CPSG101 Science & Global Change First Year Colloquium II
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Causes and Impacts of the Climate Crisis
CCC 1205 Tues. 3:30-4:50 pm
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SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EVENTS

Week Date & Topic

Week of 1/24 1/25 Colloquium: Semester Introduction: Logistics of Class; Mini-lecture: Welcome to the Anthropocene
Week of 1/31 2/1 Colloquium: Energy & Systems; Carbon Footprints (intro to assignment) Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 6-55
Week of 2/7 2/8 Colloquium: Carbon Footprint Group Project; Guest Presentation: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (David Tana, Maryland Outreach Manager)
2/8 Carbon Footprint Homework Assignment due (must be completed by Colloquium time)
Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 56-81
2/11 Quiz 1
2/13 (Sun.) EXCURSION National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
Week of 2/14 2/15 Colloquium: Guest Presentation: Strategies for Finding an Internship (Kevin Kenneally, Program Director, Internships, University Career Center); Lecture: Paleoclimatology
Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 82-117
Week of 2/21 2/22 Colloquium: Climatology 101: Insolation and Atmospheres
Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 118-149
2/25 Quiz 2 due
Week of 2/28 3/1 Colloquium: Climatology 201: Oceans, Geography, Seasons, and Cycles
Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 150-163
Week of 3/7 3/8 Colloquium: Climate Change: How We Know It Happens & How We Know It's Us
Climate Proxy Homework Assignment due (must be completed by Colloquium time)
Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 164-189
3/12 (Sat.) EXCURSION "Futures", Arts & Industries Building, Washington, DC
Week of 3/14 3/15 Colloquium: Storms of Our Grandchildren: Climate Change Effects on Weather and Water
Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 190-213
3/18 Quiz 3 due
Week of 3/21 SPRING BREAK
Week of 3/28 3/29 Colloquium: Guest Presentations: Green Fellowship Winners Jiayang Sun and Carly Maas
3/29 Awareness of Climate Change Impacts Survey due on ELMS
Reading: Wallace-Wells Part I
Week of 4/4 4/5 Colloquium: The Value of the Biosphere
Reading: Wallace-Wells Part II pp. 37-93
Week of 4/11 4/12 Colloquium: Wildlife in the Climate Crisis
Reading: Wallace-Wells Part II pp. 94-140
4/15 Quiz 4 due
Week of 4/18 4/19 Colloquium: Climate Change, Economics & National Security
Reading: Wallace-Wells Part III pp. 141-170
4/23 (Sat.) EXCURSION National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
Week of 4/25 4/26 Colloquium: What's the Worst that Could Happen? Abrupt Climate Change, the Sixth Extinction, and Other Ongoing Existential Crises
Reading: Wallace-Wells Part III pp. 171-216
5/1 (Sun.) EXCURSION National Zoo, Washington, DC
Week of 5/2 5/3 Colloquium: "Possible Futures" Group Project
Reading: "Possible Futures" provided on ELMS; also Wallace-Wells Part IV
5/6 Quiz 5 due
5/6 Scholars Academic Showcase, 4-5:30 pm, Edward St. John Building: Please attend!!
Week of 5/9 5/10 Colloquium: Is There Hope? Planning to Live in a Changing World; Semester Wrap-Up
5/10 Academic Showcase Report, Final Quiz, Excursion Report, Freshman Time Capsule Essay due