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    Introduction
    1 Introduction  
    2 From simple calculations to complex models  
    Frameworks and Analysis Tools
    3 Policy analysis techniques: What makes scientific information effective in policy?  
    4 Quantitative techniques: Box models and lifetimes Problem set 1 out
    5 Model frameworks: Risk assessment  
    6 Quantitative techniques: Optimization  
    7 Model frameworks: Scenarios  
    8 Field trip: Museum of Science

    Problem set 1 due

    Problem set 2 out
    Case Studies of Models in Policy
    9 Acid rain: Air pollution science and models  
    10 Acid rain: Policy outcomes  
    11 Population and environmental impacts Problem set 2 due
    12 Fisheries management  
    13 Models and policy war stories 1 Problem set 3 out
    14 Vulnerability and the Arctic  
    15 Chemicals: Screening and assessment models  
    16 Chemicals: Policy implementation and the Stockholm convention  
    17 Models and policy war stories 2  
    18 Climate change: Scientific models Problem set 3 due
    19 Models and policy war stories 3  
    20 Climate change: Modeling applications  
    21 Climate change: Policy applications  
    Model Evaluation and Policy Planning
    22 Earth system models  
    23 Models and policy war stories 4  
    24 Term project presentations Term project write-ups due
    25 Term project presentations (cont.)  
    26 Wrap-up and ways forward: Models for sustainability?