General Schedule#
Course Overview#
Course Schedule#
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| Week 1 | W1D1 | W1D2 | W1D3 | W1D4 | W1D5 |
| Curriculum
(5 hours) |
Climate System Overview | Ocean-Atmosphere Reanalysis | Remote Sensing | Paleoclimate | Intro to Climate Modeling |
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| Projects & Professional Development
(3 hours) |
Session 1
Tutorial on good research Practices |
Session 2
Guided data exploration |
Session 3
Literature review & question formulation |
Session 4
Proposal writing, swaps & submission |
Session 5
Drafting the analyses & task allocation |
| Week 2 | W2D1 | W2D2 | W2D3 | W2D4 | W2D5 |
| Curriculum
(5 hours) |
An Ensemble of Futures | Socioeconomics of Climate Change | Extremes & Variability | AI & Climate Change | Project Day |
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| Projects & Professional Development
(3 hours) |
Session 6
Implementation |
Session 7
Implementation |
Session 8
Result interpretation |
Session 9
Results implementation |
Presentation preparation & project submission
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| Impact Talk:
Pick one of the four! |
Presentations & Closing ceremony | ||||
Daily Schedule#
See the Time Slot Widget for your full course schedule converted to your local time zone.#
General Schedule#
All days (except W1D1 and W2D5) will follow this schedule:
| Time (Hour) | Component |
| -0:30-0:00 | Keynote speaker |
| 0:00-0:15* | Pod discussion I |
| 0:15-1:45 | Tutorials I |
| 1:45-2:45 | Big break |
| 2:45-4:15 | Tutorials II |
| 4:15-4:25 | Pod discussion II |
| 4:25-4:30 | Reflections & Survey |
| 4:30-5:30 | Break |
| 5:30-8:30 | Project Time |
*Note that the synchronous coursework session starts at 0:00 with the first pod discussion.
W1D1: The synchronous coursework session starts at -0:30 with 30 minutes for pod introductions. Students should watch the keynote lecture beforehand.
W2D5: This day will be spent doing projects, you can see the full schedule in the Daily Guide for Projects. There is still a keynote speaker that you should watch during the usual -0:30-0:00 time.
Project Schedule#
In addition to curriculum time, each day will have 3 hours of project time.
On W2D5 you will additionally be working on your group projects during the time usually allocated for tutorials.
Schedule Change for 2025: For all time slots, projects will come after course work.#
Professional Development Schedule#
A series of professional development events (viewing and discussing four Impact Talks) will take place during the 3-hour project time.
Impact talk and discussion will take place during the Project Sessions on W2D1.
Any additional events will be announced closer to the course.
W2D5: Final Day of the Course#
| Time (Hour) | Component |
| -0:30-0:00 | Keynote speaker |
| 0:00-4:30 | Project Day! |
| 4:30-5:30 | Break |
| 5:30-6:00 | Post Course Survey & Feedback |
| 6:00-7:00 | Project presentations |
| 7:00-7:30 | Pod farewell |
| 7:30-8:30 | Closing Ceremony/Graduation |
Course feedback survey: We will have a course completion survey for both students and teaching assistants. The link will be shared on discord. Please fill it out during this time! Completion of the final survey is required to access your certificate in the Portal.
Pod farewell: This is just a chance for your pod to say goodbye to each other. No structure imposed here!
Closing Ceremony / Graduation: We will do this all together on Zoom.