Course Syllabus - MAR599: Special Topics: Marine Science and Ethics (mostly online)
Format: On-Line- Several in-class sessions (but mostly online) at UMASS-Dartmouth Campus –Textiles Building – 219 on Tuesdays: 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
Instructors: Dianne Quigley, PhD Email: [email protected]
Tracie Ferreira, PhD, Email: [email protected]
Course credit: 3
It is expected that each student post discussion topic responses each week and respond to discussions 2x minimal. There is an expectation that the student engage in this course a minimum of 4 days a week, with no scheduled on-line meeting times
Course Description and Objectives:
Marine science and engineering researchers grapple with common ethical problems and dilemmas that challenge all academic sciences. Some of the ethical issues include the potential for data fabrication/ falsification, conflicts of interest, human subjects violations, working with scientific uncertainty and values conflicts in marine conservation and fishing regulations. The National Science Foundation has made “Ethics Education” a priority for student researchers in these sciences. Science and engineering are global endeavors, introducing cultural differences, social and environmental contextual complexities, and professional pressures for funding and publication. Building ethical knowledge and ethical sensitivity for marine science research are critical learning skills for graduate and undergraduate students.
This new course for Marine Science Ethics is for graduate/undergraduate students in marine science fields, who expect to conduct marine science research. This course development has been funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) and collaboratively developed with The School of Marine Science and Technology and the Department of Bioengineering of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and the Northeast Ethics Education Partnership (NEEP) at Brown University’s Center for Environmental Studies.
Students will gain ethics training in these topical areas: research integrity, human subjects protections, ethical challenges in marine science modelling and fishing governance, ethics of marine conservation and regulations, environmental ethics/sustainability in marine sciences, and data management/ intellectual property rights. Students will learn about professional codes of ethics, types of moral reasoning for professional and research ethics, ethical theories and field guidance/perspectives from applied ethics articles/case studies.
This online course will provide students with video discussions of ethical issues in marine sciences, peer discussion boards, powerpoint lectures, case studies and applied ethics articles. Guest speakers will deliver material via online video pertaining to certain topics.
Course Goals:
To familiarize students with:
1. Types of moral reasoning
2. Professional codes of ethics
3. Case Studies/Ethical Perspectives in Marine Sciences
3. Intellectual property rights and data management
Providing them with the foundation to apply this knowledge to:
1. Ethical questions regarding marine science modelling, marine conservation and regulations
2. Issues regarding environmental ethics/sustainability in marine sciences
Requirements:
1. Attendance: Attendance is monitored by the online discussion and response board and it is mandatory. Weekly questions related to the assigned material will require a response by the designated deadline. Additionally, you are required to comment to at least one other student response for each discussion board question. Because these discussions are monitored, they will be considered your attendance and will be directly applied to your class participation grade.
2. Online Access: MyCourses contains the necessary material for the class. You will use your UMass Dartmouth email and username and password to access MyCourses. The website can be accessed by typing in UMassd.edu in your browser
3. Completion of all assigned readings, papers, and take home exams.
Grading:
Grading is based on the discussion board, student-developed resources, response papers, midterm and final take homes at these percentages:
Discussion board participation (25%),
Student-developed training resources (25%)
Response Papers (10%)
Midterm take-home (20%)
Final take home (20%)
Communication Policy/How to get help: The general policy is to communicate through discussion boards to participate in course dialogue. Assignments will be graded in a timely manner by the instructor and grades posted in the online grade center. If urgent questions arise please contact Dr. Quigley at the email listed above.
Discussion Board: Every student needs to provide one response to every discussion board question and at least one reaction to discussion threads of other students per week. 25% of the course grade is the Discussion Board so that several thread responses of each student per week will earn an A for that 20%, only one response will equal a B. Students will be marked down for no discussion threads weekly. The Discussion Board is compulsory and you will lose grade points if you do not join discussions.
Academic Integrity Policy: Any assignments including should be submitted on time. Late submissions will not be graded. A grade of “Incomplete” may be given only after a student requests it in exceptional circumstances at the instructor’s discretion.
