0000005239 00000 n The world is now warming faster than at any point in recorded history . Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Provides instruction on how people have historically connected computers to ideas on social, economic, and political change and how these ideas have changed over time. 0000161443 00000 n 0000000816 00000 n Subject meets with STS.443Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (2016) Climate Change Indicators in the U.S., 2016. Same subject as 21A.501[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered 0000008648 00000 n Limited to 25. If GHG emissions were completely eliminated today, climate change impacts would still continue for centuries. 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 . HASS-H. 0000002849 00000 n Restricted to HASTS PhD students. The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum. Examines ideas, institutions, and the social settings of the sciences, with emphasis on how cultural contexts influence scientific concepts and practices. Also addresses the science and technology talent base as a factor in growth, and educational approaches to better support it. developed tools for planting, hunting, cooking and fishing; for war or tribal conflicts; transportation; and musical instruments. Investigates trends in youth political activism during specific historical periods, as well as what difference youth media production and technology use (e.g., radio, music, automobiles, ready-made clothing) made in determining the course of events. It refers to any change in climate over time . 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. The growing literature on cognition and things cuts across anthropology, history, social theory, literature, sociology, and psychology and is of great relevance to science students. Focuses on the memoir as a window onto the relationship of creative people (scientists, engineers, designers, and others) to their work. 0000005793 00000 n Prereq: None G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)Units arranged [P/D/F]Can be repeated for credit. HASS-S. See description under subject WGS.225[J]. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Guest lectures by MIT-affiliated engineers who contributed to and participated in the Apollo missions. Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. 0000003681 00000 n For example, the increase in water vapor that occurs with warming further increases climate forcing and evaporation, as water vapor is a powerful GHG. Enrollment limited. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. It also offers more specialized subjects in the history of science and technology and in social and cultural studies of science and technology. Emphasis on the transfer of technology and its many adaptations around the world. Based on a series of case studies from different parts of the world. Weekly in-lecture labs demonstrate how exercise can inform academic instruction and invite students to create future curricula. Same subject as 12.384[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered 0000038079 00000 n Yet, the world is currently on course for a global mean surface temperature increase of . is affecting economies, industries and global issues, with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale. 0000006973 00000 n trailer <<66FC938451164C2899D441DAA9949DFD>]/Prev 46651/XRefStm 1054>> startxref 0 %%EOF 105 0 obj <>stream The rapid climate change we are now seeing is caused by humans using oil, gas and . These briefings highlight the significant potential that research, development and deployment in 12 critical areas hold for . Provides instruction in the methods historians use to document the past, as well as methods from related fields. Same subject as 11.155[J], IDS.057[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) 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. 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." The volume of the ocean results in large thermal inertia that slows the response of climate change to forcings; energy balance changes result in delayed climate response with high momentum. HASS-H; CI-H. Develops students' abilities to communicate science effectively in a variety of real-world contexts. 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. Same subject as 17.309[J], IDS.055[J]Prereq: None U (Spring)4-0-8 units. 0000009520 00000 n Readings include works in history, literature, anthropology, psychology, and linguistics. Limited to 18. Increases in the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reduce the amount of energy the Earths surface radiates to space, thus warming the planet.4. Nat. HASS-S. See description under subject 21A.505[J]. Using the American Civil War as a baseline, considers what it means to become "modern" by exploring the war's material and manpower needs, associated key technologies, and how both influenced the United States' entrance into the age of "Big Business." Work is done in consultation with the student's advisor, in accordance with the guidelines in the HASTS Student Handbook. Explores these issues with particular attention to the development of the modern biotechnology industry in the Greater Boston area. Uses case studies to take a broad-ranging look at seven major engineering achievements in world history. "a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. Prereq: None U (Spring)3-0-9 units. NOAA (2022) State of the Climate: 2021Global Climate Report. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. 0000028614 00000 n Limited to 20; preference to students who have taken STS.034. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. Oil. Same subject as WGS.226[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) 3. determine the interrelatedness of society, environment and health. Emphasis is on book-length texts, close reading, historical methods of analyzing technological change. 0000006827 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)2-0-7 units. 0000160457 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)3-0-9 units. The warmest year on record since records began in 1880 was 2016, with 2020 ranking second. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. See description under subject 11.244[J]. Global Climate Change Impacts in the. Embraces historical, scientific and anthropological/cultural perspectives grounded in relevant developments in the biological sciences since 1800 that are largely responsible for the development of the modern theory of evolution by natural selection. The PDF includes all information on this page and its related tabs. 0000035423 00000 n Reading and writing on three case studies drawn from the history of science; the cultural study of technology and science; and policy issues. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)3-0-9 units. Enrollment limited. Begins by examining historical accounts of the rise of quantitative methods and values since c. 1600. It has green colors, connected to the environment, and includes pedagogical illustrations related to ecology. Both its physical properties and its rate and direction of motion are . 