Further details on the requirements of the STS program may be obtained from the STS undergraduate academic officer and the STS academic administrator. hb```e`` "03 ?Pa/T(8S 6G b -`u>R}*1. However, it has also shown us how solutions can be found and how together we can overcome the climate emergency. Begin with an introduction about what climate change is, its causes and consequences. Annual 2021 arctic temperatures rose to 1.1C above the 1981-2010 average. Mount St. Helens. HASS-S. Explores emotional and intellectual impact of objects. 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. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. The UNFCCC meeting in Bangkok earlier this month adopted a detailed programme of work. The atmosphere is a dynamic fluid that is continually in motion. Burning fossil fuels changes the climate more than any other human activity. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. 0000000816 00000 n Achieving the Triple Win of CSA. Two topics of particular importance were: how to provide technical support to developing countries in implementing their national climate action plans (); and . Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor; consult department for details. Science, 229(3): 857. Includes weekly reflection papers. Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring)Units arranged [P/D/F]Can be repeated for credit. 0000019937 00000 n In addition, students must complete STS.840 HASTS Professional Perspective. 0000005189 00000 n "There is no way to produce enough meat for 9 billion people," said Bill Gates in a 2013 blog post. Program of graduate research leading to the writing of a PhD thesis, to be arranged by the student with an appropriate MIT faculty member, who is the thesis supervisor. Climate change is a shift in those average conditions. 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. 0000003696 00000 n Same subject as 21A.859[J]Prereq: None G (Fall)3-0-9 units. 0000008648 00000 n School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Toggle School of Architecture and Planning, Toggle Civil and Environmental Engineering, Toggle Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Toggle School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Toggle Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Toggle Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Toggle MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Select one subject from the list of Tier II subjects, Select three additional subjects from among Tiers I and II, Students enrolled in the PhD program have the option to earn a SM in, independent dissertation research and dissertation, Prereq: One CI-H/CI-HW subject and permission of instructor, SchoolofHumanities,Arts,andSocialSciences, Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups, Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Career Advising and Professional Development, Term Regulations and Examination Policies, Center for Computational Science and Engineering, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Institute for Work and Employment Research, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science (Course 11-6), Chemical-Biological Engineering (Course 10-B), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6-2), Electrical Science and Engineering (Course 6-1), Computer Science and Engineering (Course 6-3), Computer Science and Molecular Biology (Course 6-7), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (MEng), Computer Science and Molecular Biology (MEng), Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3), Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3-A), Mechanical and Ocean Engineering (Course 2-OE), Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22), Data, Economics, and Development Policy (MASc), Global Studies and Languages (Course 21G), Linguistics and Philosophy (Course 24-2), Science, Technology, and Society/Second Major (STS), Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (Course 12), Mathematics with Computer Science (Course 18-C), Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science, Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science, Joint Program with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Aeronautics and Astronautics Fields (PhD), Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making (Course 6-4), Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Fields (PhD), Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science (Course 6-14), Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science (MEng), Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1), Comparative Media Studies / Writing (CMS), Comparative Media Studies / Writing (Course 21W), Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6), Download PDF of the Entire Catalog and/or Subject Descriptions, Intersections: Science, Technology, and the World, Ancient Greeks to Modern Geeks: A History of Science, Engineering Life: Biotechnology and Society, Science in Action: Technologies and Controversies in Everyday Life, Embodied Education: Past, Present, Future, Theories and Methods in the Study of History, Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society, Four subjects related to the historical and social study of science and technology. Similarly, science has shown us that life on our planet is in danger from climate change. Climate change is as much an opportunity as it is a threat. Same subject as 21A.509[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Examples drawn from the technologies of war, transportation, communication, production, and reproduction. Open to upperclassmen with permission of instructor. Explores the impact of concepts, trends, and developments in science, technology, and medicine on the lives of African Americans. The workshop was organized by the Social Science Coordinating Committee (SSCC) of the U.S. 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 . IPCC (2007) Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The greenhouse effect works much the same way on Earth. Provides exposure to science in a dynamic relation with social life and cultural ideas. Todays emissions will affect future generations; CO. IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Instruction in expressing ideas clearly and in organizing a thesis-length work. HASS-H; CI-H. Develops students' abilities to communicate science effectively in a variety of real-world contexts. HASS-H. Exposes students to multidisciplinary studies in Science, Technology, and Society (STS), using four case studies to illustrate a broad range of approaches to basic principles of STS studies. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) Topics include William Barton Rogers; the modern research university and educational philosophy; campus, intellectual, and organizational development; changing laboratories and practices; MIT's relationship with Boston, the federal government, and industry; and notable activities and achievements of students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Considers developments in the epidemiology, therapy, and politics of cancer. 0000007184 00000 n Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2010) Global Biodiversity Outlook 3. Whether students recognize it or not, The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum. This work has been largely completed and the path has been cleared for real adaptation-related action Same subject as 12.384[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Rising average temperatures, more extreme heat throughout the year, fewer sufficiently cool days during the winter, and more frequent cold-season thaws will likely affect farmers in all regions. 