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Lecture Instructor: Mark Lassiter, PhD Phone:669-8012 x3303 (Office) 669-1833 (Home) |
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ES 460: Environmental Management and Engineering - Spring 1999
4 Semester Hours Credit (Discussion groups, Independent work, Project Initiation and Management)
Lecture Instructor: Mark Lassiter, PhD
Phone:669-8011 x3303 (Office)669-1833 (Home)
Office Hours:Monday: 10:00-12:00 noon, 1:30 -2:30 p.m.
Tuesday:By Appointment
Wednesday:10:00 -12:00 noon, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Thursday:By Appointment
Friday:10:00-12:00 noon
Class Meetings: To be arranged in Morgan Science Building with Mark Lassiter or as a student group
Texts:Various Texts will be utilized as students locate these related to their projects. Montreat College and its partnership library will serve as sources. Resources from the offices of the Land-of-Sky may be available. Various software that the department has and internet sources will also be valuable to the course.
ES 460: Environmental Management and Engineering
Course Description:
This course will explore the opportunities made available to Montreat College students to partner with approximately 40 Environmental Engineers and professionals of related disciplines through the Land-of-the-Sky's Waste Reduction and Technology Transfer (WRATT) program. These professionals have invited our students to assist them in Environmental Assessments offered to local organizations, businesses, and industry. Students will be trained in the mission of the program and how they can assist these professionals in making assessments and compiling suggestions in reports to the organization assisted through the assessment. Mentorships with our students may be initiated with these professionals, many whom are retired. Potential projects will come out of these multiple visits in our region and each student is to choose one issue to pursue as a independent project. Potentially, the organization being assisted may choose to partner with the student and formally consider the proposals prepared by the student. Students will be required to keep a detailed log of their activities. Students will be required to make a professional presentation addressing the issues that they choose to research. Students will compile a portfolio of experience gained during the course. Confidential issues may be addressed in these reports and within the student portfolios both compiled during the course, thus various forms of compilation and presentation will be pursued to meet these course requirements.
Goals of ES 460: Environmental Management and Engineering:
· Assessment of personal background and preparation of a resume.
Teaching Objective: 6
· Determination of how the student's background could be utilized in applied areas that are made available through WRATT.
Teaching Objectives: 5,6,7
·Student development in professional skills in their communication and commitments with WRATT.
Teaching Objectives: 2, 6
·Placement of students in WRATT assessments that could match some of their interests or serve as acceptable challenges for the student in exploring applied areas not yet pursued through their studies but supported by their background.
Teaching Objectives: 5,7
·The student's development of a base level of understanding for the components of the assessment that were addressed during the visit.
Teaching Objectives: 1, 3, 5
·The student's ability to summarize the assessment and detail the issues addressed in a report. Teaching Objectives: 2, 3, 5, 7
·The student's ability to choose one issues and develop the parameters of the issues as understood during the site visits / assessments as they relate to a novel solution that the student develops in a final resolution report. This project is a case study linked with a practical proposal for a response to the issue.
Teaching Objectives: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
·The student's development of presentation skills in presenting their report and proposal that addresses the resolution of an environmental issue. Given the potential of very significant contributions through student input, he student may additionally present their proposal as a formal presentation to the parties actually involved in the case study.
Teaching Objectives: 1- 7
Course Activities:
1. Students will train with WRATT and be prepared to participate on assessments.
2. Students will prepare a background and interest summary for placement with WRATT Engineers
3. Students will be matched with WRATT Engineers to join them on site visits and assessments.
4. Students will be required to prepare and go on five to eight of such site assessments.
5. Students will communicate with the Engineers that they travel with to arrange the trip and the extent of their preparation and participation.
6. Students will be report on each visit including relevant follow - up and summative information on each visit.
7. Students will each choose an independent report that in more detail describes a problem encountered in a visit and propose a resolution. This is prepared as a hard document and also given in a presentation.
8. Students are to keep a summative journal and a notebook that serves as complete documentation of all that they were involved in the course and its experiences.
Grading:
15% - Professional Communication and Follow - based on an evaluation given to WRATT
10% - Journal Grade and Final Notebook [The Final Notebook is a complete compilation of what the student gathers from their experience.]
45% - Five to Eight Trip Reports
30% - Final Report and Presentation on a chosen Environmental Problem & proposed Resolution
Grading Scale:
A=100-92, A- = 91-90,
B+=89-88, B=87-82, B-=81-80,
C+=79-78, C=77-72,C-=71-70,
D+=69-68,D=67-62, D-=61-60, F= below 60.
