Download Outline (PDF, 110KB) Download Full Presentation (PPT, 148MB) Updated: April 2021. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units. It offers general subjects to introduce students to broad social and intellectual perspectives on science and engineering fields. Explores these issues with particular attention to the development of the modern biotechnology industry in the Greater Boston area. Same subject as 12.386[J], 21H.185[J]Prereq: None U (Spring) Enrollment limited. HASS-S; CI-H. See description under subject 21H.185[J]. Focuses on the US but uses international examples. The atmosphere is a dynamic fluid that is continually in motion. Climate change is also affected by the Earths responses to forcings, known as climate feedbacks. 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. See description under subject 21H.984[J]. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. 0000005793 00000 n 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 . Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. 0000005644 00000 n In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that: It is extremely likely (>95 % certainty) that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.. Hansen, J., et al. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. 0000175753 00000 n Instruction in expressing ideas clearly and in organizing a thesis-length work. Same subject as 21A.550[J] Explores how and why physical education was integrated into the US educational system while remaining separate from academic subjects and how and why 21st-century institutions might combine the two. Some mandatory field trips may occur during class time. It also includes maps to highlight . The science-technology-society (STS) movement recognizes the need for education that prepares young people for the challenges of an ever-changing, interdependent world. For students in the doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) who are working on their dissertation proposal and/or research grant proposal program requirement. 0000031470 00000 n Examines science and (in turn) religion, warfare, health, education, the environment, and human rights to explore how an international leader in science is also home to some of the developed world's most persistent forms of "science denialism." Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)3-0-9 units. 0000005334 00000 n 0000004983 00000 n 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 . Examines finance as a social technology intended to improve economic opportunity by moving capital to where it is most needed. Topics center on the psychology of online life, such as the way in which we both share and withhold information about the self. See description under subject 21A.859[J]. Enrollment limited. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 unitsCredit cannot also be received for 21A.501[J], STS.074[J]. Working Group II Contributions to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Originally published 04/23/2021. Examination of different "voices" used to consider issues of scientific, technological, and social concern. Students undertake special projects linked to the MIT Museum's re-location to a new building under construction in Kendall Square. 0000035423 00000 n 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. Required of all candidates for an STS degree. Organized around interviewing and observational assignments. Provides a broad conceptual and historical introduction to scientific theories of evolution and their place in the wider culture. Projected increases in number of days over 90F between now and 2090 according to two climate change scenarios. Climate change is a major challenge Climate change is emerging as one of the greatest long-term challenges facing society. Consult departmental graduate office. 0000008648 00000 n 0000007463 00000 n This leads to global warming and climate change. 0000011217 00000 n is affecting economies, industries and global issues, with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale. 0000022835 00000 n Surveys the history of modern finance, from medieval Italy to the Great Depression, while addressing credit, finance and state (and imperial) power, global financial interconnection, and financial crises. HASS-H; CI-H. Class meets for nine weeks; in the remaining weeks, students work on a final paper due at the end of the term. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. 0000009688 00000 n Limited to 14 students. 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. 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. Same subject as 21A.407[J], 21G.057[J], WGS.275[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) Introduction. Project-based seminar covers key topics in museum communication, including science learning in informal settings, the role of artifacts and interactives, and exhibit evaluation. The rapid climate change we are now seeing is caused by humans using oil, gas and . As global temperatures rise, wildfires, drought, and high electricity demand put stress on the nation's energy infrastructure. Prereq: None G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)Units arranged [P/D/F]Can be repeated for credit. Taught in English. Prereq: None U (Spring)3-0-9 units. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered 0000006766 00000 n 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. Download:presentation (ppt) | video (high res.) Changing temperature patterns. Make a poster regarding the causes and effects of climate change. Detailed technical and historical exploration of the Apollo project to fly humans to the moon and return them safely to Earth as an example of a complex engineering system. 0000009339 00000 n U.S. 0000005583 00000 n 0000159471 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. HASS-S. Explores new pathways to use the latest science and technologies to understand the past. 0000031447 00000 n However, it has also shown us how solutions can be found and how together we can overcome the climate emergency. 