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SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
I. Introduction
1 Introduction  
2 Science and policy: A brief overview  
II. Frameworks and Analysis Tools
3 Modeling for science, modeling for policy  
4 What makes scientific information effective in policy?  
5

Frameworks: Scientific assessment

Field Trip: Making Models exhibit at Museum of Science

  
6 Frameworks: Science, policy and the public  
7 Frameworks: Risk assessment Problem set 1 due
8 Frameworks: Precaution  
9 Frameworks: Boundaries  
10 Project preparation (no class) Problem set 2 due
11 Frameworks: Adaptive Management  
III. Case Studies of Models and Assessments in Policy
12 Air pollution science and models  
13 Project checkpoint I Problem set 3 due
14

Environmental modeling at Environmental Protection Agency

Guest lecturer: Elsie Sunderland

  
15 RAINS negotiation exercise  
16 Case study: Fisheries and ozone Assessment process memo due
17

Humanitarian logistics

Guest lecturer: Jarrod Goentzel

  
18 Project checkpoint II Problem set 4 due
19 Case study: Chemicals  
20 Case study: Climate I  
21

The C-ROADS model

Guest lecturer: Travis Franck

 Problem set 5 due
22

Climate optimization models

Guest lecturer: Mort Webster

  
23

Health care assessments: Redesigning the stroke care pathway

Guest lecturer: Dr. Stan Finkelstein

  
IV. Summary and Applications
24 Synthesis across cases  
25 Term project presentations Term project write-ups due
26 Term project presentations (cont.)