General Schedule
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General Schedule#
2023 course will run July 17-28, 2023#
Course Overview#
The course will begin with Opening Ceremonies on Sunday, July 9th
7:00 am UTC
3:00 pm UTC
Tutorials, Projects and Professional Development activities will take place between July 17th and July 28th, 2023.
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 | 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 |
| Impact Talk:
Climate Justice |
Impact Talk:
Equity in Climate Science |
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| Week 2 | W2D1 | W2D2 | W2D3 | W2D4 | W2D5 |
| Curriculum
(5 hours) |
IPCC I:
Physical Basis |
Project Day | IPCC II & III:
Socioeconomic Basis |
Extremes & Vulnerability | Adaptation & Impact |
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| Projects & Professional Development
(3 hours) |
Session 6
Implementation |
Session 7
Implementation |
Session 8
Implementation & result interpretation |
Session 9
Presentation preparation & project submission |
Presentations
Closing ceremony |
| Impact Talk:
Open Climate Science |
Career Panel | Impact Talk:
Climate Science Communication |
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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 |
| Impact Talk:
Climate Justice |
Impact Talk:
Equity in Climate Science |
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| Curriculum
(5 hours) |
Climate System Overview | Ocean-Atmosphere Reanalysis | Remote Sensing | Paleoclimate | 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
Presentation preparation & project submission |
| Impact Talk:
Open Climate Science Career Panel |
Impact Talk:
Climate Science Communication |
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| Curriculum
(5 hours) |
IPCC I:
Physical Basis |
Project Day | IPCC II & III:
Socioeconomic Basis |
Extremes & Vulnerability | Adaptation & Impact |
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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 W2D2) 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.
W2D2: Following a keynote lecture in its usual slot, 0:00-3:30 will be spent working on the group project. At 3:30-4:30, there will be a live career panel as part of the Professional Development program. 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 W2D2 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, a career panel, 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 talks and discussions will take place during the first or last 30 minutes of Project Sessions 2, 3, 6 and 8.
The career panel will take place during the last hour of the time usually allocated for tutorials on W2D2.
Mentor meetings could take place on any day between July 19 and July 28. Your pod’s Teaching Assistant will tell you the exact times!
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!
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 crowdcast on the Saturday after the course.