0000005044 00000 n 0000002389 00000 n Climate change is a shift in those average conditions. HASS-H. Authors. What is Climate Change? Explores what is truly new about "new media" and reviews lessons from history for present-day activists based on patterns of past failure and success. This term is not interchangeable with the term "climate change." Impacts related to climate change are evident across regions and in many sectors important to societysuch as human health, agriculture and food security, water supply, transportation, energy, ecosystems, and othersand are expected to become increasingly disruptive throughout this century and beyond. Students meet and question technologists, activists, law enforcement agents, journalists, and legal experts. Multiple lines of evidence show changes in our weather, oceans, ecosystems, and more. Nat. Limited to 25. Examines anticancer efforts as a critical area for the formation of contemporary biomedical explanations for health and disease. HASS-A; CI-H. See description under subject 21A.550[J]. PDF Document. Adapted from image by W. Elder, National Park Service. 0000008039 00000 n Opens up trans-hemispheric conversations between constituencies that seldom talk to each other, each bringing its ways of seeing, thinking, knowing, and doing to the matrix to mutually inform one another. The decade spanning 2000-2009 was the warmest on record. Students act as informal consultants to the MIT Museum, offering proposals for innovative elements that will be seriously considered for inclusion in the new Museum. UNEP (2012) Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. 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. 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. Subjects. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. 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. 0000006827 00000 n A warming planet does not simply result in higher average daytime temperatures, the frequency and magnitude of extreme hot days will increase. Explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western parts of the world in addition to Europe and the United States. Same subject as 11.461[J]Prereq: None G (Fall) 0000008588 00000 n HASS-S. See description under subject 22.04[J]. Archer, D., et al. 0000013545 00000 n 0000004730 00000 n Not offered regularly; consult department3-0-9 units. Covers historical, cultural, and ethical dimensions of engineering in Africa. 0000161238 00000 n Building on decades of work, the National Academies continue to provide objective advice from top experts to help the nation better understand, prepare for, and limit future . Same subject as 12.384[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Many of these innovations were pioneered for space travel and planetary exploration before anyone repurposed them for use on Earth. Looks at how philosophers, farmers, foresters, eco-critics, geographers, botanists, and popular science writers adapted research questions and narratives to incorporate not only plant uses, but plant intelligence and sentience. 0000003681 00000 n HASS-H. "a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. Technological advances, particularly the discovery and use of fossil fuels, have contributed to climate change - but they have also allowed humanity to become aware of our impact on the planet and . While mitigation actions are already being implemented, work on adaptation focused so far on establishing important adaptation principles. satellites not just as technology demonstrators, but as components of a critical communication and information-based infrastructure for modern societies. Covers the political arithmetic of the 17th century to the present. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 0000010022 00000 n 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. 0000004845 00000 n Earth's climate is changing. Graduate students are required to take at least 10 subjects and usually complete them within their first two years. 0000006184 00000 n 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. Introduction to current methodological approaches, centered around two primary questions: how have science and technology evolved as human activities, and what roles do they play in society? Same subject as 4.626[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) Enrollment limited. Subject closes by considering the places of science in the US during the post-Cold War era. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. developed tools for planting, hunting, cooking and fishing; for war or tribal conflicts; transportation; and musical instruments. Climate change, on the other hand, occurs because the amount of energy in the entire climate system is changed which affects each and every component in the system. 0000004516 00000 n Begins by examining historical accounts of the rise of quantitative methods and values since c. 1600. 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. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered In collaboration, STS, the History Faculty, and the Anthropology Program offer a doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS). Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)2-0-7 units, Subject meets with STS.044Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Same subject as 16.707[J]Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered The Royal Society, together with the world's leading scientific academies, have issued a statement on the need to accelerate action on . Definition and early-stage work on thesis project leading to STS.THU. Addresses a special topic in Science, Technology and Society which is not offered in the regular curriculum. 0000007245 00000 n 0000009399 00000 n 0000009962 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. Overview. "Climate Change: Science and Impacts Factsheet." For students who wish to pursue special studies or projects at an advanced level with a faculty member of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. Changes in the Earths orbit, the energy received from the Sun and the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere can all cause climate change. 0000003696 00000 n Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA. There is little regulatory control over how this waste is disposed, which can lead to significant impacts in environmentally sensitive areas. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. Limited to 40. Same subject as 21A.103[J], WGS.225[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) 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 To deliver impact at scale required to take at least 10 subjects and usually complete within... 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