Overview: In this course, you will develop an understanding - and a real working knowledge - of our energy technologies, policies, and options. This will include analysis of the different opportunities and impacts of energy systems that exist within and between groups defined by national, regional, household, ethnic, gender distinctions. Analysis of the range of current and future energy choices will be stressed, as well as the role of energy in determining local environmental conditions, and the global climate.

TTh 2:00-3:30, 180 Tan

Fundamentals of exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing for environmental scientists, with emphasis on characterizing and evaluating uncertainty. Introduction to selected topics relevant to environmental analysis, including error propagation, design of experiments, and Monte Carlo methods. Microcomputer laboratories, using real environmental data, explore concepts and techniques in lecture.

TTh 11:00-12:30, 110 Barrows

COURSE OUTLINE

Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: 100, or equivalent and consent of instructor, and graduate standing. Description: Graduate-level treatment of the interacting technological, economic, environmental, and sociopolitical aspects of energy supply and use, including regional, national, and international issues. Emphasizes systematic assessment of alternative strategies and options from and interdisciplinary viewpoint.

TTh 9:30-11:00, 224 Wheeler

This course will review the background mathematical and statistical tools neessary for students interested in pursuing ecological and environmental modeling. Topics include linear algebra; difference equation, ordinary differential equation, and partial differential equation models; stochastic processes; parameter estimation; and a number of statistical techniques. This course will be recommended as a prerequisite for advanced modeling courses in Integrative Biology, Energy and Resources Group, and Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. Also listed as Environ Sci, Policy, and Management C205 and Integrative Biology C205

TTh 12:30-2:00, 306 Wellman

The seminar aims to introduce and explore core literature and issues with contemporary literature in the field broadly known as Science and Technology Studies (STS), drawing primarily upon contributions from sociology, anthropology, political science, history, and cultural studies. Critiques of these approaches will also be examined. The seminar will provide an opportunity for students to actively relate the various theoretical and methodological approaches to their own work and intellectual interests, asking how selected STS approaches might enhance and/or be enhanced by their own academic perspectives and experiences. Each session will begins with a brief introductory lecture, reading and discussion are the central focus of what is intended to be a interactive seminar, and participants will be expected to take turns leading the group in exploring themes and questions from the assigned readings. Participants will also be given informal opportunities for on-going assessment/critique of the content and structure of the seminar.

M 2-5, 104 Dwinelle
*** Must take for 3 units

This graduate seminar will examine the relationship between development theory and practice with respect to ideas of sustainable energy use. A focus will be on rural and decentralized energy use, and the issues of technology, culture, and politics that are raised by both current trajectories, and potential alternatives. We will explore the frequently divergent ideas about energy and development that have emerged from civil society, academia, multinational development agencies, and national development plans in order to investigate the the differing perspectives currently envisioned for sustainable energy futures. The seminar will explore ideas of 'appropriate technology', and cultural and political aspects of energy services, socioeconomic, and environmental impacts. Room share with PP290-19.

M 2-5, 355 GSPP

Water & Development*** (3) (27766)
Ray

This class is an interdisciplinary graduate seminar for students of water policy in developing countries. It is not a seminar on theories and practices of development through the lens of water. Rather, it is a seminar motivated by the fact that over 1 billion people in developing countries have no access to safe drinking water, 3 billion don't have sanitation facilities and many millions of small farmers don't have reliable water supplies to ensure a healthy crop.

Through readings and discussion over the semester, we'll confront: the problems of water access and use in developing countries; the potential for technological, social and economic solutions to these problems, especially at local levels; the role of institutions (states, NGO's, markets) in access to water and sanitation; and the pitfalls of and assumptions behind some of today's popular solutions.

M 10 -12, 123 Barrows
*** Must take for 3 units

Required of second-year Energy and Resources' Masters candidates. Topics include the adoption of a research project, research design, presentation of work, statistical analyses. Students will apply the interdisciplinary methods, approaches, and perspectives learned in the core curriculum. Sequence begins fall each year. Credit and grade to be awarded upon completion of the full sequence.

Tu 3:30-5:00, 287 Dwinelle

Presentations of research in energy issues by faculty, students, and visiting lecturers. Masters degree students required to enroll for three semesters.

W 4:00-6:00, 110 Barrows

Group Studies (Ph.D. Seminar) (2S/U)
Erg Reading Room

Individual Research (1-8)

Taship/GSI Practice (3S/U) (27817)

Use this number if you are a GSI

Independent Study (pre-candidacy units 1-8 S/U) (27820)

Use if you are doing research/writing for PHD

Individual Research (1-8)