CPSG200 Science & Global Change Sophomore Colloquium
The Search for Solutions: Resiliency in the Decade of Consequences
Colloquium CCC 1205 Mon. 3:30-4:50 pm
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SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EVENTS

Week Date & Topic

Week of 8/29 8/29 Colloquium: Welcome Back; Logistics of Class; Resiliency in the Age of Consequences and Agents of Change
9/2 Scholars Block Party (2-4 pm, Cambridge Community Quad)
Week of 9/5 9/5 Colloquium: None - LABOR DAY
Week of 9/12 9/12 Colloquium: Future Shock: The Unexpected Impacts of Technology; Review of Team Project
9/13 Reading: Sagan Chap. 22; Drawdown pp. ix-xv & online material
9/17 (Sat.) EXCURSION: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD
Week of 9/19 9/19 Colloquium: Decarbonizing Society I: The Grid
9/19 Reading: Drawdown "Energy" & online material
9/19 Team Formation & Contract due
9/23 Quiz 1 due
Week of 9/26 9/26 Colloquium: Decarbonizing Society II: Transport & Infrastructure
9/26 Reading: Drawdown "Buildings & Cities", "Transport" & online materials
Week of 10/3 10/3 Colloquium: Geoengineering: Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) & Solar Radiation Management (SRM)
10/3 Reading: Drawdown "Coming Attractions" & online materials
10/3 Team Project Topic Proposal due
10/7 Quiz 2 due
Week of 10/10 10/10 Colloquium: The Future of Farming, Wildlife Conservation & Resource Management
10/10 Reading: Drawdown "Food", "Land Use" & online materials
Week of 10/17 10/17 Colloquium: Climate Law & Climate Justice
10/17 Reading: Drawdown "Women and Girls" & online materials
10/17 Team Project Initial Bibliography due
10/23 (Sun.) EXCURSION: Philip Merrill Environmental Center, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis, MD
Week of 10/24 10/24 Colloquium: Energy & Environment Policy Choices in-class
10/28 Quiz 3 due
10/30 (Sun.) EXCURSION: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Week of 10/31 10/31 Colloquium: Global Energy & Environment Policy Simulation in-class
Week of 11/7 11/7 Colloquium: Science Communication & Miscommunication
Week of 11/14 11/14 Colloquium: Who Pays for Science?
11/14 Reading: Sagan Chaps. 17-19
11/14 Practicum Proposal due
11/14 Team Presentation draft PowerPoint due
11/18 Quiz 4 due
Week of 11/21 11/21 Colloquium: Team Project Presentations
11/23-25 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week of 11/28 11/28 Colloquium: Mad Science in Culture and in History
11/28 Reading: Sagan Chap. 25
12/2 Team Project Dossier, Team Project Within-Team Peer Evaluation due
12/3 (Sat.) [provisional date] EXCURSION: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Week of 12/5 12/5 Colloquium: Lecture: Science as a Defense Against Tyranny
12/9 Quiz 5 due
Week of 12/12 12/12 Colloquium: The World Set Free: The Enlightenment and the New Revolution
12/12 Final Quiz, SGC 3-Semester Review, Learning Contract, Excursion Report due