Spring 2019 — 466W/566W: Introduction to Mitigation and Adaptation Studies
Class Schedule
Note that all homeworks and research project documents (draft bibliography, draft paper, final paper, presentation) have to be submitted in the workspace using the “Stay Woke” utility.
January 2019
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Dec 31 |
Jan 1 |
Jan 2 |
Jan 30 |
Jan 4 |
Jan 7 |
Jan 8 |
Jan 9 |
Jan 10 |
Jan 11 |
Jan 14 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 1: Practicalities. The Challenge we are Facing Class slides |
Jan 15 |
Jan 16 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 2: The Syndrome of Modern Global Change: Baseline Class slides |
Jan 17 |
Jan 18 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 1 are due |
Jan 21 No Class |
Jan 22 (Drop deadline) |
Jan 23 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 3: The Syndrome of Modern Global Change: Baseline, Syndrome, Diagnosis Class slides |
Jan 24 |
Jan 24 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 2 are due |
Jan 28 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 4: The Syndrome of Modern Global Change: Diagnosis, Prognosis, Therapy. Also: Systems — Introduction Class slides |
Jan 29 (Withdrawal deadline 1/2 refund) |
Jan 30 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 5: Systems Science and Systems Thinking Class slides |
Jan 31 |
Feb 1 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 3 are due |
February 2019
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Feb 4 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 6: Systems Thinking, Adaptation and Sustainability Science Class slides |
Feb 5 |
Feb 6 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 7: Wicked Problems Class slides |
Feb 7 |
Feb 8 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 4 are due 6:00 PM: Final date for selection of topic of research case study. |
Feb 11 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 8: Participatory Modeling Class slides |
Feb 12 |
Feb 13 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 9: Conceptual Models Class slides |
Feb 14 |
Feb 15 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 5 are due |
Feb 18 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 10: Stock and Flow Models Class slides |
Feb 19 | Feb 20 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 11: Research Project Hour |
Feb 21 |
Feb 22 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 6 are due |
Feb 25 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 12: Agent-Based Models Class slides |
Feb 26 |
Feb 27 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 13: Career Development and ePortfolio |
Feb 28 |
Mar 1 6:00 PM: Draft outline and bibliography for Research paper is due. |
March 2019
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Mar 4 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 14: Understanding Vulnerabilities: The Earth's Life-Support System Class slides |
Mar 5 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 7 are due. |
Mar 6 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 15: Understanding Vulnerabilities: Economy, Inequality and Injustice Class slides |
Mar 7 |
Mar 8 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 8 are due. |
Mar 11 No class |
Mar 12 | Mar 13 No class |
Mar 14 |
Mar 15 |
Mar 18 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 16: Knowing the Hazards: Extinction Class slides |
Mar 19 |
Mar 20 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 17: Knowing the Hazards: Loss of Ecosystem Services Class slides |
Mar 21 |
Mar 22 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 9 are due. |
Mar 25 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 18: Knowing the Hazards: Climate Hazards, Public Health, Food-Water-Energy Nexus Class slides |
Mar 26 |
Mar 27 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 19: Developing Foresight Class slides |
Mar 28 |
Mar 29 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 10 are due. 6:00 PM: Draft Research paper is due. |
April 2019
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Apr 1 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 20: Decision-Making: Human Nature and Facing Threats Class slides |
Apr 2 |
Apr 3 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 21: Decision-Making: Socio-Economic and Political Contexts Class slides |
Apr 4 |
Apr 5 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 11 are due. |
Apr 8 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 22: Developing Options: Avoiding Adaptation or Changing Paradigms, Resilience and Anti-Fragility Class slides |
Apr 9 |
Apr 10 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 23: Developing Options: Safe-guarding the Earth's Life-Support System: Economy and Governance and Mitigating the Degradation of the Life-Support System Class slides |
Apr 11 |
Apr 12 6:00 PM: Answers for Question Set 12 are due. 6:00 PM: Presentations for Class 24 are due. |
Apr 15 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 24: Presentations of research papers For the schedule of presentations, see the main page in the Workspace. Presentation templates for: |
Apr 16 6:00 PM: Presentations for Class 25 are due. |
Apr 17 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 25: Presentations of research papers For the schedule of presentations, see the main page in the Workspace. |
Apr 18 |
Apr 19 6:00 PM: Presentations for Class 26 are due. 6:00 PM: Final Research paper is due. |
Apr 22 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 26: Presentations of research papers For the schedule of presentations, see the main page in the Workspace. |
Apr 23 6:00 PM: Presentations for Class 27 are due. |
Apr 24 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 27: Presentations of research papers For the schedule of presentations, see the main page in the Workspace. |
Apr 25 |
Apr 26 |
Apr 29 3:00 - 4:15 PM: Class 28: Reflections Class slides |
Apr 30 |
May 1 |
May 2 |
May 3 |