SSCI 165Lgw, Sustainability Science in the Cityweb-app.usc.edu/soc/syllabus/20171/35628.pdf · SSCI 165Lgw, Sustainability Science in the City Syllabus Units: 4 Term — Day — Time:

SSCI165Lgw,SustainabilityScienceintheCitySyllabusUnits:4Term—Day—Time:Spring2017-MWF-11:00-11:50a.m.Location:THH102Instructor:RobertO.VosOffice:AHFB57BRegularOfficeHours:MonandWed10a.m.-11a.m.PT.Alsoavailablebyappointmentviaemail.ContactInfo:[email protected],213-821-1311,www.bluejeans.com/2418690355LaboratoryCo-Instructor:LauraLoyolaOffice:AHFB55RegularOfficeHours:MonandWed10a.m.-11a.m.PT.Alsoavailablebyappointmentviaemail.ContactInfo:[email protected],213-740-5612,www.bluejeans.com/loyolaLibraryHelp:KatharinPeterOffice:VKCB40AOfficeHours:ByappointmentContactInfo:[email protected],213-740-1700(office)

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CourseDescriptionSustainabilityisamongthemostpressingscientificandsocialchallengesofourtime.Typicallydefinedasutilizingnaturalresourcessoastocreateahighqualityoflifeforfutureaswellascurrentgenerations,theideaofsustainabilityhasprovidedastrongorientationtowardsalong-termre-thinkingofthehumanroleinanddominationofecosystems.Yet,despitetheemergenceofasustainabilitypolicydiscourseinthelate1980s,globalclimatechange,oceandegradation,deforestation,habitatloss,andspeciesendangermentcontinuenearlyunabated.Thissituationseriouslythreatenstheinventoryofnaturalcapitalforpresentandfuturegenerations.

Inresponsetosuchongoingchallenges,thefieldofsustainabilityscienceemergedinthelate1990s.Itisamultidisciplinarycollectionofsocial,physical,andlifesciencesthatworktounderstandthecomplexcouplingofhumanandnaturalsystemsacrossglobal,national,regional,andlocalscales.Withoutadeepunderstandingandreconsiderationofthehumanroleinnaturalsystems,itisimpossibletoenvisionasustainablefuture.Thus,policymakersrelyuponvariousformsofscientificknowledgeandthescientificmethoditselftounderstandhowtore-chartthehumanjourneytowardssustainability.

ThiscourseisaCategoryVI(SocialIssues)courseinthepre-Fall2015GeneralEducationprogram.Inthiscourse,youwilllearnhowtoanalyzeissuesofclimatechange,resourcemanagement,andsustainabilityusingdatafromthesocialandnaturalsciencestoassessthevalidityofargumentsaboutreshapingcitiesforsustainability.Youwillalsocriticallyevaluateandmakeuseofmedia,Internet,andtraditionalacademicsourcestodevelopyourowndigital“StoryMaps”onakeyissueurbansustainabilityforonecity.

ThiscourseisalsoaSocialAnalysis(CategoryC)andaCitizenshipinaGlobalEra(CategoryG)courseintheFall2015GeneralEducationprogram.Inthiscourse,youwilllearnhowsocialandethicaltheoriesofsustainabilityrelatetotheemergenceofsustainabilityscienceandhowtheoryandempiricalworkaremutuallyconstitutive.Inparticular,youwilllearnwhythesocialandnaturalsciencesandtheirmethodsareimportanttopoliciesandplanningforsustainablecities.

In2008,animportantglobalthresholdwasreached,withover50%ofpeoplelivingincities.AccordingtoUNforecasts,by205070%oftheEarth’sgrowingpopulationwillbelivinginurbanareas.Therapidgrowthofcitiesacrosstheworldresultsfromacommonundercurrentofglobalpoliticalandeconomicforcesthatrestsonahistoryofcolonialism.Anunderstandingoftheseforcesandhowtheymightbereshapedtocreatesustainableformsofurbandevelopmentwillbekeytoourenquiry.Indeed,issuesofglobalsustainabilityareincreasinglyurbanissues:landuse,population,consumption,industrialorganization,andinfrastructuraltechnologies(e.g.energy).

Inaseriesoflaboratoryexperiencesandlinkedwritingexercises,youwilllearnhowtoarticulatetherelationshipsamongobservedphenomena,theanalyticalapproachesandmethodsusedtounderstandthem,andtheirsocietalimplications.Forexample,onefocusofsustainabilityscienceisimprovingourunderstandingofhowtheEarth’slandcoverandland


useischangingasaresultthegrowthofcities,andwhatitmeansforpeopleandplaces.Inthelaboratory,youwilllearnhowtechnologicaltoolsanddata,suchasgeographicinformationsystemsandsatelliteimagery,areusedformeasuringlanduse/landcoverchangeandhowobservedlanduse/landcoverchangesarelinkedtoprinciplesofurbanformandurbaneconomics.Inarelatedwritingassignment,youwillconsiderhowlanduse/landcoverinfluencessocialwell-being,economiclivelihoods,andlandusepoliticsandregulation.

