0000007892 00000 n Not offered regularly; consult department3-0-9 units. Focuses on quantification, including its central role in the historical development of social science and its importance in the 21st-century data age. For qualified graduate students serving as either a teaching assistant or instructor for subjects in Science, Technology and Society (STS). 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. 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. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)4-0-8 units. Investigations about climate change are a key role that will help us preserve the Earth by identifying the problems and suggesting solutions. 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. Addressing specific examples from across the globe, students also explore different approaches to build more livable environments that promote social justice. Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)Units arranged [P/D/F]Can be repeated for credit. Ice ages are at least partially caused by changes in Earth's orbit and axis. 0000019960 00000 n HASS-H; CI-H. 0000002849 00000 n Topics change from year to year. Uses case studies to take a broad-ranging look at seven major engineering achievements in world history. Goes on to explore the dynamics and consequences of quantification across a range of modern domains, including science, politics, governance, health, education, crime, law, economic development, finance, and environmental regulation. But its not too late to save it, These 5 innovations will transform the lives of smallholder farmers. Provides a broad conceptual and historical introduction to scientific theories of evolution and their place in the wider culture. Includes in-class discussion of readings, short written and multimedia assignments, final project. One of the alternatives is to start producing lab-grown meat, and to produce meat substitutes . 0000009339 00000 n HASS-H. Each cohort tackles a different energy problem. Intensive reading and analysis of key works in the history and historiography of science. PDF Document. Climate change is as much an opportunity as it is a threat. 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. Takes a historically inflected approach to examine the social relations of science in the modern United States. Subjects. They must also master the underlying concepts in science and engineering that relate to their special field of interest. Same subject as 16.445[J]Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Sensors and sensibility: All kinds of new technology are being used to monitor the natural world. Subject meets with STS.026Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Graduate students are required to take at least 10 subjects and usually complete them within their first two years. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offeredUnits arrangedCan be repeated for credit. STS subjects help them think realistically and creatively about the intellectual, moral, political, and social issues raised by the rapid growth of science and technology in the 20th century and beyond. We discovered that domestic CO2 emissions in China are increasingly polarized for the . 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 science and technology innovation systems, including case studies on energy, computing, advanced manufacturing, and health sectors. It also includes maps to highlight . Use of environmental conflict to draw attention to competing understandings and uses of "nature" as well as the local, national and transnational power relationships in which environmental interactions are embedded. Explores the impact of concepts, trends, and developments in science, technology, and medicine on the lives of African Americans. 0000035423 00000 n See description under subject 11.244[J]. 0000010022 00000 n It leads to one degree, either a Bachelor of Science in Humanities and Science or a Bachelor of Science in Humanities and Engineering. These briefings highlight the significant potential that research, development and deployment in 12 critical areas hold for . Explores the relationship of science and technology to ideas about human rights over time, including how science and technology have been mobilized historically in the defense of human rights and to assist in the pursuit of truth and justice after atrocity. Policy briefings. Solar radiation passes through the atmosphere and most is absorbed by the Earths surface. Enrollment limited. Views technology as part of the larger culture and reveals innovation as a process consisting of a range of possibilities that are chosen or rejected according to the social criteria of the time. Addressing the effects of climate change is a top priority of the Energy Department. Achievements covered vary from term to term. HASS-A. Limited to 14 students. Discussion focuses primarily on the US; comparative perspectives from other countries incorporated into discussions and analysis. Same subject as 21A.319[J]Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered HASS-S. See description under subject 22.04[J]. Prereq: None U (Fall, IAP, Spring)Units arranged [P/D/F]Can be repeated for credit. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Snow cover has noticeably decreased in the Northern Hemisphere. Overview. 0000008963 00000 n Primary emphasis on textiles and metalworking, with particular attention to the role of the machine tool industry in the American manufacturing economy. HASS-S. See description under subject 21A.505[J]. HASS-S. Same subject as 21A.859[J]Prereq: None G (Fall)3-0-9 units. Students read key texts, analyze key debates (e.g. Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:00. 0000006973 00000 n Explores these issues with particular attention to the development of the modern biotechnology industry in the Greater Boston area. 0000160686 00000 n The science-technology-society (STS) movement recognizes the need for education that prepares young people for the challenges of an ever-changing, interdependent world. Similarly, science has shown us that life on our planet is in danger from climate change. Permission of advisor. HASS-H. A survey of America's transition from a rural, agrarian, and artisan society to one of the world's leading industrial powers. The UNFCCC meeting in Bangkok earlier this month adopted a detailed programme of work. A growing share of Americans are concerned about the environment, and the big U.S. tech companies would seem to be in a position to lead the way on fighting climate change. The use of biography in different historical periods to illuminate aspects of the development of science. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered The greenhouse effect works much the same way on Earth. 0000008111 00000 n Darwinian debates in the 19th century, and the creation controversies in the 20th century) and give class presentations. 0000011194 00000 n 0000007023 00000 n Topics include origins of mechanized production, the factory system, steam propulsion, electrification, mass communications, mass production and automation. 0000161443 00000 n Emphasizes how the systems worked, the technical and social processes that produced them, mission operations, and historical significance. