Production of Housing in Europe: Innovation, Conservation and Design with Natural Resources

College of Forestry, Oregon State University

Locations: Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Austria Instructors: Knowles, Hansen Text: assorted handouts and web sites provided by instructors We will develop a list prior to the course.

Instructors: Eric Hansen Chris Knowles Phone: 7-4240 7-1438 email: [email protected] [email protected]

Credits: 6

Schedule: Depart Portland on June 15, 2015. Return from Munich on June 30, 2015.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, all students will gain knowledge regarding:  Principles of forest management in middle Europe.  Factors influencing residential community planning and design and recent developments in sustainable communities.  Forest products manufacturing and how the industry responds to regional resources and consumer demand.  Recent developments in the design of wood products for residential use, including the use of wood in high efficiency residential systems.  Interaction between culture and natural resource management decisions

Throughout this course graduate students will be expected to perform at a higher level than undergraduates especially with respect to quality of work, ability to synthesize concepts, and time invested.

Evaluation:

Journal 25% Paper 25% Exam 20% Participation 30%

Total 100% Letter grades will be assigned as follows:

A 93-100% A- 90-92% B+ 87-89% B 83-86% B- 80-82% C+ 77-79% C 73-76% C- 70-72% D+ 67-69% D 63-66% D- 60-62% F <60%

The Exam: The exam will consist of essay questions and will cover the entire trip and all materials including handouts, lectures, industry speakers, summary discussions, etc. Graduate Students: The graduate student exam will contain additional questions beyond that required of undergraduates.

The Journal: The journal will consist of your daily observations and insights regarding site visits and will serve as an important component of the final paper, outlined below. As part of the journal you will be required to discuss what you learned from cultural visits…[a list of cultural sites will be provided].

Paper: You will write a paper comparing and contrasting the situation in the US to what you have learned about in Europe, with respect to one major (mutually agreed with instructors) issue from the course. You should rely heavily on your knowledge of the situation in the US, daily journal entries, secondary information provided by our hosts, and any other relevant sources. By July 15, the final version of the paper is due.

Academic Dishonesty: http://oregonstate.edu/admin/stucon/achon.htm

Many students do not understand what academic dishonesty is. It is important to become familiar with its different forms and the University's definitions. At Oregon State University academic dishonesty is defined by the Oregon Administrative Rules 576-015-0020.1.a-c as: An intentional act of deception in which a student seeks to claim credit for the work or effort of another person or uses unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic work. Academic dishonesty includes:

CHEATING - use or attempted use of unauthorized materials, information or study aids or an act of deceit by which a student attempts to misrepresent mastery of academic effort or information. This includes unauthorized copying or collaboration on a test or assignment or using prohibited materials and texts.

FABRICATION - falsification or invention of any information (including falsifying research, inventing or exaggerating data and listing incorrect or fictious references.

ASSISTING - helping another commit an act of academic dishonesty. This includes paying or bribing someone to acquire a test or assignment, changing someone's grades or academic records, or taking a test/doing an assignment for someone else (or allowing someone to do these things for you). It is a violation of Oregon state law to create and offer to sell part or all of an education assignment to another person (ORS 165.114).

TAMPERING - altering or interfering with evaluation instruments and documents.

PLAGIARISM - representing the word or ideas of another person as one's own OR presenting someone else's words, ideas, artistry or data as one's own. This includes copying another person's work (including unpublished material) without appropriate referencing, presenting someone else's opinions and theories as one's own, or working jointly on a project, then submitting it as one's own.