CSPS218G Science & Global Change Colloquium
Semester III The Search for Solutions: Science in the Age of Consequences
SGC Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/
Course Syllabus Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/syllabi/CPSP218G1208.html
Course Policies Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/syllabi/SGC1208policies.html
ELMS Blackboard Website: http://elms.umd.edu/ Course ID: 201208_CPS218G_THOLTZ
Course Videos Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/syllabi/218Gvideos.html

SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EVENTS -- Post-Sandy Revision

Date Topic

9/2/12 (Sun.) SGC Annual BBQ (after Freshmen Metro Scavenger Hunt)
9/3/12 LABOR DAY: no class
9/10/12 Semester Introduction & Practicum Issues
Science in the Age of Consequences
9/17/12 Workshop: Poster Design [Please bring laptop to class]
Overview & Sign Up for "Search for Solutions" Team Projects
The First Word in "Science Fiction"
Reading: Craven Chaps. 0-3
9/24/12 Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt: Real Science, the News Media & the Blogosphere
Reading: Craven Chaps. 4-7
9/30/12 (Sun.) Field Trip I: Fossil Hunting at Bayfront Park, Brownie Beach, Chesapeake Beach, MD
10/1/12 Quiz 1
Communicating Science GROUP PROJECT
Mini-Poster Project due
Reading: Craven Chaps. 8-10
10/8/12 Catch the Wind: How Sailing Changed the World, and the Future of the Oldest Renewable
Media Report due online Reading: MacKay Chaps. 1-5
10/13/12 (Sat.) Field Trip II: Smithsonian Environmental Reserch Center, Edgewater, MD
10/15/12 Quiz 2
"Search for Solutions" Team Projects I Modifying the Carbon Cycle
Reading: MacKay Chaps. 6-10
10/22/12 "Search for Solutions" Team Projects II Renewable Energy
Reading: MacKay Chaps. 11-15
10/27/12 (Sat.) Field Trip III: Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, MD
10/29/12 Sandy-based Cancellation
11/5/12 "Search for Solutions" Team Projects III Modifying Current Energy
Practicum Proposal due
Reading: MacKay Chaps. 16-20
11/12/12 "Search for Solutions" Team Projects IV Geoengineering
Reading: MacKay Chaps. 16-24
11/18/12 (Sun.) Field Trip IV: National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
11/19/12 Quiz 3
Who Pays for Science? GROUP PROJECT
Reading: MacKay Chaps. 25-29
11/26/12 Mad Science in Culture and in History
Reading: MacKay Chaps 30-32
11/27/12 (Tues.) Online Course Evaluations available
12/3/12 Science as a Defense Against Tyranny
12/10/12 Quiz 4
The Enlightenment and the New Revolution
Learning Contract due
3-Semester Review due online
12/12/12 (Sun.) Last day for Online Course Evaluations