Geography 4430bCommunity-based Research on Environment and HealthWinter Session January to April, 2010Course Requirements, Materials, Grade Distribution and Additional InformationRequirements: -Weekly Readings and related 2 page response paper due in class -Attendance and active engagement in the seminar -One ten minute seminar presentation on supplementary readings, to be submitted the day of the seminar -One 4 page prospectus for the research project presented to one of the methods workshops and submitted -A 2000 word scoping paper for the site and project describing: 1) the origins and dimensions of the environmental challenge to the community as it is presently understood (This might include environmental hazards, ecosystem degradation, infrastructure compromise or failure, limited access to environmental amenities, such as adequate housing and green space, the implications of regulatory or climate change); 2) an introductory profile of the community using census, Health Canada, county or municipal data; 3) two research instruments for the project prefaced by a discussion of your goals in the research and how the instruments may forward those purposes 4) strategies to deepen the documentation of the site by gathering oral, photographic, videographic, ethnographic or cartographic representations. Grade Distribution: Weekly Readings and related 2 page response paper due in class 30% Seminar presentation on supplementary readings 15% 4 page prospectus for the research project 10% 2000 word scoping paper 45% Course Materials(copies ordered through bookstore and instructor has back-up plans, email jparr@uwo.ca: Jason Corburn, Street Science, Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice Cambridge Mass: MIT Press, 2005 available from Chapters, $27.50, Amazon.ca $19.22 ordered for UWO and copies by ILL at Trent, Toronto, Ryerson, Carleton, Ottawa, McMaster Martha Balshem, Cancer in the Community Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993 from Amazon.ca $20, Chapters 23.75 but availability issues, in Weldon RA 645.c3 1993 Rebecca Solnit, A Paradise Built in Hell Toronto: Viking 2009 Chapters $23, Amazon.ca 22.05 See Schedule for an outline and schedule of the course Additional Information and Statements Prerequisite checking - the student’s responsibility: “Unless you have either the requisites for this course or written special permission from your Dean to enroll in it, you may be removed from this course and it will be deleted from your record. This decision may not be appealed. You will receive no adjustment to your fees in the event that you are dropped from a course for failing to have the necessary prerequisites.” Statement on Use of Electronic Devices: No electronic devices will be allowed during tests and examinations. Statement on Academic Offences: “Scholastic offences are taken seriously and students are directed to read the appropriate policy, specifically, the definition of what constitutes a Scholastic Offence, at the following website:
Additionally, A) If written work will be assigned in the course and plagiarism-checking software might be used, the following statement to this effect must be included in the course outline: “All required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to the commercial plagiarism detection software under license to the University for the detection of plagiarism. All papers submitted for such checking will be included as source documents in the reference database for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of papers subsequently submitted to the system. Use of the service is subject to the licensing agreement, currently between The University of Western Ontario and Turnitin.com B) If computer-marked multiple-choice tests and/or exams will be given, and software might be used to check for unusual coincidences in answer patterns that may indicate cheating, the following statement must be added to course outlines: “Computer-marked multiple-choice tests and/or exams may be subject to submission for similarity review by software that will check for unusual coincidences in answer patterns that may indicate cheating.” Absences Medical absences require documentation. Non-medical absences require prior notification. Support Services: Return to Main Page of Community-based Research on Environment and Health Web Site |