LearningObjectives

Thecentrallearningobjectiveofthiscourseistoenablestudentstounderstandhowapplicationsofparticularscientificmethodsinfluenceorareinfluencedbydebatesoverurbansustainability.Throughaseriesoffieldandcomputerlabexercises,studentswilllearnaboutdatacollection,non-experimentalresearchdesign,computationalmodeling,andscientificvalidity.Studentswilllearnhowsustainabilityscientistsmeasureandclassifybothnaturalandsocialsystemsincities,andhowtheyunderstandthecomplexinterweavingofthesesystemswithpeopleandtechnologies.Throughhands-onlearninginthelaboratoryandengagementwiththesustainabilityscienceliterature,studentswilllearnhowscienceandanalysismethodsareconnectedtoreal-worldchallengesofurbansustainability.Throughafinalcourseprojectcalleda“storymap,”studentswillperformanalysisusingGIStoolsandalsolearnaboutthechallengesofandmethodsforsynthesizingandcommunicatingsciencewiththepublicandpolicymakers.Inourdigitalworld,understandingandproducingvisualcommunicationisjustasimportanttoinformedcitizenshipaswriting.Theuseofthesetoolsiscomplementedbyfocusedwritingassignmentsinwhichstudentsreflectonpolicyimplicationsoflaboratoryexperiences.Inthiscourse,studentswilllearnbasiccartographicprinciplesandhowtointegrateexistingspatialdatasetsandotherdigitalresourcesintomapstoattractivelycommunicateunderlyingscienceandpolicy.Bytheendofthecourse,studentswillbeabletoevaluatescientificclaimsanddiscussalternativepathwaystowardsustainablecitieswithenrichedunderstandingofthescientificcontextofknowledgeandcommunicationskills.Prerequisite(s):NoneCo-Requisite(s):None

RequiredReadingsandSupplementaryMaterialsPleaseacquirethetextslistedbelow.AllareavailableattheUSCbookstore.Allothersupplementaryreadinglistedinthesyllabusisavailableunderthetabmarked“Readings”onthecourseBlackboard.


Therequiredtextbooksforthiscourseare:

• Drakais-Smith,David.2000.ThirdWorldCities,2ndEdition.NewYork:Routledge.Whileyoumaypurchasethisbookifyouwishtoownaboundcopy,itisavailableonlinethroughtheUSCLibraries.SignontotheUSCLibrariesandsearchforthistitle.

• Pijawka,DavidK.2015.Sustainabilityforthe21stCentury:Pathways,Programs,andPolicies.Dubuque,IA:KendallHunt.Whileyoumaypurchasethisbookifyouwishtoownaboundcopy,IwillplaceacopyatLeaveyLibraryReserves.

• Wheeler,StephenM.2013.PlanningforSustainability:CreatingLivable,Equitable,andEcologicalCommunities,2ndNewYork:Routledge.

Supplementaryreadingsforthiscourseare:

• Bullen,AnnaandMarkWhitehead.2005.“NegotiatingtheNetworksofSpace,Time,andSubstance:AGeographicalPerspectiveonSustainableCitizen.”CitizenshipStudies9,No.5:499-516.

• Cronon,William.1996.“TheTroublewithWilderness:Or,GettingBacktotheWrongNature.”EnvironmentalHistory1,no.1(January):7-28

• Goldstein,NoahJ.,RobertB.Cialdini,andVladasGriskevicus.2008.“ARoomwithaViewpoint:UsingSocialNormstoMotivateConservationinHotels.”JournalofConsumerResearch35:472-482.

• Maniates,Michael.2002.“Individualization:PlantaTree,BuyaBike,SavetheWorld?”InConfrontingConsumption,editedbyThomasPrincen,MichaelManiatesandKenConca,43-66.Cambridge,MA:MITPress.

• Princen,Thomas.2002.“ConsumptionanditsExternalities:WhereEconomyMeetsEcology.”InConfrontingConsumption,editedbyThomasPrincen,MichaelManiatesandKenConca,23-42.Cambridge,MA:MITPress.

• Pulido,Laura,SteveSidawi,andRobertO.Vos.1996.“AnArcheologyofEnvironmentalRacisminLosAngeles.”UrbanGeography17,no.5:419-439.

• Vos,RobertO.2007.DefiningSustainability:aConceptualOrientation.”JournalofChemicalTechnologyandBiotechnology82:334-339.

• Wolch,Jennifer,JasonByrne,andJoshuaP.Newell.“UrbanGreenSpace,PublicHealth,andEnvironmentalJustice:theChallengeofMakingCities‘JustGreenEnough’.”LandscapeandUrbanPlanning125:234-244.

