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2008 Course Schedule and Associated Resources

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COURSE LECTURE SCHEDULE - Fall 2008 - REVISED 9/2/08

(Subject to change, please refer to the web site on a regular basis for the latest lecture schedule)

lecture Topic	Tentative Date	Lecture Title	Lecturer (BOLD - Confirmed)	Lecture Resources
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE	HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE	HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE	HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE	HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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The IPY	Week 1/Lecture 1 August 26	Syllabus and Class Assignments History of the IPY/Course Framework Setting	M Kennicutt (OCNG)	Introduction and Review of the Syllabus; History of the IPY
The History of Polar Science -I	Week 1/Lecture 2 August 28	History of Arctic Science	M Kennicutt (OCNG)	The Foundations of Modern Polar Science
The History of Polar Science - II	Week 2/Lecture 1 September 2	History of Antarctic Science	M Kennicutt (OCNG)	The Foundations of Modern Polar Science
Governance of Polar Regions	Week 2/Lecture 2 September 4	The Antarctic Treaty System/The Arctic Council	M Kennicutt (OCNG)	Governance of Polar Regions
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POLAR GEOSCIENCES	POLAR GEOSCIENCES	POLAR GEOSCIENCES	POLAR GEOSCIENCES	POLAR GEOSCIENCES
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Geography - I	Week 3/lecture 1 September 9	General Geography of the Arctic	D Cairns (GEOG)	Arctic Geography
Geography - II	Week 3/Lecture 2 September 11	General Geography of Antarctica	A Klein (GEOG)	Antarctic Geography
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Individual Project #1 Written Preliminary Report	Due Date September 11	IPY Education and Public Outreach Project	Submit to: m-kennicutt@tamu.edu	Individual Project #1
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Cryosphere - I	Week 4/Lecture 1 September 16	General Introduction to the Cryosphere	A Klein (GEOG)	To be added
Cryosphere -II	Week 4/lecture 2 September 18	Sea Ice at the Poles	A Stoessel (OCNG)	Polar Sea Ice
Oceanography - I	Week 5/Lecture 1 September 23	General Oceanography of the Artic Ocean	D Brooks (OCN)	Oceanography of the Arctic Ocean
Cryosphere - IV	Week 5/Lecture 2 September 25	Antarctic Ice Sheets	Robert Bindschadler, NASA Goddard Spce Flight Center	To be added
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Individual Project #2 Written Preliminary Report	Due Date September 25	IPY Science Project	Submit to: m-kennicutt@tamu.edu	Individual Project #2
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Oceanography - II	Week 6/Lecture 1 September 30	General Oceanography of the Southern Ocean	A Orsi (OCN)	Oceanography of the Southern Ocean
Geology and Geophysics - I	Week 6/Lecture 2 October 2	General Geology of the Arctic Basin	Lawrence Lawver, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics	Arctic Geology
Geology and Geophysics - II	Week 7/Lecture 1 October 7	General Geology of Antarctics	To be determined	Antarctic Geology
Human Disturbance of Polar Regions	Week 7/Lecture 2 October 9	Human Impacts at McMurdo Station, Antarctica	Terry Wade, Geochemical and Environmental Reserarch Group	Localized Disturbance due to Human Activities
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Team Project #1 Preliminary Written Report	Due Date October 9	IGY/IPY Comparison Project	Submit to: m-kennicutt@tamu.edu	Team Project #1
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Atmospheric Science -I	Week 8/Lecture 1 October 14	Polar Meterology and Climatology	J Nielson-Gammon (ATMO)	Polar meterology and climatology Polar Atmospheric Science
Atmospheric Science - 2	Week 8/Lecture 2 October 16	Polar Atmospheric Chemistry	G Schade (ATMO)	Polar atmospheric chemistry and stratospheric ozone losses
Life at the Extremes	Week 9/Lecture 1 October 21	Sub-ice Life	M Kennicutt (OCNG)	To be added
Biology and Ecology - I	Week 9/Lecture 2 October 23	Antarctic Food Webs and Ecology	D Karentz, University of San Francisco	Antarctica Food Webs and Ecology
Biology and Ecology - II	Week 10/Lecture 1 October 28	The Ecology of Arctic Estuaries in a Changing Climate: the Critical Linkages to Watersheds	K Dunton, University of Texas Marine Science Institute	Arctic Food Webs and Ecology
Human Dimensions - II	Week 10/Lecture 2 October 30	Arctic Terrestrial Ecology/ The Changing Tundra Envrionment	D Cairns (GEOG)	To be added
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SPECIAL TOPICS	SPECIAL TOPICS	SPECIAL TOPICS	SPECIAL TOPICS	SPECIAL TOPICS
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Biogeochemistry of the Arctic Ocean	Week 11/lecture 1 November 4	Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Expedition	H Edmonds, University of Texas Marine Sceince Institute	To be added
SPECIAL EVENT	Wednesday, November 5, 2008	Aggie POLAR PALOOZA	Special Event	Rudder Theater Auditorium, 10:00 am and 7:00 PM, November 5, 2008
PPZA Speaker	Week 11/Lecture 2 November 6	PPZA Speaker	PPZA Speaker	To be added
Ocean Ecology	Week 12/Lecture November 11	The Ecology of Northern Polar Seas	J Grebmeier, University of Maryland	To be added
Human Disturbance of Polar Regions *****************	Week 12/Lecture 2 November 13 *****************	Global Transport of Contaminants ********************	J Sericano (GERG) *****************	Global transport of contaminants ****************
Project/Reading Day ****************	Week 13 November 18 ******************	Project/Reading Day *****************	Project/Reading Day ****************	Project/Reading Day **************
Human Disturbance of Polar Regions	Week 13/Lecture 2 November 20	Localized Disturbances due to Human Activities	McMurdo Station Monitoring Team	Localized Disturbance due to Human Activities
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Individual Project #1 Written Final Report	Due Date : November 20	IPY Education and Public Outreach Project	Submit to: m-kennicutt@tamu.edu	Individual Project #1
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In-Class Presentations ********** Holiday ***********	Week 14/Lecture 1 November 25 ************ November 27-28 ***********	Comparison Project **************** Holiday ****************	Student Teams **************** Holiday ****************	Team Project #1 ************ Holiday ***********
Individual Project #2 Written Report ***************	Due 12/02/08 ***************	IPY Science Project ****************	Submit to: m-kennicutt@tamu.edu *******************	Individual Project #2 ****************
Team Project #1 Written Final Report	Due 12/02/08	IGY/IPY Comparison Project	Submit to: m-kennicutt@tamu.edu	Team Project #1
*********** Class Summary and Discussions **************	*************** Week 15/Lecture 1 December 2 *************	************** Final Discussion and Summary ***************	***************** How to Improve the Class *****************	************* Questionnaires *************
Reading Day ***************	December 4 ************	Reading Day ******************	Reading Day ******************	Reading Day **************
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