Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Required of all candidates for an STS degree. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. 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. Same subject as 21H.285[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered 0000010022 00000 n 0000025724 00000 n Todays emissions will affect future generations; CO. Studies the growth of computer and communications technology and the new legal and ethical challenges that reflect tensions between individual rights and societal needs. Originally published 04/23/2021. Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan. Darwinian debates in the 19th century, and the creation controversies in the 20th century) and give class presentations. 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. Surveys youth political participation in the US since the early 1800s. HASS-H. 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. Limited to 20; preference to students who have taken STS.034. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an integrated approach to managing landscapescropland, livestock, forests and fisheriesthat addresses the interlinked challenges of food security and accelerating climate change. Weather is observed at a particular location on a time scale of hours or days, and exhibits a high degree of variability, whereas climate is the long-term average of short-term weather patterns, such as the annual average temperature or rainfall.3 Under a stable climate, there is an energy balance between incoming short wave solar radiation and outgoing long wave infrared radiation. Limited to 18. Climate change is the result of the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and other human activities. No country today is immune from the impacts of climate change. Science and Technology supports progression in and across subject specialisms, and prepares learners to use science and technology in their every day lives. Culminates with the project's installation in the MIT Museum's Mark Epstein Innovation Gallery. Limited to 25. This course will use history to help students see climate change's social and political aspects. 0000031447 00000 n 80 26 0000004429 00000 n Assignments include creation of a board game for buying and selling real estate in Boston, a two-minute mini-documentary, and an article on a commodity and country. Provides a global view of STS in an increasingly interconnected world. Students write frequently and choose among a variety of non-fiction forms: historical writing, social analysis, political criticism, and policy reports. climate change, periodic modification of Earth's climate brought about as a result of changes in the atmosphere as well as interactions between the atmosphere and various other geologic, chemical, biological, and geographic factors within the Earth system. Emphasizes how local culture, politics, labor, and knowledge affect engineering. Restricted to HASTS PhD students. Practicum style course introduces students to ethnographic methods and writing in global health research. 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 . HASS-H. See description under subject WGS.226[J]. 0000025747 00000 n Students prepare weekly response papers to readings, make extended presentations to class twice per semester, and submit a final research paper. For more details, review our .chakra .wef-12jlgmc{-webkit-transition:all 0.15s ease-out;transition:all 0.15s ease-out;cursor:pointer;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;outline:none;color:inherit;font-weight:700;}.chakra .wef-12jlgmc:hover,.chakra .wef-12jlgmc[data-hover]{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}.chakra .wef-12jlgmc:focus,.chakra .wef-12jlgmc[data-focus]{box-shadow:0 0 0 3px rgba(168,203,251,0.5);}privacy policy. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Office of the Vice President for Communications, Climate Change: Science and Impacts Factsheet, Climate Change: Policy and Mitigation Factsheet , Climate Change: Science and Impacts Factsheet , Click here to download a printable version, Climate Change: Policy and Mitigation Factsheet, Office of the Vice President for Communications. HASS-S. See description under subject 6.4590[J]. "a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. Study of social and political dimensions of engineering projects, examination of aviation institutions. With an increase in average global temperatures of 2. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) Climate change has risen to the top of the policy agenda, at local, national, and international levels. The world is now warming faster than at any point in recorded history . Instruction in expressing ideas clearly and in organizing a thesis-length work. New technologies are helping to fight global warming Image:Roxanne Desgagnes. In collaboration, STS, the History Faculty, and the Anthropology Program offer a doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS). In pictures: the impact of the climate crisis and human activity on our oceans, Weird winter weather and reminders of a warming planet, Horn of Africa drought worse than 2011,and the other climate crisis stories you need to read this week, Cooling the planet: US researchers develop newclimate-friendly method of cooling, Electric refuse trucks could soon be coming to pick up your weekly trash. Discusses recent scientific and educational research that finds that the human body in motion is a medium for learning. Focuses on the US but uses international examples. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Image: BioCarbon Engineering. The seven warmest years since 1880 have all occurred since 2014 and in 2021 annual global temperatures were above average for the 45th consecutive year. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY The Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) focuses on the ways in which scientic, technological, and social factors interact to shape modern life. Space Science Week March 28 and 29 Public sessions will discuss a wide array of issues and advances in the fields of space studies, physics, astronomy, aeronautics, and life sciences. Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:00. Provides an introduction to the analysis of gender in science, technology, and environmental politics from a global perspective. 0000002723 00000 n Photo courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology. Natural causes alone cannot explain all of these changes. 