0000009962 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)3-0-9 units. Same subject as 11.151[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) Students in the double major program must complete all the requirements of both majors. 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. HASS-S; CI-HCredit cannot also be received for 17.310[J], IDS.412[J], STS.482[J]. Food. Cruise ships are small floating cities which produce substantial amounts of waste. EPA is committed to providing the most up-to-date and accurate climate-science information, including basics, causes, indicators, and impacts of climate change. Addressing specific examples from across the globe, students also explore different approaches to build more livable environments that promote social justice. Climate change causes sea levels to rise in two ways. A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda. 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. Introduces the "inner history" of technology: how it affects intimate aspects of human experience from sociological, psychological and anthropological perspectives. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) 0000008473 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. 0000001406 00000 n However, it has also shown us how solutions can be found and how together we can overcome the climate emergency. Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered 0000007463 00000 n Examines the history and social study of computers. 0000004632 00000 n 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. Enrollment limited. 0000011194 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)2-0-7 units. 0000006244 00000 n Considers developments in the epidemiology, therapy, and politics of cancer. Same subject as 21A.550[J] Readings drawn from STS, history, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy. 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. Metal age: gold and silver jewelry, ceramics and tools. 0000003718 00000 n Addresses a special topic in Science, Technology and Society which is not offered in the regular curriculum. 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. 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. Substitution with a similar subject may be permitted by petition to the STS Undergraduate Officer. 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 0000160252 00000 n (2005) Earths Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. Themes include: the science of aeronautics, pilots and piloting, control systems and electronics, engineering epistemology, infrastructure, industry, government and politics, evolution of aeronautics research, culture and experience, automation and autonomy, role of MIT, literature and film. For students who wish to pursue special studies or projects with a member of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. Subject meets with STS.026Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Covers Africa and its diaspora, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Asia, and Oceania. Global survey of the great transformation in history known as the "Industrial Revolution." Same subject as 11.244[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Spring) Climate change affects ocean habitats by lowering oxygen, decreasing phytoplankton (little plants that serve as the base of marine food chains) and killing coral reefs. 0000041029 00000 n First, as ice sheets and glaciers melt, they pour extra water into the oceans. U.S. EPA (2021) Climate Change Indicators: Length of Growing Season. Projected increases in number of days over 90F between now and 2090 according to two climate change scenarios. Prereq: None G (Fall, Spring)Units arranged [P/D/F]Can be repeated for credit. HASS-S. Lesson 16.2 Climate Change. Same subject as 21H.984[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Limited to 25. HASS-A. Electric Power Generation Fuels 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. 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. Enrollment limited. 0000006403 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. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units, Subject meets with 21H.205[J], STS.027[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) 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. Professional perspective options include, but are not limited to, internships, teacher training, professional development for entry into academia, or public academic engagement. Explores the contributions of big capital, engineers, politicians, and ordinary people. Preparation for graduate work in the field of science and technology studies and introduction to research resources and professional standards. HASS-E. See description under subject WGS.160[J]. The workshop was organized by the Social Science Coordinating Committee (SSCC) of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2010) The Earths Radiation Budget. Addresses subject matter in Science, Technology and Society that is not offered in the regular curriculum. 0000005189 00000 n The atmosphere is a dynamic fluid that is continually in motion. 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. Earth's climate is changing. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), in cooperation with the American Anthropological Association, the American Association of Geographers, the American Sociological Association, and 0000001223 00000 n An examination of biography as a literary genre to be employed in the history of science. PowerPoint Presentation (1.6 MB) Return to top. Historical examination of the quest to understand human society scientifically. Enrollment limited. 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. HASS-S; CI-H. HASS-H. 0000008312 00000 n Image: BioCarbon Engineering. Same subject as 21A.829[J]Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered 0000010913 00000 n The Minor in Science, Technology, and Society consists of six STS subjects, including STS.004, at least one additional subject from the Tier I list, and at least one subject from the Tier II list. During a workshop, experts will explore the potential for synthesizing the human sciences to develop critical societal capacities for and responses to climate change. The decade spanning 2000-2009 was the warmest on record. 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 . With an increase in average global temperatures of 2. 0000008588 00000 n Topics change from year to year. 0000010004 00000 n 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. Researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology have been awarded a three-year, $2 million grant from the U.S . 