Students should be aware that suspect assignments (e.g., those without works cited section, or with large departures in style) will be submitted to SafeAssign by the instructor for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism. Submitted assignments will be included in the UMass Dartmouth dedicated databases of assignments. These databases of assignments will be used solely for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism in the grading process during this term and in the future. Students must provide an electronic copy of their assignments to the instructor for submission to the service when plagiarism is suspected, in order to receive a grade on the assignment and to avoid possible sanctions.
Students with Disabilities: In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please meet with the instructor at the beginning of the semester and provide the appropriate paperwork from the Center for Access and Success Office. The necessary paperwork is obtained when you bring proper documentation to the Center for Access and Success Office, which is located in Woodland Commons; phone: 508-999-8711.
Required Reading:
1. Dallmeyer, D. 2003. Values at Sea: Ethics for the Marine Environment. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press
2. Steneck, N.. 2007. Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research. Office of Research Integrity (Available on MyCourses)
3. Optional: Harris, C., M. Pritchard and M. Rabins, 2009. Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases. Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
***All other readings will be available through MyCourses
Class Schedule
September 9 -12: (In class session on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, Textiles 219)
Introduction: Overview of Ethics: Categories, Theories, Knowledges
Reading Required:
Harris et al (textbook): Chapter Three: pp: 47-58 (MyCourses)
Dallmeyer (text) Chapter One: Human values, ethics, and the marine environment
Powerpoints: Overview of Ethics, Ethical Issues in Marine Sciences, and Ethical Theories Folder (Liberal-Individualism, Utilitarianism/Consequentialism and Deontology)
September 16 – 19:
Research Integrity Topics: Overview of Research Integrity and Scientific Misconduct
Reading Required:
RCR Text: Part One: Shared Values: Rules of the Road and Research Misconduct
Sovacool, Benjamin .Exploring Scientific Misconduct: Isolated Individuals, Impure Institutions, or an Inevitable Idiom of Modern Science? Bioethical Inquiry (2008) 5:271–282
Parrish, Debra M. Scientific Misconduct and Findings Against Graduate and Medical Students. Science and Engineering Ethics (2004) 10, 483-491
Cases in Marine Science Research Misconduct (MyCourses)
Powerpoint: Research Integrity
• First response paper due by September 24, 2014: 6:00 pm (see lecture notes)
September 23 – 26:
Environmental Ethics in Marine Sciences
Reading Required:
Dallmeyer (text) Chapters: Stephen R. Kellert -- Environmental ethics and marine ecosystems : from a "land ethic" to a "sea ethic" and Chapter: Clark Wolf -- Marine environmental ethics : where we might start
Heike K. Lotze1, Marta Coll1,2, Anna M. Magera1, Christine Ward-Paige1 and Laura Airoldi “ Recovery of marine animal populations and ecosystems” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, November 2011, Vol. 26, No. 11
• Students outline course training product on marine environmental ethics – due by Oct.1, 2014
September 30 – Oct. 3:
Common Morality/Common Rule for Human Subjects Protections
Individual and Group Protections
Reading Required:
Rabins, MJ and CE Harris.1997. The Ethics of Modelling. Control Engin Practice, v. 3, #4 (on MyCourses)
Harris et al (text), Chapter Four: Resolving Problems (the Common Morality, Human Subjects) (on MyCourses)
Powerpoints – “NEEP Common Morality for Environmental Studies and Engineers” “IRB Requirements for Human Subjects Review” “Group Protections” (MyCourses)