0000004345 00000 n Project-based seminar covers key topics in museum communication, including science learning in informal settings, the role of artifacts and interactives, and exhibit evaluation. To fulfill the remaining subject requirement, students choose from among several departmental seminars designed to offer more in-depth study of particular topics. 0000041029 00000 n Identifies contemporary forms of resistance and imaginations of innovation that still endure and flourish in the global south, challenging perspectives from the global north. Examines the nature of engineering as a source of knowledge production/application, how it reflects the cultural settings in which it emerges, and how it changes as it enters different cultural and economic settings. Examines how centering plants changes our understanding of what it means to be human. Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses. satellites not just as technology demonstrators, but as components of a critical communication and information-based infrastructure for modern societies. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. The decade spanning 2000-2009 was the warmest on record. Same subject as 21A.407[J], 21G.057[J], WGS.275[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) Sensors and sensibility: All kinds of new technology are being used to monitor the natural world. W, S, G, N. Gas. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)2-2-8 units. 0000006973 00000 n They may also take subjects offered by other MIT departments and through cross-registration with Harvard. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Projected increases in number of days over 90F between now and 2090 according to two climate change scenarios. It offers general subjects to introduce students to broad social and intellectual perspectives on science and engineering fields. Examines how commodities connect distant places through a chain of relationships, and link people, e.g., enslaved African producers with middle-class American consumers, and Asian factory workers with Europeans taking a holiday on the beach. Subject meets with STS.026Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered HASS-A. Same subject as 16.445[J]Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Land areas have warmed more . Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Completion of work of the senior major thesis under the supervision of a faculty tutor. Disturbances of the Earths balance of incoming and outgoing energy are referred to as positive or negative climate forcings. Leverett Howell Cutten '07 and William King Cutten '39 Professor of the History of Technology, Head, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science, Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology, Frances and David Dibner Professor in the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Abby Rockefeller Mauz Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, Bern Dibner Professor Post-Tenure in the History of Science and Technology, Professor Post-Tenure of Science, Technology, and Society, Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Adjunct Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Technology Studies, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science, Professor Emerita of the History and Philosophy of Science, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and National Security Policy, Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and Society, Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Students read key texts, analyze key debates (e.g. Intensive reading and analysis of key works in the history and historiography of science. Examples include the denial of evolution, human-induced climate change, and particular medical-scientific aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Historical and contemporary studies are used to explore the interaction of technology with social and political values. Ahead of the UN Climate Summit COP26 in Glasgow last year, the Royal Society sought wide-ranging input from the global scientific community to produce the Climate change: science and solutions briefings. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Examination of different "voices" used to consider issues of scientific, technological, and social concern. Subject closes by considering the places of science in the US during the post-Cold War era. In the theme of Climate Change and Sustainability, we included the need for prioritising investment in socio-political-economic aspects of climate change; sustainability and reduction of environmental effects in agriculture and mineral commodities extraction; protection and recovery of Brazilian biomes and oceans; blue economy; biodiversity; an energy transition; adaptation of the agricultural . Further details may be obtained from the SHASS Dean's Office, Room 4-240, and the STS academic administrator. Subject meets with STS.443Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)2-0-7 units. HASS-H; CI-H. Climate models most closely match the observed temperature trend only when natural and anthropogenic forcings are considered together. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-3-6 units. 0000008413 00000 n This design contains lots of . Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide concentrations are now more abundant in the earth's atmosphere than any time in the last 800,000 years. Some mandatory field trips may occur during class time. From 1967-2012, snow cover extent decreased by approximately 53% in June, and around 7% in March and April. Topics change from year to year. The High-level Event held on 24 September 2007 at the United Nations in New York has sent a strong message that all countries are . Enrollment limited. Addresses a special topic in Science, Technology and Society which is not offered in the regular curriculum. 0000001223 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. In addition, students must complete STS.840 HASTS Professional Perspective. Covers Africa and its diaspora, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Asia, and Oceania. Includes a field trip. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. Science, 229(3): 857. 0000005446 00000 n Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Download Outline (PDF, 110KB) Download Full Presentation (PPT, 148MB) Updated: April 2021. 