journals are collected twice during quarter for comments and grading, once on May 12 and again on June7. The total of journal grades comprises 60% of the course grade.
Final Project
1. During the time scheduled for the final exam, the class makes a public presentation of its collaborative work. The presentation is an updated and expanded version of the Cal Poly Land website developed by the instructors.
2. Like the course itself, the website is divided by abstract topic as well as by concrete place. In groups of four, selected by major or previous expertise, students assemble, elaborate and design materials relevant to one of the first eight units of the course, maintaining a focus on the central theme of land management technology and the interplay among nature, technology and society on Cal Poly Land. For example, one group might work on the topic of the railroad, including materials on the creation of the Cuesta Grade right of way and trestle, the role of the railroad in the founding of the University, the constraints to Poly's Master Plan development created by present railroad policies, and the safety and maintenance of the section of track running through the University, augmented by sounds of engines and engineers. Each group is responsible for delivering a high-quality component of the final website and for a brief presentation to the whole class during lectures and talk-walks. This ongoing group-work encourages specialization to balance the multidisciplinary scope of each student’s journal.
3. The final grade on the group project counts 40% of each student’s grade.

Week	Date	Location and meeting place	Topic	activity	guest	assignments and invitations	work due
I	3/29	classroom	introduction to Cal Poly Land website tour course profile course objectives	workgroups for website project possible specific website topics		Get class email Journal evaluation form Website evaluation form
	3/31	holiday--no class
II	4/5	53-201	exploring our environment	campus hike and class discussion	Matt Ritter, Biological Sciences		Read preface, introduction and Places section of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide (pp. iii-23)
	4/7	Poly Canyon-- gate	Geology and Climate	hike study of geology and geological time and space	David Chipping, Physics picture gallery	read and study: all documents linked to Geology and Climate on Polyland website	Read Geology and Climate chapters in Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide (pp.24-45)
III	4/12	12-110	Making Webpages for Cal Poly Land website	workgroups formed accessing servers making pages
	4/14	53-201 for introduction followed by hike	Soil and Water Resources		Del Dingus, Soil Science His Powerpoint Presentation	explore the Soils and Water section of the Cal Poly Land Website	Read Soils and Water chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide
IV	4/19	Horse Canyon meet at Arboretum in Environmental Horticulture Unit on Via Carta [item 48 on this map]	Plant communities and Vegetation		David Keil, Biological Sciences	read and study the the Plant communities sections of the Cal Poly Land website	Read the Vegetation chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide Journal check--conference schedule
	4/21	12-110	working on journals and websites				Journal check--conference schedule
	4/23	Chumash Auditorium 4-6pm	EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY--University Earth Day Convocation	Special Event	David Orr, Oberlin College, Warren Baker, Cal Poly President and many more
V	4/26	53-201	Archaeology and History Complete lecture as RealPlayer file		Dan Krieger, History		read the Archaeology and History chapters of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide
	4/28	Trestle, Water Plant, Cheda Ranch meet at Stenner Road Trestle at 4:10 [directions]	Train technology, water system, reservoirs, sheep, holistic grazing	2004 pictures	Rob Rutherford, Animal Science		Read Technology chapter and Agriculture chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide
VI	5/3	Chumash Challenge Meet at site, Stenner Creek Road		2004 pictures	substitute assignment for journal		read the Recreation chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide
	5/5	Stenner Canyon Meet at Serrano Ranch, end of Stenner Creek Road	Watersheds, Wildlife and Infrastructure	hike map of Serrano Ranch	Francis Villablanca, Biological Sciences pictures		Read Birds and Wildlife Chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide
VII	5/10	12-110	Working on Websites				webpage instructor review
	5/12	53-201	Technology and Sustainability		Ed Johnson Utilities manager and Rex Wolf, University Architect		read Technology chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide journals collected--for provisional evaluation
VIII	5/17	Pennington Canyon how to get there hike map	Range Management, Geology, History, Landscape Appreciation	Pictures	Student Ranch Manager: Meridith Shempp		Arts chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide
	5/19	Campus Farm--student experimental farm map to get there			Hunter Francis, Crop Science, Neil McDougal AgBusiness, Anthony Reis, Dairy Herd Manager	read and study the Agriculture chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide Download and read Natural Capitalism chapter 10
IX	5/24	12-110--website presentations and feedback from class
	5/26	Business School Fountain, front lawn	Land Use and Stewardship: the Master Plan		Linda Dalton, Cal Poly Chief Planning Officer	read the Stewardship chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide read executive summary of Cal Poly Master Plan study the Stewardship section of Cal Poly Land website	read the Stewardship chapter of Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide
X	5/31	holiday			Website construction ideas
	6/2	12-110--website submission date					sample website evaluation [foundation]
Final Exam Week	Monday June 7--4:10-6:00 P.M.	53-201			Final Public Presentation of Websites
	Wednesday June 9				journals collected at instructor's office or English office 47-25E at 5:00 p.m.

Spring 2004 Schedule