Interdisciplinary problem-solving at the intersection of humanities, science, engineering, and business. Begin with an introduction about what climate change is, its causes and consequences. Examines the range of theories, from Mary Douglas in anthropology to D. W. Winnicott in psychoanalytic thinking, that underlies "thing" or "object" analysis. HASS-S; CI-HCredit cannot also be received for 17.310[J], IDS.412[J], STS.482[J]. 80 0 obj <> endobj xref Surveys the effects of decolonization in the mid-twentieth century on the imagination of computational technologies in places such as South America, Africa, and Asia. 0000031604 00000 n 0000008413 00000 n 0000009339 00000 n Based on a series of case studies from different parts of the world. Its glass walls trap the Sun's heat, which keeps plants inside the greenhouse warm even on cold nights. In May 2000, at the InterAcademy Panel (IAP) meeting in Tokyo, 63 academies of science from all parts of the world issued a statement on sustainability in which they noted that "global trends in climate change are growing concerns" and pledged themselves to work for sustainabilitymeeting current human needs while preserving the environment and natural resources needed by future . Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. It has a guide index to help you focus your presentation. United States Speaker: Anthony C. Janetos Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute This evidence-based presentation makes it clear that climate change isn't some future abstraction, nor is it a far-off phenomenon happening to people in other parts of . HASS-H. Examines the development of modern physics within shifting institutional, cultural, and political contexts, such as physics in Imperial Britain, Nazi Germany, US efforts during World War II, and physicists' roles during the Cold War. HASS-H; CI-H. Historical and contemporary studies are used to explore the interaction of technology with social and political values. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. Provides instruction in the history of humanity's efforts to control and shape life through biotechnology, from agriculture to gene editing. 0000009238 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. %PDF-1.4 % Explores these issues with particular attention to the development of the modern biotechnology industry in the Greater Boston area. 0000160252 00000 n For an internship experience, an offer from a company or organization is required prior to enrollment. The STS requirement for either degree is 9 subjects as follows: Consult the 21E and 21S degree charts for details on the requirements for these joint degrees. Focuses on construction of big projects like cities, hydroelectricity dams, roads, railway lines, ports and harbors, transport and communication, mines, industrial processing plant, and plantations. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)2-0-7 units, Subject meets with STS.044Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Prereq: None U (Spring)3-0-9 units. Lesson 16.2 Climate Change. This leads to global warming and climate change. At the end of this Module, you should be able to: 1. identify the importance of biodiversity as a source of different biological resources; 2. discuss the adverse effects of resource depletion on society and the measures to mitigate them; and. Subject meets with STS.427Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offeredUnits arrangedCan be repeated for credit. Limited to 14 students. The goal of the program is to set up a forum to explore the relationship between what scientists and engineers do and the constraints, needs, and responses of society. Limited to 25. 0000009520 00000 n Scholars of science and technology studies have long been interested in the work of scientists, the circulation of scientiic knowledge and the relation-ship between science and politics6-11. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Limited to 15; no listeners. Climate scientists work hard to estimate future changes as a result of increased carbon dioxide and other expected changes, such as world population. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units. Study of social and political dimensions of engineering projects, examination of aviation institutions. Explores topics such as how computers have intertwined with ideas on work, freedom, governance, and access to knowledge. Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)Units arrangedCan be repeated for credit. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Limited to 15; no listeners. 0000019960 00000 n Students meet and question technologists, activists, law enforcement agents, journalists, and legal experts. Sensors and sensibility: All kinds of new technology are being used to monitor the natural world. Same subject as 21H.285[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Some mandatory field trips may occur during class time. (2014) Response of ocean acidification to a gradual increase and decrease of atmospheric CO2. HASS-H. Explores the changing roles of physics and physicists during the 20th century. 0000017098 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Students who wish to integrate studies in STS and science or engineering in the context of a single degree should consider this program. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. 0000006973 00000 n Prereq: Permission of advisor G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)0-1-0 units. No country today is immune from the impacts of climate change. W, S, G, N. Gas. Same subject as 11.004[J] Provides instruction in the methods historians use to document the past, as well as methods from related fields. Emphasizes how the systems worked, the technical and social processes that produced them, mission operations, and historical significance. But its not too late to save it, These 5 innovations will transform the lives of smallholder farmers. Introduces the "inner history" of technology: how it affects intimate aspects of human experience from sociological, psychological and anthropological perspectives. Ice ages are at least partially caused by changes in Earth's orbit and axis. Snow cover has noticeably decreased in the Northern Hemisphere. Covers the development of major fields in the physical and life sciences, from 18th-century Europe through 20th-century America. Humans have warmed the planet by approximately 1.0C (1.8F) in the past 150 years, which has increased the risk of wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves, droughts, and floods. Emphasizes intensive reading of primary sources, which represent past attempts to count, calculate, measure, and model many dimensions of human social life (population, wealth, health, happiness, intelligence, crime, deviance, race). The Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) focuses on the ways in which scientific, technological, and social factors interact to shape modern life. Uses case studies to take a broad-ranging look at seven major engineering achievements in world history. 