October 7- 10:
Animal Ethics/Protections and Ecosystem Ethics
Guest Lecture: Tracie Ferrreira, PhD
Reading Required:
RCR Text: Part II: Chapter Four: Protection of Laboratory Animals Kehinde, 2013. They see a Rat, We seek a cure for animal diseases: The Current Status of Animal Experimentation in Medical Practices
Evans, JC The Ethics of Fish Welfare. Journal of Fish Biology (2009) 75, 2872–2874
Marsh, Helene and Richard Kenchington. 2004. “The role of ethics in experimental marine biology and ecology” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 300: 5-14
• Students complete first course product on marine environmental ethics
October 14 – 17:
Professional Integrity: Conflicts of Interest and Whistleblowing
Reading Required:
Harris et al Text: Chapter One – Professional Ethics, Chapter Two – pp: 37-48
RCR Text: Part Two: Chapter 5 RCR Text: Data Management Chapter
Intellectual Property Rights
Reading Required: (TBA)
Guest Lecture: Sankha Bhowmick, PhD
***MID-TERM TAKE HOME IS POSTED OCT. 14, DUE OCT. 24
October 21 – 24:
Ethics of Fishing Governance
Review of Powerpoint on Fishing Governance: Unilateral-Bilateral Governance
Series of Video Talks
October 28 – October 31:
Ethics of Fishing Governance (Continued)
Reading Required:
Laxe, Fernando. Dysfunctions in common fishing regulations. Marine Policy 34 (2010) 182–188
Dallmeyer (text) R.E. Johannes -- Perceptions of legitimacy in conflict between commercial fishermen and regulatory agencies : some ethical concerns /
Choose One of These Two Readings:
Acheson, J., Roy Gardner, The evolution of conservation rules and norms in the Maine lobster industry Ocean and Coastal Management 53 (2010)
Brodziack, J. et al. Ecosystem Trade-Offs in Managing New England Fisheries. Bulletin of Marine Science 74(3): 529–548, 2004
• Students develop a powerpoint on a local/regional case study on fishing governancce
November 4 – November 7:
November 4: Student Project Reports (Powerpoints) for Fishing Rights, Local/Regional Governance (please send to Prof. Quigley by Nov. 4 for upload to MyCourses)
Ethics of Modelling in Marine Sciences
Reading Required:
Dallmeyer Text: Chapter - Michael B. Shilin ... [et al.] -- Roles and practices of the scientific community in coastal science : understanding values that underlie science
Challenges for a new generation of marine ecosystem models: Overview of the Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research (AMEMR) Symposium, 23–26 June 2008, Plymouth UK. Journal of Marine Systems 81 (2010) 1–3, Preface
Robinson, LM et al. Pushing the Limits in Marine Species Distribution Modelling- Lessons from the Land Present Challenges and Opportunities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2011, 20, 789-802
November 11 – November 14:
Ethical Issues in Marine Sustainability
- Overview of Ethics and Sustainability
- Management of Marine Pollution
Reading Required:
Wheeler, S.(2013) Planning for Sustainability Part One, Chapter 2, Sustainable Development – pp: 23-38
Hester, RE, R M Harrison, 2011. Marine Pollution and Human Health Cambridge, England: Royal Society of Chemistry. Chapter 3, Estuarine and Marine Pollution and Chapter 5, Scientific Challenges and Policy Needs
• Student response paper or visual aid due on November 18 (see lecture notes)
November 18 – November 21:
Ethical Issues in Marine Sustainability (continued)
Coastal Development
- Climate Change
Reading Required:
Ashton, Andrew & Jeffrey P. Donnelly & Rob L. Evans. A discussion of the potential impacts of climate change on the shorelines of the Northeastern USA. Mitig Adapt Strat Glob Change (2008) 13:719–743
Dallmeyer (text). Barbara E. Ornitz -- Restoring naturally functioning beaches and dunes on developed coasts using compromise management solutions : an agenda for action./ Karl F. Nordstrom -- Involving the public in coastal conservation : obstacles and opportunities / Doug Daigle -- How American ecologists think about coastal zone environments