0000011821 00000 n Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain. 0000008648 00000 n The rationale for change Boundaries of science and technology are continuously changing. Examines the history and social study of computers. World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), in cooperation with the American Anthropological Association, the American Association of Geographers, the American Sociological Association, and Students meet at the end of the term with faculty evaluators to discuss the successes and limitations of the project. 0000031470 00000 n Uses films, novels, and artworks to think across disciplinary boundaries and the impact of science and technology on social worlds (as well as the social worlds of scientists and engineers). HASS-H. Researches the history and culture of an MIT community to contribute to its documentation and preservation. 0000006766 00000 n Team-taught face-to-face classes at multiple US and African universities connected live via Zoom. CLIMATE CHANGE What is Climate Change? Weekly in-lecture labs demonstrate how exercise can inform academic instruction and invite students to create future curricula. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. CSS calculation based on data from UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (2003) Climate Change Information Kit. Lesson 16.2 Climate Change. 0000008473 00000 n While mitigation actions are already being implemented, work on adaptation focused so far on establishing important adaptation principles. Includes gathering materials, preparing draft chapters, giving an oral presentation of thesis progress to faculty evaluators early in the term, and writing and revising the final text. Each cohort tackles a different energy problem. 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. Topics include: city planning, natural resource management, public education, economic development, quantification and modeling in the social and policy sciences, technology transfer, and political economies of expertise. Cruise ships are small floating cities which produce substantial amounts of waste. Includes guest presenters, discussion groups, field activities, visual media, and a practicum style of learning. They also study new narrative forms to accompany novel research techniques. Same subject as 21A.501[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered HASS-H. Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)Units arrangedCan be repeated for credit. Examines the range of theories, from Mary Douglas in anthropology to D.W. Winnicott in psychoanalytic thinking, that underlies thing or object analysis. Same subject as 17.309[J], IDS.055[J]Prereq: None U (Spring)4-0-8 units. 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. Readings explore the connection between material culture, identity, and personal development. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) (2009) Global Climate Change Impacts in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (2019) Whats the Difference Between Weather and Climate?. Further details on the requirements of the STS program may be obtained from the STS undergraduate academic officer and the STS academic administrator. 0000001054 00000 n Explores how different societies make sense of and develop knowledges of the physical and animate world, and what it means to be human(e) within it. Emphasizes public policy and the federal government's role in that system. Begins with the premise that the most significant implications of these efforts extend far beyond the success or failure of individual cancer therapies. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units. 0000160252 00000 n Climate change is a sign that humans have become a force with planet-altering power. Cao, L., et al. Yet the world loses 18.3 million acres of forest each year, or 27 soccer fields worth of trees every minute, according to the World . Limited to 18. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability . It is a modification in long-term weather patterns mainly caused by . Average global temperatures have increased by 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit, or 1.2 degrees Celsius, since 1880, with the greatest changes happening in the late 20th century. Overview. Coal. Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Ice ages are at least partially caused by changes in Earth's orbit and axis. Goal is to build qualitative not just quantitative diversity (i.e., diversity as method of learning and thinking). If today's students are to become tomorrow's decision makers, they need knowledge of science, technology, and society that is global in scope. 0000008963 00000 n 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. Focus on the most important part of your thesis, your content, and let us take care of the design as a gratitude gift for having invested so many hours into your research. begun to focus on climate science itself: asking, in essence, how we know what we know about climate change. Climate change is also affected by the Earths responses to forcings, known as climate feedbacks. Taught in English. Politics and society largely dictate climate policy ambitions and therefore the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, yet climate change models . Readings include material on steam transportation, telegraphic communications, arms production, naval innovation, food processing, medicine, public health, management methods, and the mass production of everything from underwear to uniforms all essential ingredients of modernity. Climate change is altering temperature, precipitation, and sea levels, and will adversely impact human and natural systems, including water resources, human settlements and health, ecosystems, and biodiversity. HASS-E, Prereq: None U (Spring) trailer <<66FC938451164C2899D441DAA9949DFD>]/Prev 46651/XRefStm 1054>> startxref 0 %%EOF 105 0 obj <>stream 0000161105 00000 n Since the start of the 20th century, the average growing season in the contiguous 48 states has lengthened by nearly two weeks. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring)Units arranged [P/D/F]Can be repeated for credit. 