0000003681 00000 n 2021. Other topics are drawn from legal and political conflicts, and arts and communication media. Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring) Required of all candidates for an STS degree. National Research Council (2011) Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts over Decades to Millennia. Topics range from relativity theory and quantum mechanics to high-energy physics and cosmology. Discussion about the ways new kinds of online conversation are playing out in education, the workplace, and in families and what the changes in conversation mean for collaboration, innovation, and leadership. 0000007671 00000 n Same subject as 21H.205[J] Examples include the denial of evolution, human-induced climate change, and particular medical-scientific aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. 0000028614 00000 n Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2010) Global Biodiversity Outlook 3. The Pambamarca fortress complex in northern Ecuador is a cultural and built heritage with 18 prehispanic fortresses known as Pucaras. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Weekly in-lecture labs demonstrate how exercise can inform academic instruction and invite students to create future curricula. 0000019937 00000 n 0000007611 00000 n Subject meets with STS.444Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Nat. Arctic sea ice is becoming younger, thinner, and less expansive. Limited to 18. Subject to departmental approval. Not offered regularly; consult department3-3-6 units. The Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change workshop was held in Washington, DC in March 2017. Instruction in expressing ideas clearly and in organizing a thesis-length work. 0000008963 00000 n This design contains lots of . Double major applications from students in other schools (e.g., Architecture and Planning; Management; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 0000010815 00000 n 0000008051 00000 n Earth's climate is changing. Within each of these categories, students can choose both introductory and more advanced subjects. U.S. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Enrollment limited. Same subject as 21A.103[J], WGS.225[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) Surprise your teacher with this professional template. H. Abelson, R. David Edelman, M. Fischer, D. Weitzner, Same subject as 21A.504[J], WGS.276[J]Prereq: None U (Spring)3-0-9 units. 0000001223 00000 n The unprecedented acceleration of climate change over the last 50 years and the increasing confidence in global climate models add to the compelling evidence that climate is being affected by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities.2, Changes in climate should not be confused with changes in weather. These gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, warm and alter the global climate, which causes environmental changes to occur that can harm people's health and well . Primary emphasis on textiles and metalworking, with particular attention to the role of the machine tool industry in the American manufacturing economy. Completion of work of the senior major thesis under the supervision of a faculty tutor. Uses a problem-solving, multi-disciplinary, and multicultural approach that takes energy beyond the complex circuits, grids, and kilojoules to the realm of everyday life, with ordinary people as practitioners and producers of energy knowledge, infrastructures, and technologies. Team-taught face-to-face classes at multiple US and African universities connected live via Zoom. Same subject as 17.310[J], IDS.412[J]Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring)4-0-8 unitsCredit cannot also be received for 17.309[J], IDS.055[J], STS.082[J], Subject meets with 6.4590[J], STS.085[J]Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall)3-0-9 units. trailer << /Size 300 /Info 195 0 R /Root 199 0 R /Prev 742261 /ID[<37fd5c4a789b11db9fd40003937c48ec><7d60e547145bcf158141e863ace7c85b>] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 199 0 obj << /ViewerPreferences << /Direction /L2R >> /Metadata 197 0 R /AcroForm 200 0 R /Pages 187 0 R /Type /Catalog /Outlines 202 0 R /PageMode /UseOutlines >> endobj 200 0 obj << /Fields [ ] /DA (/Helv 0 Tf 0 g ) /DR << /Font << /Helv 185 0 R /ZaDb 184 0 R >> /Encoding << /PDFDocEncoding 186 0 R >> >> >> endobj 298 0 obj << /S 1139 /O 1479 /V 1495 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 299 0 R >> stream From 1967-2012, snow cover extent decreased by approximately 53% in June, and around 7% in March and April. Guest lectures by MIT-affiliated engineers who contributed to and participated in the Apollo missions. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. UN Climate Change News, 5 July 2022 - The critical role of technology in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience to the impacts of climate change was highlighted at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn in June. 0000004516 00000 n The surface then re-emits energy as infrared radiation, a portion of which escapes into space. Located in a major university where most people study science and engineering, STS is dedicated to understanding the context of science and engineering. Ocean levels are rising at a rate of 3.3 millimeters per year. Each cohort tackles a different energy problem. And severe weather -- the leading cause of power outages and fuel supply disruption in the United States -- is projected to worsen, with eight of the 10 most destructive hurricanes . 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