November 25 – November 27:
Research with Place-based Communities/Cultural Groups
- Community Partnerships/Co-management for Marine Sciences
Reading Required:
Thiollent, Michel. Action Research and Participatory Research. International Journal of Action Research, 7(2), 2011: 160-174
St. Martin, Kevin, and Madeleine Hall-Arber. 2008. “Creating a Place for "Community" in New England Fisheries,” Human Ecology Review 15(2):161-17
Almany, G.R., R. J. Hamilton, D. H. Williamson, R. D. Evans, G. P. Jones, M. Matawai, T. Potuku,
K. L. Rhodes, G. R. Russ, and B. Sawynok. 2010. “Research partnerships with local communities: two case studies from Papua New Guinea and Australia,” Coral Reefs 29:567-576.www.springer.com
• Student response paper due on November 30
November 30 – December 2:
- Cultural Competence/Relativity and Environmental Justice
Reading Required:
Harding, Anna , B. Harper, D. Stone et al 2012. Conducting Research with Tribal Communities: Sovereignty, Ethics and Data-Sharing Issues” (Commentary), Environmental Health Perspectives 120 (1) : 6 - 10 McCarthy, Daniel et al. Collaborative geomatics and the Mushkegowuk Cree First Nations: Fostering adaptive capacity for community-based sub-arctic natural resource management. Geoforum 43 (2012) 305–314 OR
Harris, Paul G. Global Warming in Asia-Pacific: Environmental Change vs. International Justice. Asia- Pacific Re-10view, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2002
****Final Take Home Exam Posted on December 2, 2014 due December 8, 2014
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NEW SYLLABUS FOR MARINE SCIENCE POLICY AND ETHICS
Marine SCIENCE PoLICY AND ETHICs
MESF 5400 (Course Credits: 3)
Location: Northeastern University, Boston campus
Time: Wednesdays: 1:35 pm - 4:30 pm
Instructor: Dianne Quigley, PhD,
Office hours: Wednesdays 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm, 3 Holmes
Textbook: Dallmeyer, D. 2003. Values at Sea: Ethics for the Marine Environment. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press: Other readings will be posted to Blackboard
Course Description and Objectives
This new course for Marine Science Policy and Ethics is for graduate and undergraduate students interested in the marine sciences. Students will gain ethics training for a critical review of marine policies in these topical areas: marine environmental ethics (conservation and preservation), conflicts of interest/research integrity, human subjects/mammal protections, ethical challenges in marine science modeling, ethics of fishing governance (marine conservation and regulations), sustainability models for marine sciences, data management and new models of co-management and community engagement with marine research. We will review critical environmental policies affecting marine resources (NEPA, CERCLA, RCRA, Endangered Species, Marine Mammal Protection and Oil Pollution Acts, Magnuson-Stevens, etc). Case studies and ethical review of coastal management for sustainability and pollution control, marine fisheries and energy development will be also be critically evaluated.
Course Outline – MES 5400
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Date* |
Topic |
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Jan, 13, 2016 |
Week 1 |
Introduction: Overview of Ethics for Marine Sciences; Sources of Ethical Knowledge for Marine Sciences Reading Required: Dallmeyer (text) Chapter One: Human values, ethics, and the marine environment |
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Jan. 20, 2016 |
Week 2 |
Research Integrity/Professional Ethics: Conflicts of Interest in Marine Sciences and Data Management Rules: Readings Required: RCR Text: Part One: Shared Values: Rules of the Road and Research Misconduct
Correspondence on Marine Stewardship: Fair and Impartial?
