Schedule, Readings, Assignments

(I may add/remove readings as discussions unfold)

COMPONENT I: OVERVIEW – institutions, actors, (collective) psychology

• Week 1: August 25 & 27
• Week 2: September 1 & 3
• Week 3: September 8 & 10

COMPONENT II: MASS MEDIA – who speaks for the climate?

• Week 4: September 15 & 17
• Week 5: September 22 & 24

COMPONENT III: DEVELOPMENT, CONSUMPTION & POPULATION

• Week 6: September 29 & October 1
• Week 7: October 6 & 8 (no class on Oct. 8)

COMPONENT IV: GOVERNANCE – cities and climate mitigation/adaptation

• Week 8: October 13 & 15

COMPONENT V: THE PUBLIC – understanding, engagement, mediating images

• Week 9: October 20 & 22

*note that Saturday, Oct 24 is an ‘International Day of Climate Action’

• Week 10: October 27 & 29
• Week 11: November 3 (individual paper topic proposals due) & 5

COMPONENT VI: BUSINESSES and NGOs

• Week 12: November 10 & 12

COMPONENT VII: CELEBRITIES

• Week 13: November 17 & 19
• Week 14: November 24 & 26 (NO session meetings; FALL BREAK & Thanksgiving)

COMPONENT VIII: TEAM PRESENTATIONS

• Week 15: December 1 & 3 (team presentations)
• Week 16: December 8 & 10 (team presentations)

FINAL EXAM

• Monday, December 14 7:30-10:00 PM (final individual paper due)