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Spring)3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H. Develops students' abilities to communicate science effectively in a variety of real-world contexts. Plants. Technology is used by people in building houses, irrigations and developing tools. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Limited to 15. Examination of different "voices" used to consider issues of scientific, technological, and social concern. Proposals subject to departmental approval in consultation with advisor. 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. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units. 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. Also focuses on environmental and cultural impact assessment. 0000010142 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. 0000159700 00000 n 0000025747 00000 n 0000005250 00000 n Includes weekly reflection papers. 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). Readings explore the connection between material culture, identity, and personal development. Photo courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Limited to 18. Examines ideas, institutions, and the social settings of the sciences, with emphasis on how cultural contexts influence scientific concepts and practices. 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. Same subject as 11.004[J] 0000008810 00000 n 0000159471 00000 n 0000008252 00000 n Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall, Spring)Units arrangedCan be repeated for credit. 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 0000014212 00000 n You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. Limited to 25. Same subject as 21H.984[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered 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. 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. Climate change could cut crop yields . 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. Taken during first term of student's two-term commitment to thesis project. 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. 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. Required of all candidates for an STS degree. Subject meets with STS.425Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered "Climate Change: Science and Impacts Factsheet." Limited to 20; preference to students who have taken STS.034. 0000006766 00000 n 0000008051 00000 n As greenhouse gas emissions blanket the Earth, they trap the sun's heat. Open to upperclassmen with permission of instructor. W, S, G, N. Gas. Reading and writing on three case studies drawn from the history of science; the cultural study of technology and science; and policy issues. Not offered regularly; consult department3-0-9 units. They also study new narrative forms to accompany novel research techniques. It has green colors, connected to the environment, and includes pedagogical illustrations related to ecology. 0000035287 00000 n Environmental Research Letters, 9(2), 1-9. Learn more about how snow and ice patterns have changed over time. 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 . Subject to departmental approval. Explores the organization and role of energy and medical science R&D agencies, as well as gaps in those innovation systems. 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. 80 26 The Social Science Perspectives on Climate Change workshop was held in Washington, DC in March 2017. Same subject as 11.155[J], IDS.057[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) 5 These greenhouse gas emissions have increased the greenhouse effect and caused the earth's surface temperature to rise. Regents of the University of Michigan, Produced by Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. It offers general subjects to introduce students to broad social and intellectual perspectives on science and engineering fields. HASS-S. Examines the history of MIT, from its founding to the present, through the lens of the history of science and technology. 0000003568 00000 n 0000005886 00000 n Not offered regularly; consult department3-3-6 units. Provides instruction in the methods historians use to document the past, as well as methods from related fields. HASS-S. See description under subject 21A.303[J]. 0000041029 00000 n 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. Enrollment limited. Examples include the denial of evolution, human-induced climate change, and particular medical-scientific aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. About a quarter of all global emissions come from feeding the world's 7 billion people, and part of that comes from the consumption of meat. Focuses on the US but uses international examples. Sheet1. 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. Published biographies of scientists constitute the major reading, but attention is given to unpublished biographical sources as well. HASS-S. See description under subject WGS.225[J]. It's clear that temperatures will increase . 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. Includes guest lecturers, on-campus field trips, and interactive exercises. Project-based seminar covers key topics in museum communication, including science learning in informal settings, the role of artifacts and interactives, and exhibit evaluation. 0000008994 00000 n Students who wish to integrate studies in STS and science or engineering in the context of a single degree should consider this program. Further details on the requirements of the STS program may be obtained from the STS undergraduate academic officer and the STS academic administrator. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Provides an introduction to the analysis of gender in science, technology, and environmental politics from a global perspective. The decade spanning 2000-2009 was the warmest on record. Definition and early-stage work on thesis project leading to STS.THU. Substitution with a similar subject may be permitted by petition to the STS Undergraduate Officer. 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. Life during the Spanish Era. It is a modification in long-term weather patterns mainly caused by . Arctic sea ice is becoming younger, thinner, and less expansive. Not offered regularly; consult departmentUnits arrangedCan be repeated for credit. Same subject as 4.626[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)3-0-9 units. (2009) Atmospheric Lifetime of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide. 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. HASS-S. See description under subject 21A.504[J]. See description under subject 21A.501[J]. Reviews foundations of economic growth theory, innovation systems theory, and the basic approaches to science and technology policy. Authors. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)2-0-7 units. Human activities are contributing to climate change, primarily by releasing billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other heat-trapping gases, known as greenhouse gases, into the atmosphere every year. Emphasizes public policy and the federal government's role in that system. Prereq: None G (Fall, IAP, Spring, Summer)Units arranged [P/D/F]Can be repeated for credit. Inspires students to think about production chains in ways that reflect their impact on the environment, labor practices, and human health. Studies the growth of computer and communications technology and the new legal and ethical challenges that reflect tensions between individual rights and societal needs. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)2-0-7 units. Introduces students to the core and canonical literature in this area while also providing the opportunity to read and discuss more recent works from multiple disciplines. Multiple lines of evidence show changes in our weather, oceans, ecosystems, and more. Salvo, Paul Luigi M. Science , Technology, and Society May 27, 2022 1. Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. By 2035, IPCC predicts that the temperature will rise between 0.3-0.7. We need to understand how human societies work if we hope to respond to its dangers effectively. Science and Technology supports progression in and across subject specialisms, and prepares learners to use science and technology in their every day lives. Examines the past, present and future of work from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing from the humanities, social sciences, and cognitive science and engineering. Cao, L., et al. CSA aims to simultaneously achieve three outcomes: 1. 0000000816 00000 n Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Preference to HASTS students; open to others with permission of instructor. Other topics are drawn from legal and political conflicts, and arts and communication media. A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda. 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. Same subject as 21A.407[J], 21G.057[J], WGS.275[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) Introduces students to basic interpretive issues, bibliographic sources, and professional standards. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)2-0-7 units. Reading course in the history of aviation, focusing on science and technology and cultural and political context. 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. Trees are essential for storing greenhouse gas emissions, filtering air and water, nourishing soil, providing food and shelter, and fostering ecosystems. Limited to 18. Examines science, technology and museums. Begins by examining historical accounts of the rise of quantitative methods and values since c. 1600. Visit the website for additional information about the HASTS graduate program or contact the STS academic administrator, Room E51-163, 617-253-9759. Climate change is a major challenge Climate change is emerging as one of the greatest long-term challenges facing society. 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. Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 unitsCredit cannot also be received for 21A.501[J], STS.074[J]. 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.. Same subject as 16.707[J]Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered They are mostly located on the ridge of the Pambamarca volcano, which is severely affected by erosion. 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. Based on a series of case studies from different parts of the world. 0000005189 00000 n 0000011153 00000 n Prereq: One CI-H/CI-HW subject and permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Some mandatory field trips may occur during class time. 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? This design contains lots of . Instruction in expressing ideas clearly and in organizing a thesis-length work. This work has been largely completed and the path has been cleared for real adaptation-related action Acad Year 2023-2024: Not offered3-0-9 units. Same subject as 21H.205[J] 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. Climate change is a shift in those average conditions. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)3-0-9 units. Students work in teams on a final project analyzing an aspect of the historical project to articulate and synthesize ideas in engineering systems. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)3-0-9 units. Acad Year 2023-2024: U (Fall)3-0-9 units. Same subject as WGS.226[J]Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Fall) Enrollment limited. Burning fossil fuels changes the climate more than any other human activity. Adapted from image by W. Elder, National Park Service. 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." It also offers more specialized subjects in the history of science and technology and in social and cultural studies of science and technology. 0000000016 00000 n Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)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. Explores emotional and intellectual impact of objects. 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 . According to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2009 tied for second warmest year on record, just behind 2005. Examines anticancer efforts as a critical area for the formation of contemporary biomedical explanations for health and disease. Familiarizes students with central objects, questions, and methods in the field. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: U (Spring) To complicate things further, no one fully understands how . Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Fall)3-0-9 units. Subject meets with STS.043Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2022-2023: Not offered Acad Year 2023-2024: G (Spring)3-0-9 units. The workshop was organized by the Social Science Coordinating Committee (SSCC) of the U.S. Minor in Science, Technology, and Society. HASS-H. See description under subject WGS.226[J]. Metal age: gold and silver jewelry, ceramics and tools. Climate change causes sea levels to rise in two ways. Explores modern finance (since about 1950) from a variety of historical and social-scientific perspectives, covering quant finance, financialization, the crisis of 2007-2008, and finance in the digital age. Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, In a post-truth world, the fight against climate change is still winnable, Our planet is at breaking point. 2021. Treats the emergence of industrial capitalism: the rise of the factory system; new forms of power, transport, and communication; the advent of the large industrial corporation; the social relations of production; and the hallmarks of science-based industry. 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. Prereq: None Acad Year 2022-2023: G (Fall) Case studies of specific systems and engineering projects. USGCRP (2018) Fourth National Climate Assessment. Examines the range of theories, from Mary Douglas in anthropology to D. W. Winnicott in psychoanalytic thinking, that underlies "thing" or "object" analysis. Park Service to save it, these 5 innovations will transform the lives of African Americans and subject! Burning Fossil fuels changes the climate more than any other human activity familiarizes with. 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