Sovacool, Benjamin .Exploring Scientific Misconduct: Isolated Individuals, Impure Institutions, or an Inevitable Idiom of Modern Science? Bioethical Inquiry (2008) 5:271–282
Harris et al Text: Chapter One – Professional Ethics, Chapter Two – pp: 37-48 |
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Jan. 27. 2016 |
Week 3 |
Environmental Ethics with Marine Case Studies Response Paper Due Readings Required: Dallmeyer (text) Chapters: Stephen R. Kellert -- Environmental ethics and marine ecosystems : from a "land ethic" to a "sea ethic" and Chapter: Clark Wolf -- Marine environmental ethics : where we might start
Heike K. Lotze1, Marta Coll1,2, Anna M. Magera1, Christine Ward-Paige1 and Laura Airoldi “ Recovery of marine animal populations and ecosystems” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, November 2011, Vol. 26, No. 11 Costello, Mark J.“Long-Live Marine Reserves: A Review of Experiences and Benefits”. Biological Conservation 176 (2014) 289–296 Review of International Whaling Ban, Law of the Seas, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangered Species Act (See Blackboard) |
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Feb. 3, 2016 |
Week 4 |
Common Morality – Individual/Group Human Subjects Protections and Mammal Protections for Marine Research in Coastal Communities:
Readings Required: Rabins, MJ and CE Harris.1997. The Ethics of Modeling. Control Engin Practice, v. 3, #4 Rosenthal, Joshua. Politics, Culture and Governance in the Development of Prior Informed Consent in Indigenous Communities Current Anthropology Volume 47, Number 1, February 2006 (pages 1-11 only)
RCR Text: Part II: Chapter 4: Protection of Laboratory Animals Marsh, Helene and Richard Kenchington. 2004. “The role of ethics in experimental marine biology and ecology” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 300: 5-14 Upcoming Assignment: Prepare Upcoming Assignment on Developing Long Powerpoint for Marine Sciences.: 10 slides or more on a species, habitat, marine problem, providing summary of marine science problem (using journal/book evidence,) strategies for marine challenges and ethical perspective you recommend. Due Feb. 17, 2016 |
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Feb.10, 2016 |
Week 5 |
Animal and Mammal Ethics/Protection Policies and Ecosystem Ethics
Reading Required: Sikes, Robert S. William L. Gannon, and the Animal Care and Use Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists. Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research. Journal of Mammalogy, 92(1):235-253. 2011. Ormandy et al (2011). Animal Welfare.
Inger, Vos. Row over dolphin tagging. Aikato Times (Hamilton, New Zealand (1 page only)
Crozier, GKD. and AI Schulte-Hostedde. (2015). Towards Improving the Ethics of Ecological Research. Sci Eng Ethics, 21:577–594. www.springer.com. Accessed 30 July 2015
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Feb.17, 2016 |
Week 6 |
Midterm – In Class with Readings Draft Outline of Long Powerpoint Due - topic, bibliography, a sentence on the ethical arugment/perspective.
Data Management Issues/Intellectual Property Rights
Reading Required: RCR Text: Part Two: Chapter 5 RCR Text: Data Management Chapter Wade, L., H. Whitehead, |
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Feb.24, 2016 |
Week 7 |
Ethics of Coastal Management Policies/Laws and Fishing Governance
Review of Powerpoint on Fishing Governance: Unilateral-Bilateral Governance: Historical Review of International Policy Agreements Acheson, J., Roy Gardner, The evolution of conservation rules and norms in the Maine lobster industry Ocean and Coastal Management 53 (2010) Dallmeyer (text) R.E. Johannes -- Perceptions of legitimacy in conflict between commercial fishermen and regulatory agencies : some ethical concerns / policies on TED nets
Review of NEPA, Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), Marine Pollution and Oil Pollution Acts (See Blackboard) |
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Mar 2, 2016 |
Week 8 |
Ethics of Fishing Governance/Coastal Management Policies (Continued)
Reading Required: Grannis, Jessica, Julia Wyman, Meagan Singer, Jena Shoaf, Colin Lynch. Coastal Management in the Face of Rising Seas: Legal Strategies for Connecticut. Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal Vol. 5, No.1 5, HeinOnline (http://heinonline.org,Mon Dec 2 14:14:09 2013
Mangone, Gerard J. American beach law and policies. Ocean & Coastal Management 53 (2010) 454e467 Review of Magnuson-Stevens Act (from powerpoint on Fishing Governance)
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Mar.16. 2016 |
Week 9 |
Ethics of Modeling in Marine Sciences