0000009178 00000 n Same subject as 8.225[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Students from any academic discipline are invited to apply to the doctoral program. Students taking graduate version are expected to explore the material in greater depth. Required for doctoral students in the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) to explore and gain professional perspective through academic, non-profit, government, or industry experiences. Metal age: gold and silver jewelry, ceramics and tools. Upon the satisfactory completion of coursework, program milestones, and general examinations normally all to be completed by the third year students proceed to independent dissertation research and dissertation writing with the mentorship and guidance of a multidisciplinary dissertation committee. Consult departmental graduate office. It has a guide index to help you focus your presentation. Not offered regularly; consult department3-3-6 units. 0000028591 00000 n Examples drawn from the technologies of war, transportation, communication, production, and reproduction. 0000007403 00000 n A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda. Prereq: Permission of advisor G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)0-1-0 units. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Examines the history and legacy of the Cold War on science and the environment in the US and the world. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)2-0-10 units. Its glass walls trap the Sun's heat, which keeps plants inside the greenhouse warm even on cold nights. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)4-0-8 units. Students are expected to develop professional mastery of a field of history or one of the social sciences. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Students who wish to integrate studies in STS and science or engineering in the context of a single degree should consider this program. HASS-H; CI-H. Limited to 25. Enrollment limited. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered2-0-7 units. Readings drawn from STS, history, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy. 0000010815 00000 n We are entering into a period of intensive and very significant negotiations. UNEP and GRID-Arendal (2005) Vital Climate Change Graphics. Topics vary, but may include how the internet transforms our experience of time, space, privacy, and social engagement; how entertainment media affects attention, creativity, aesthetics and emotion; how innovations in wearable and textile technologies reshape notions of history and identity; how pharmaceuticals reshape identity, mood, pain, and pleasure. In addition to utilizing a range of theoretical perspectives, subject draws upon a series of ethnographic case studies of environmental conflicts in various parts of the world. NOAA (2022) State of the Climate: 2021Global Climate Report. Explain your collage in another sheet and give examples on how you can contribute and help on the problem of climate change. HASS-SCredit cannot also be received for 21A.509[J], STS.474[J]. Achieving the Triple Win of CSA. Explores these issues with particular attention to the development of the modern biotechnology industry in the Greater Boston area. Enrollment limited. 0000161443 00000 n Climate change is a shift in those average conditions. Covers historical, cultural, and ethical dimensions of engineering in Africa. U.S. average annual precipitation has increased by 4% since 1901, but the intensity and frequency of extreme precipitation events has increased even more, a trend that is expected to continue. Not offered regularly; consult department3-0-9 units. HASS-H. Enrollment limited. %PDF-1.4 % Statement by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs to the Forum on Climate Change and Science and Technology Innovation, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, Financing for Sustainable Development Office, Division for Inclusive Social Development, Capacity Development Programme Management Office. (2005) Earths Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications. The workshop was organized by the Social Science Coordinating Committee (SSCC) of the U.S. %PDF-1.4 % An examination of biography as a literary genre to be employed in the history of science. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units. Subject meets with STS.425Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Data, research and guidelines on science and technology including biotechnology, biosafety (BioTrack), innovation, knowledge-based capital, intangibles, and nanotechnology., Governments have agreed to work together to hold the increase in global average temperature to below 2C above pre-industrial levels. We discovered that domestic CO2 emissions in China are increasingly polarized for the . The Latest Science on Energy Based Solutions for Climate Change Professor William Moomaw Tufts University Earth Day 2004. In this research, we implemented a multiscale methodology to identify sheet, rill and gully erosion in the context of climate change for the prehistoric sites. HASS-E. See description under subject WGS.160[J]. Considers how, in response to the naming of the Anthropocene and anxieties over ecological crises, researchers in various fields have turned to plants as central players. Undergraduate research opportunities in the STS Program. Global average temperatures in 2021 were 0.84C (1.51F) higher than in the 20th century average. Covers the failures and defeats of postcolonial projects when faced with the challenge of asymmetric access to global markets and capital. Climate Change - The Science (Updated November 2021) The greenhouse effect occurs naturally, providing a habitable climate. Examines the technologies, individuals and socio-economic systems that are associated with such efforts, as well as the impact that these efforts have on society and science as a whole. 0000009688 00000 n Regents of the University of Michigan, Produced by As greenhouse gas emissions blanket the Earth, they trap the sun's heat. Prereq: None G (Spring) HASS-H. 0000038079 00000 n Due to increasing temperature, large reserves of organic matter frozen in subarctic permafrost will thaw and decay, releasing additional CO. Explores the organization and role of energy and medical science R&D agencies, as well as gaps in those innovation systems. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Climate Central is presenting a new outreach and education resource for meteorologists, journalists, and othersa climate change presentation, Our Changing Climate.This 55-slide presentation is a guide through the basics of climate change, outlining its causes, impacts, and solutions. 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