General Schedule#
2024 course will run July 15-26, 2024#
Course Overview#
The course will begin with Opening Ceremonies on Sunday, July 7th
8:30 am UTC
5:30 pm UTC
Course Schedule for Timezones 2 & 5#
| Course Schedule - Timezones 2 & 5 | |||||
| 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 |
| Mentor Meeting | |||||
| 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! |
Mentor Meeting | Presentations & Closing ceremony | |||
Course Schedule for Timezones 1, 3 & 4#
| Course Schedule - Timezones 1, 3 & 4 | |||||
| Week 1 | W1D1 | W1D2 | W1D3 | W1D4 | W1D5 |
| Projects & Professional Development
(3 hours) |
No project time | Session 1
Tutorial on good research Practices |
Session 2
Guided data exploration |
Session 3
Literature review & question formulation |
Session 4
Proposal writing, swaps & submission |
| Mentor Meeting | |||||
| Curriculum
(5 hours) |
Climate System Overview | Ocean-Atmosphere Reanalysis | Remote Sensing | Paleoclimate | Intro to Climate Modeling |
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| Week 2 | W2D1 | W2D2 | W2D3 | W2D4 | W2D5 |
| Projects & Professional Development
(3 hours) |
Session 5
Drafting the analyses & task allocation |
Session 6
Implementation |
Session 7
Implementation |
Session 8
Implementation & result interpretation |
Session 9
Project Day |
| Impact Talk:
Pick one of the four! |
Mentor Meeting | ||||
| Curriculum
(5 hours) |
An Ensemble of Futures | Socioeconomics of Climate Change | Extremes & Variabilities | AI & Climate Change | Presentation preparation & project submission |
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| Presentations &
Closing ceremony |
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Daily Schedule#
These schedules refer to the time spent working on the course curriculum (5 hours each day).
Curriculum Schedule#
All days (except W1D1 and W2D5) will follow this schedule for course time:
| Time (Hour) | Component |
| -0:30-0:00 | Keynote speaker |
| 0:00-0:15* | Pod discussion I |
| 0:15-1:35 | Tutorials I |
| 1:35-2:35 | Big break |
| 2:35-4:15 | Tutorials II |
| 4:15-4:25 | Pod discussion II |
| 4:25-4:30 | Reflections |
*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: Following a keynote lecture in its usual slot, 0:00-3:30 will be spent working on the group project. You can find more information about this day in the Daily Guide for Projects.
Project Schedule#
In addition to curriculum time, each day will have 3 hours of project time. Check the time slot widget to see when project time is scheduled for your slot.
On W2D5 you will additionally be working on your group projects during the time usually allocated for tutorials.
Professional Development Schedule#
A series of professional development events (viewing and discussing four Impact Talks and two meetings with mentors) will take place during the 3-hour project time. Check the time slot widget to see when project time is scheduled for your slot.
Impact talk and discussion will take place during the Project Sessions on W2D1.
Mentor meetings will happen on W1D3 and W2D3 (Wednesdays) during the Project Sessions.
W2D5: Final Day of the Course#
| Time (Hour) | Component |
| -4:00-(-1:00) | Projects (slots 1/3/4) |
| -0:30-0:00 | Keynote speaker |
| 0:00-0:15* | Pod discussion I |
| 0:15-1:35 | Tutorials I |
| 1:35-2:35 | Big break |
| 2:35-4:15 | Tutorials II |
| 4:15-4:25 | Pod discussion II |
| 4:25-4:30 | Reflections |
| 4:30-4:45* | Short break |
| 4:45-5:15* | Course feedback survey |
| 5:15-6:15* | Project presentations (all slots) |
| 6:15-6:30* | Pod farewell |
*Note that these events take place after the normal coursework time for slots 1/3/4.
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.