Reading Required: Dallmeyer Text: Chapter - Michael B. Shilin ... [et al.] -- Roles and practices of the scientific community in coastal science : understanding values that underlie science
Challenges for a new generation of marine ecosystem models: Overview of the Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research (AMEMR) Symposium, 23–26 June 2008, Plymouth UK. Journal of Marine Systems 81 (2010) 1–3, Preface
Sinclair et al. .2012 Seal–cod interactions on the Eastern Scotian Shelf: Reconsideration of modelling assumptions. Fisheries Research 115–116:1–13.2
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Mar.23 2016 |
Week 10 |
Ethical Issues in Marine Sustainability Planning and Policies - Overview of Ethics and Sustainability Energy Development and Management of Marine Pollution Policies Reading Required: Wheeler, S.(2013) Planning for Sustainability Part One, Chapter 2, Sustainable Development – pp: 23-38
Elliott, John E. and Kyle H. Elliott. Tracking Marine Pollution. Science. May 3, 2013, VOL 556 340, www.sciencemag.org Santora, Christin, Nicole Hade, Jackie Odell. Managing offshore wind developments in the United States: Legal, environmental and social considerations using a case study in Nantucket Sound Ocean & Coastal Management 47 (2004) 141–164 |
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Mar.30 2016 |
Week 1 1 |
Sustainability and Ethics – Coastal Management in Marine Research: Response Paper Due Readings Required: Ashton, Andrew & Jeffrey P. Donnelly & Rob L. Evans. A discussion of the potential impacts of climate change on the shorelines of the Northeastern USA. Mitig Adapt Strat Glob Change (2008) 13:719–743
Dallmeyer (text). Barbara E. Ornitz -- Restoring naturally functioning beaches and dunes on developed coasts using compromise management solutions : an agenda for action./ Karl F. Nordstrom -- Involving the public in coastal conservation : obstacles and opportunities / Doug Daigle -- How American ecologists think about coastal zone environments |
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Apr. 6, 2016 |
Week 12 |
Community Engagement/Co-Management in Marine Fisheries/Coastal Management
Readings Required: St. Martin, Kevin, and Madeleine Hall-Arber. 2008. “Creating a Place for "Community" in New England Fisheries,” Human Ecology Review 15(2):161-17 Almany, G.R., R. J. Hamilton, D. H. Williamson, R. D. Evans, G. P. Jones, M. Matawai, T. Potuku, K. L. Rhodes, G. R. Russ, and B. Sawynok. 2010. “Research partnerships with local communities: two case studies from Papua New Guinea and Australia,” Coral Reefs 29:567-576.www.springer.com (Please skim): Thiollent, Michel. Action Research and Participatory Research. International Journal of Action Research, 7(2), 2011: 160-174
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Apr.13, 2016 |
Week 13 |
Cultural Relativity/Competence and Environmental Justice Issues in Marine Science Research: Response Paper Due Readings Required: Harding, Anna , B. Harper, D. Stone et al 2012. Conducting Research with Tribal Communities: Sovereignty, Ethics and Data-Sharing Issues” (Commentary), Environmental Health Perspectives 120 (1) : 6 - 10 McCarthy, Daniel et al. Collaborative geomatics and the Mushkegowuk Cree First Nations: Fostering adaptive capacity for community-based sub-arctic natural resource management. Geoforum 43 (2012) 305–314 Environmental Justice in Coastal Communities:
Arnold, Tony. “Planning for Environmental Justice”. Planning & Environmental Law; Mar 2007; 59, 3; ProQuest Business Collection |
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Apr.20, 2016 |
Week 14 |
Student Oral Presentations – Other ****** Take Home Final Exam ****** |
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Student present long powerpoint on marine science issue. |
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Students also pass in short powerpoint of 5-7 slides. |
Grading Criteria
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Relative Weight Toward Grade (%) |
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Response Papers |
20 |
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Mid-term paper |
25 |
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Final exam (cumulative) |
25 |
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Marine Science Powerpoint (long) 10 pts and short 5 pts. |
15 |
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Class participation/Attendance |
15 |
Class Policies
Attendance during the entire one hour and 40 minute class period is mandatory and will be taken each day. Each student is allowed 1 unexcused absence, regardless of cause, before it is counted against their attendance grade. Please do not contact the professor or TAs regarding absences.