0000011821 00000 n Subject meets with 11.204[J], IDS.524[J]Prereq: None U (Fall) Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)2-0-7 units, Subject meets with STS.044Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Sea level is rising, and ice is melting. Students meet and question technologists, activists, law enforcement agents, journalists, and legal experts. CO2 emissions are unevenly distributed both globally and regionally within nation-states. Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Not offered regularly; consult departmentUnits arrangedCan be repeated for credit. Required of all candidates for an STS degree. Enrollment limited. adverse effects of climate change, is becoming an urgent priority along with mitigation of climate change. Life during the Spanish Era. Surprise your teacher with this professional template. Climate change is a sign that humans have become a force with planet-altering power. Reading course in the history of aviation, focusing on science and technology and cultural and political context. Going beyond issues of brain drain and brain circulation, explores how contemporary science and technology innovations look from, and are being created in, parts of the world other than the US and Europe. 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. 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. Examples include the eugenics movement, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, the debate surrounding racial inheritance, and IQ testing. Some studies predict that climate change could provide the opportunity for more severe thunderstorms to form. 198 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 201 /H [ 2723 995 ] /L 746351 /E 211565 /N 40 /T 742272 >> endobj xref 198 102 0000000016 00000 n 0000009688 00000 n Climate change is as much an opportunity as it is a threat. 0000003696 00000 n (2009) Atmospheric Lifetime of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide. HASS-A; CI-H. See description under subject 21A.550[J]. Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring)Units arranged [P/D/F]Can be repeated for credit. Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Includes brief reflection papers and a final paper. 0000013545 00000 n 0000005886 00000 n It offers general subjects to introduce students to broad social and intellectual perspectives on science and engineering fields. Students are expected to develop professional mastery of a field of history or one of the social sciences. Explores the impact of concepts, trends, and developments in science, technology, and medicine on the lives of African Americans. Provides a global view of STS in an increasingly interconnected world. Draws on material from popular culture, media, fiction, film, and ethnography. Takes a historically inflected approach to examine the social relations of science in the modern United States. Publication Date. It also includes maps to highlight . Topics include origins of mechanized production, the factory system, steam propulsion, electrification, mass communications, mass production and automation. Limited to 15; no listeners. The Secretary-General has called climate change one of the defining challenges of our time. Natural causes alone cannot explain all of these changes. HASS-S. Same subject as 21A.500[J]Prereq: None U (Fall, Spring)2-0-7 units. STS contributes to undergraduate education at MIT in several ways. No country today is immune from the impacts of climate change. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered 'There is just no excuse': Why do methane emissions remain 'stubbornly high'? Authors. Michigan Creative, a unit of the Students who wish to integrate studies in STS and science or engineering in the context of a single degree should consider this program. Overview. Students undertake special projects linked to the MIT Museum's re-location to a new building under construction in Kendall Square. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. Limited to 25. HASS-S; CI-H. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units. 0000017098 00000 n 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. One of the alternatives is to start producing lab-grown meat, and to produce meat substitutes . Undergraduate research opportunities in the STS Program. Students taking graduate version are expected to explore the material in greater depth. 0000005988 00000 n MIT students are increasingly seeking to understand the social and historical contexts in which they will work and the social consequences of what they will do in their professional careers. Prepares students who wish to work or study in Africa and the Global South. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. 80 0 obj <> endobj xref Topics range from relativity theory and quantum mechanics to high-energy physics and cosmology. The Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) focuses on the ways in which scientific, technological, and social factors interact to shape modern life. 0000007611 00000 n Archer, D., et al. In collaboration, STS, the History Faculty, and the Anthropology Program offer a doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS). It leads to one degree, either a Bachelor of Science in Humanities and Science or a Bachelor of Science in Humanities and Engineering. Politics and society largely dictate climate policy ambitions and therefore the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, yet climate change models . Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. 0000035287 00000 n Surveys research on quantification, the practice of using numerical data and calculation to analyze, order, and control. Explores emotional and intellectual impact of objects. 0000010142 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. Climate scientists work hard to estimate future changes as a result of increased carbon dioxide and other expected changes, such as world population. 0000005583 00000 n This course will use history to help students see climate change's social and political aspects. Provides exposure to science in a dynamic relation with social life and cultural ideas. In addition, students must complete STS.840 HASTS Professional Perspective. 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. 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. Located in a major university where most people study science and engineering, STS is dedicated to understanding the context of science and engineering. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Instruction in expressing ideas clearly and in organizing a thesis-length work. Introduces students to basic interpretive issues, bibliographic sources, and professional standards. 0000011217 00000 n IPCC (2007) Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Originally published 04/23/2021. 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. Includes a field trip. Covers the development of major fields in the physical and life sciences, from 18th-century Europe through 20th-century America. 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