Senior Seminar II Fall 2008
ISP 4860
Section 003 (Bowen)
Class 2, September 10
Course web site: www.is.wayne.edu/drbowen/SenSemF08
Starting Off
• Initial the signin sheet
• Next week 9/17 also meet in Computer Lab C
 University research databases/Debbie Tucker
 Then back to 79 Manoogian 9/24 – no room change
• Agenda for tonight
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Using Moodle (handout)
Review of assignment schedule and overview
Research – MLA and references
Writing – having something to say, organization
Population
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New on Course website
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UN population program
MLA reference – The Owl (Purdue U)
WSU webmail link
Two links to Moodle
1. Moodle in general, then you choose this
course
2. Straight to this course
• Section of resources for guarding your
computer
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Using Moodle
• Follow handout to set up account
• Assignment schedule on Moodle,
upcoming assignments
• Turning in an assignment online
• Chat with other people online while
continuing to work in Moodle
 Moodle messages to invite, but otherwise not
like email
• Pictures
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In-Class Writing Last Week
• Not graded yet – sorry!
• What I was trying to do – put you as a
writer in contact with readers to see their
reactions
• Three stages of teaching (and writing)?
 Concern with personal performance in front of
class (audience)
 Concern with content (document)
 Concern with individual students (readers)
• What does the audience actually get?
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Being Your Own Audience
• Try to imagine some of the readers from
this exercise, as you write your Chapters
• Read to yourself, out loud
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Review of Overview
• The Human Footprint
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Huh? (What does it mean)
Areas (topics for paper)
Trends and limits
Five Chapters, suggested order
• You can change order and topics
• I want you to have my reactions to changes before
you start working seriously
 Next week – responses, reactions
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Another Aspect - Organization
• Each Chapter:
 Title – your first contact with the reader
• Rules of grammar do not apply – your chance to
shine
 Introduction – a roadmap
 Body – follow the roadmap
• Detail is convincing
 Conclusion – summing up
• At the very end – why should I (the reader) care
(significance, so what)
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Organization – Within Body
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Organization:
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Treat topics one by one in logical order – don’t just
hop around
Examples of orders that work:
a. Start with a specific example or story, then go to what that
is an example of (generalize)
b. General to specific
c. Historical order, order of development
d. Logical order – what does the reader need to know first?
e. Combinations – a then b, for example
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A new topic requires a new paragraph.
Smooth transitions to prepare the reader and show
that your thinking is under control, not just random.
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Outlining
• An outline can be a quick way to organize your
topic.
 Not required here – I am relying on you to know
whether or not you need this
 I used to outline, but with word processors I just
shuffle stuff around
• Organization in-class assignment (groups)
 Get card pack
 Groups can go somewhere else – 30 minutes
 Turn in report on next slide
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Group Reports - Organization
• Each group should turn in a report with the
following information (by number)
1. List the group members (first and last names)
2. Take the cards out of the envelope and put them in
the best order. What is the order of the cards (by
number)?
3. Of the styles of organization listed in class (or
including others that you may be aware of, what
organization scheme did you used in 2, and why?
4. Pick one other style of organization and describe
how you might reorganize the material on the cards
to make that other style work.
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Proofreading Marks
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This should be capitalized
This should not be capitalized
This should be deleted
These should be joined (make one
word)
Move this to here (here, put the
period inside the quotes)
Also, ^ for insert
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Why References/Citations?
• A citation or reference gives the
information needed to find and, to some
extent, evaluate a reference
• Purposes:
 To give credit to those you borrow from
 To trace your influences
 To let the reader check up on you
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MLA Citations
• MLA – short in-text citations (minimize
disruption of reader), full bibliographic
information in Works Cited/Consulted
• All direct quotations and other references
to authority must be cited.
• If a reference is cited but the text is not in
quotes, then the words must be your own.
• Borrowed ideas must be cited also
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MLA Citations
• Three basic MLA styles EDW #48
1. Author’s name in sentence, only one work
cited by that author (include page)
2. Author’s name not in sentence, only one work
cited by that author (include name page)
3. Author’s name not in sentence, more than
one work cited by that author (include year of
publication)
• See variations in EDW
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Works Cited/Consulted
• Reference to work, without page number
• Reader must be able to find the right line!
• So:
 Authors in order, first author with last name
first
 Title
 Place of publication
 Publisher
 Date of publication
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Research Portfolio
• Handout, review of handout
• Bring to class in two weeks (9/24)
• In-class evaluation:
 Group comparison
 Self-assessment of your own portfolio
• Regular evaluations during semester
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Population
• Not in Planet in Peril – mainly natural
environment
 There in the background – helps to cause
many of the environmental problems in PIP
• Right at the start of State of the Planet
• Humans are the dominant species on
earth
 (Will microorganisms make us extinct?)
 We dominate all major ecosystems /
continents
 We are a very successful species
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The Dominant Species
• To a large extent, we are responsible for
most other (large?) species – they survive
or become extinct because of what we do
 Are we ready for this responsibility?
• Do we understand that we are responsible?
• Are we able? Complex relationships, lack of
knowledge
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Population Trends
• Started out as minor species in Southern Africa
~ 5MYA
• Growth rate increasing
World Population
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600 M 1700
2 B 1927
4 B 1974
6 B 1999
6.6 B 2008
9.1 B 2050 (UN does not project beyond this)
Population (billions)
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1600
1700
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1900
2000
2100
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Population Background
• All population figures are estimates
• Population tends to grow by percent, not
by absolute numbers
 If there are more people, they have more
children
• Population rates of growth (e.g. percent)
are not fixed, but have many influences
 ~ 1965 growing by 2.1% per year
 By 2002 fell to 1.2% - worldwide decrease
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World Regions
• 1750 – 1950 most growth in Europe &
New World
• Now most growth in Africa, Middle East,
Asia
• Rich countries = developed: North
America, western Europe, Australia, New
Zealand, Japan
• Less developed = ROW
• Least developed: 49 countries
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Human Population (repeat)
Region
World
China
India
US
Europe
More Developed
Less Developed
Least Developed
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2007 Pop (B)
6.6
1.3
1.0
0.31
0.73
1.2
5.4
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2050 UN est.
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1.4
1.5
0.41
0.65
1.2
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UN World & Africa Estimates
• Charts make it clear that population is not
expected to level off by 2050
• Most growth expected in poorer countries
Estimated World Population
African Population
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Population, Billions
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1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
2040
2060
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1940
Year
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1960
1980
2000
2020
2040
2060
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Vital Rates
• For an individual country,
Change in population = births – deaths +
migration (can be + or -)
• For the world, change = births – deaths
• Population can increase if births ↑ or
deaths ↓ (population gets older)
 Worldwide, life expectancy ↓, but this should
be OK because births decrease after a lag
(“demographic transition”)
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Malthus
• 1798 Thomas Malthus An Essay on the
Principle of Population
 Population tends to grow by percent, food by
absolute amount, so predicted worldwide
famine
 Didn’t happen – technology raised food
supply
 This is similar but often dismissed because
Malthus was wrong
 I think we will come through, with major
changes
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Next Week – 9/17
• Meet again in Lab C
• Should have PIP finished, make choice of
topic in Moodle
• Start reading in SOP – first Chapter to
read is the one on your topic!
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Two Weeks – 9/24
• Back to 79 Manoogian, for good
• Bring Portfolio to class
• Reading in SOP in order
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