Please read the assigned readings BEFORE the associated lecture1s.
Power Point presentations and assigned readings will be posted on Blackboard before each lecture. Please note that there are several PowerPoint presentations that will be loaded for each class.
Response Paper: Response Papers are one page summaries/reactions to sets of readings!
Presentations: 10 minute PowerPoint presentation (10 – 20 slides) on some current marine science field topic or case scenario related to course topics. Each presentation will be followed by 3-5 minutes of questions. Presentations MUST be emailed to the professor the day before the presentation is made so that it can be properly uploaded.
ABSOLUTELY NO CELL PHONES or OTHER HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE ALLOWED IN THE CLASSROOM. ANY STUDENT POSSESSING THESE ITEMS WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM AND WILL RECEIVE AN ATTENDANCE GRADE OF ZERO FOR THE DAY.
IF YOU USE A LAPTOP IN CLASS, IT MUST BE USED SOLELY FOR COURSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES. ANY STUDENTS CAUGHT SURFING THE WEB, TEXTING, USING SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, OR ENGAGING IN ANY OTHER DISTRACTING OR DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR DURING CLASS TIME WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE CLASS ROOM & SHALL RECEIVE AN ATTENDANCE GRADE OF ZERO FOR THE DAY.
***The professor reserves to right to make changes to the syllabus, including project due dates and test dates (excluding the officially scheduled final examination), when unforeseen circumstances occur. These changes will be announced as early as possible so that students can adjust their schedules accordingly.***
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY
(from http://www.northeastern.edu/osccr/academicintegrity/)
The Policy
A commitment to the principles of academic integrity is essential to the mission of Northeastern University. The promotion of independent and original scholarship ensures that students derive the most from their educational experience and their pursuit of knowledge. Academic dishonesty violates the most fundamental values of an intellectual community and undermines the achievements of the entire University.
As members of the academic community, students must become familiar with their rights and responsibilities. In each course, they are responsible for knowing the requirements and restrictions regarding research and writing, examinations of whatever kind, collaborative work, the use of study aids, the appropriateness of assistance, and other issues. Students are responsible for learning the conventions of documentation and acknowledgment of sources in their fields. Northeastern University expects students to complete all examinations, tests, papers, creative projects, and assignments of any kind according to the highest ethical standards, as set forth either explicitly or implicitly in this Code or by the direction of instructors.
The following is a broad overview, but not an all-encompassing definition, of what constitutes a violation of academic integrity. For a more complete description, which includes examples and additional resources, students should refer to Northeastern University’s Official Policy on Academic Integrity (http://www.northeastern.edu/osccr/academicintegrity/).
Overview
Cheating: The University defines cheating as using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise. When completing any academic assignment, a student shall rely on his or her own mastery of the subject.
Fabrication: The University defines fabrication as falsification, misrepresentation, or invention of any information, data, or citation in an academic exercise.
Plagiarism: The University defines plagiarism as using as one’s own the words, ideas, data, code, or other original academic material of another without providing proper citation or attribution. Plagiarism can apply to any assignment, either final or drafted copies, and it can occur either accidentally or deliberately. Claiming that one has “forgotten” to document ideas or material taken from another source does not exempt one from plagiarizing.
Unauthorized Collaboration: The University defines unauthorized collaboration as instances when students submit individual academic works that are substantially similar to one another. While several students may have the same source material, any analysis, interpretation, or reporting of data required by an assignment must be each individual’s independent work unless the instructor has explicitly granted permission for group work.
Participation in Academically Dishonest Activities: The University defines participation in academically dishonest activities as any action taken by a student with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage over other students.
Facilitating Academic Dishonesty: The University defines facilitating academic dishonesty as intentionally or knowingly helping or contributing to the violation of any provision of this policy.
Obligation to Uphold Academic Integrity: All members of the Northeastern University community have a role in upholding the Academic Integrity Policy. Any member of the community who witnesses a violation of this policy should report it to the appropriate faculty member or the Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).