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. 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. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. CO2 emissions are unevenly distributed both globally and regionally within nation-states. Begins by examining historical accounts of the rise of quantitative methods and values since c. 1600. Case studies of specific systems and engineering projects. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offeredUnits arrangedCan be repeated for credit. 80 0 obj <> endobj xref The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Sheet2. Includes brief reflection papers and a final paper. Covers the development of major fields in the physical and life sciences, from 18th-century Europe through 20th-century America. Reading course in the history of aviation, focusing on science and technology and cultural and political context. (2014) Response of ocean acidification to a gradual increase and decrease of atmospheric CO2. 0000001223 00000 n Students enrolled in the PhD program have the option to earn a SM in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) en route to the PhD by satisfactorily completing first year requirements, submitting a masters thesis, and completing six subjects (72 units) including the three required seminars above. Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)Units arrangedCan be repeated for credit. The science-technology-society (STS) movement recognizes the need for education that prepares young people for the challenges of an ever-changing, interdependent world. Atmospheric concentrations of some of the gases that produce the greenhouse effect are increasing due to human activity and most of the world's climate scientists consider that this is a significant part of the cause of observed climate change. Using this as a starting point, explores how researchers have described and re-calibrated relations among plants, humans, and environment, between life and non-life, action and being, subjectivity and autonomy in ways that radically altered ruling epistemologies in a range of disciplines. To complicate things further, no one fully understands how . "Climate Change: Science and Impacts Factsheet." In collaboration, STS, the History Faculty, and the Anthropology Program offer a doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS). Covers strategies for dealing with complex areas like theoretical physics, genomics and neuroscience, and addresses challenges in communicating about topics such as climate change and evolution. Sheet1. NOAA (2022) State of the Climate: 2021Global Climate Report. Same subject as 21H.984[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Focuses on quantification, including its central role in the historical development of social science and its importance in the 21st-century data age. Students work on a term-long project, organized around the design, fabrication, and installation of an original multimedia exhibit about current scientific research at MIT. 0000160686 00000 n Prepares students who wish to work or study in Africa and the Global South. Identifies contemporary forms of resistance and imaginations of innovation that still endure and flourish in the global south, challenging perspectives from the global north. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)2-0-7 units. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units. Goal is to equip students with skills for team-based trans-disciplinary and cross-cultural problem-solving. 0000008111 00000 n Limited to 15; no listeners. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. HASS-H. Explores the changing roles of physics and physicists during the 20th century. The three main objectives are to immerse students in the historical, cultural, multi-cultural, and entrepreneurial aspects of energy across the world to make them better energy engineers; to introduce them to research and analytical methods; and to deploy these methods and their various skills to solve/design a solution, in groups, to a specific energy problem chosen by the students. Michigan Creative, a unit of the Arctic sea ice is becoming younger, thinner, and less expansive. No country today is immune from the impacts of climate change. As polar ice melts, less sunlight is reflected and the oceans absorb more solar radiation. The program brings together humanists, social scientists, engineers, and natural scientists, all committed to transcending the boundaries of their disciplines in a joint search for new insights and new ways of reaching science and engineering students. Completion of work of the senior major thesis under the supervision of a faculty tutor. The STS requirements include 13 subjects as follows: If a student's other major also requires a thesis, students may coordinate their thesis effort, pending approval of undergraduate officers in both majors. Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)Units arrangedCan be repeated for credit. EPA is committed to providing the most up-to-date and accurate climate-science information, including basics, causes, indicators, and impacts of climate change. Salvo, Paul Luigi M. Science , Technology, and Society May 27, 2022 1. However, this does not necessarily mean that more tornadoes will occur, especially in light of the fact that only about 20 percent of supercell thunderstorms produce tornadoes. HASS-H. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Same subject as 6.4590[J] Undergraduate research opportunities in the STS Program. Make a poster regarding the causes and effects of climate change. HASS-H. They must also master the underlying concepts in science and engineering that relate to their special field of interest. 0000161105 00000 n CSA aims to simultaneously achieve three outcomes: 1. Enrollment limited. Students work in teams on a final project analyzing an aspect of the historical project to articulate and synthesize ideas in engineering systems. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Since the start of the 20th century, the average growing season in the contiguous 48 states has lengthened by nearly two weeks. Same subject as 4.626[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) Given China's entrance into the new stage of economic development, an updated study on the largest CO2 emitter's domestic emission distribution is needed for effective and coordinated global CO2 mitigation planning. The Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change workshop was held in Washington, DC in March 2017. 80 26 Discusses literature in history, anthropology, law, and related fields to address how science and technology have historically shaped understandings of human rights and the ways that human rights frameworks have shaped the creation and use of scientific and technological capabilities. See description under subject 21H.984[J]. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2010) The Earths Radiation Budget. HASS-H; CI-H. 0000010022 00000 n It has green colors, connected to the environment, and includes pedagogical illustrations related to ecology. Americans have more influence in the development . Draws on material from popular culture, media, fiction, film, and ethnography. Lesson 16.2 Climate Change. U.S. EPA (2021) Climate Change Indicators: Length of Growing Season. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Prereq: None U (Spring)3-0-9 units. Enrollment limited by availability of suitable teaching assignments. 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. 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 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. 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