Lecture Notes, Online Learning and Course Book
POSTED: 20 June 2024
UPDATED: 17 September 2024

  • Online Lecture Notes

    • Web-based lecture material will become available as the course progresses.
    You can find these for each lecture when you click on the corresponding link in the Lecture Schedule

    The web notes are an extremely short version of the corresponding book chapters. The web material will be the primary material for tests. The lectures schedule provides links to study guides for each book chapter. Students should not rely on the web notes alone to study for the tests, especially when not coming to class. Please also review the podcast lectures published on the UCSD podcast website and additional video material that becomes available as the course progresses.

  • In-Class Note Taking and Podcasts

    • It is not advisable to come to class unprepared. Ideally, you have at least visited the lecture notes before coming to class. You should have downloaded the thumbnail handout notes posted near the top of each lecture notes page. These thumbnail handouts will help you record short notes during class. There will not be enough time during class to write down every relevant spoken word! Instead, please come to class and listen, enjoy and participate in the polls and discussions. After class, please review the lecture notes (again) and podcasts.

  • "Flipping" the Classroom with Online Videos

    • UCSD strongly encourages instructors to make an effort to "flip" the classroom. Students learn the basic concepts at home to give more interactive and discussion time in the classroom. A flipped classroom means that students will learn some of the material AT HOME so that we will have more time to react and discuss recent natural disasters. To accommodate recent events in the classroom, some essential material (that is test material) will be covered in short videos. These videos are available through the class website (see lecture schedule, last column)!

  • Course Book


    • enlarge         		The required course book (preliminary edition) is published by Cognella Academic Publishing. The course book should be available at the UCSD bookstore. For each chapter, the study guide and case studies are available on the class website through the Lecture schedule page.

    Fall Quarter 2024:
    Students should have access to the ebook version for a trial period. However, students must opt out if they do not want to purchase the book. Instructors have no control over timing, purchase conditions and price.