DescriptionandAssessmentofAssignmentsStudentsmustattendallregularlyscheduledlectures/in-classexercises,participateinlabs,writeresponsesinonlinediscussions,writearticlesummaries,writeapolicyessay,sitformid-termandfinalexaminations,andproduceafinalprojectcalleda“storymap.”Therewillalsoextracreditavailableforscheduledfieldtrips.


Labs

Inadditiontothelecturesandin-classexercises,thereisasetof12labsacrossthesemester.Theselaboratoryexperiencesaredesignedtointroduceyoutothetoolsofspatialandsocialanalysisaswellastogiveyoupracticalexperienceinimplementingthesetoolstoexplorevariousproblemswithintheframeworkofthescientificmethod.Theseassignmentsarelinkedtothelecturesandclassdiscussions,butdonotduplicatethelectureexperience.Youmustregisterforonelaboratorysessioninadditiontoregisteringforthelectures.Yourlaboratoryassignmentswillbecompletedduringthe2-hourlabsessionsandshortlyafterwillbegradedandreturned.

Absencesfromlabsessionsmustberequestedbysendinganemailtothelaboratoryco-instructorforyourlabsection.Excusedabsencesfromlabswillbegrantedonlyforvalidreasons;pleasenotifyusofthereasonforyourabsenceinyouremail.

OnlineDiscussions

TherewillbethreeonlinediscussionsonBlackboard(Bb).Thepurposeoftheon-linediscussionsistobuildskillsforclosereadingandcriticalthinkingusingarticlesonsocialtheoryandpeer-reviewedscientificarticlestakenfromthesustainabilityscienceliterature.ThediscussionforumsfunctiononBbisquiteusefulinthisregard.Ineachdiscussion,everystudentwillmakeoneshortpostrespondingtotheinstructor’sprompt(s)andthenmakeatleasttwopostsrespondingtootherstudentsorfurtherpromptsfromtheinstructorand/orco-instructors.YourparticipationintheonlinediscussionswillbeindividuallygradedusingthegradebookfeatureonBb.

ArticleSummaries

Throughoutthesemester,studentswillalsoproducethreesummariesofarticlesfrommajorpressoutlets(e.g.,AtlanticCities,WallStreetJournal,NewYorkTimes,andLosAngelesTimes)onissuesofsustainablecities.Studentsshouldusetheseshortwritingassignmentsstrategicallytoexploreexistinginterestsandbuildbackgroundknowledgeforthestorymapproject.

PolicyEssay

Therewillbeonepolicyessaywritteninresponsetoapromptfromtheinstructor.Thisassignmentwillhavedetailedrequirementswithrespecttorequiredoutsideresearchandsourcecitations.Pleasefollowtherequirementsintheassignmentverycarefully.

StoryMap

Thefinalprojectinthiscourseisastorymap.Storymapstellaboutplaces,issues,andtrendsbyenrichingdigitalmapswithcontentlikevariouskindsofgraphs,text,photographs,video,andaudio.Theunderlyingdataoftendepictthecouplingofsocialandnaturalsystems.Thesemaybethingslikewetlandareas,landcover,andcensusdata,andmayalsoincludelivedatastreamssuchastemperature,precipitation,andtraffic.Theyoftenpresentscientificdataand


analysis,buttheyaremainlydesignedforthegeneralpublicanddonotrequiretheiruserstohavespecialknowledgeorskillsinGeographicInformationSystems(GIS).

Storymapsareincreasinglyinuseinsustainabilityscienceandareanimportanttooltodescribethechallengesofsustainablecitiesandpathwaystowardsustainability.Forexample,youcanseeaninteractivestorymapthatdescribeslandusefootprintsofmegacitieshere:http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2014/growth-of-cities/.ThisstorymapwascreatedaspartoftheSmithsonian’sseriesonLivingintheAnthropocene:TheAgeofHumans.AnotherexampleshowsthewarmingofEuropeancitiesaspredictedinglobalclimatemodels(see:http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/warming-cities/).

Inthiscourse,youwillcreateastorymapthatintegratesdataonsocialandnaturalsystemsaroundoneofourcourse’slearningmodules.AdditionalinformationoneachlearningmoduleandthepotentialforfinalprojectsisonthecourseBlackboardsite.Yourstorymapwillintegratescientificdataliketheexamplesabovebutwillbefocusedatlocalscales.AnexampleofthissortofintegrationisamapofgreeninfrastructurecreatedfortheCityofNashville(see,http://maps.nashville.gov/LID%5FSites/).Foranexampleofariverrevitalizationmapsee:http://ugis.esri.com/LA_River_Tour/#map.Pleasenote,however,thatthisparticularstorymap,likesomeexamplesofstorymapsyoumayseeontheweb,issimplyamontageofgeotaggedphotographs.Yourmapwillbemuchmorethanthis.Itmayhavephotosforcontext,butitmustbeprimarilyananalyticalreportthatincludeswritinginpop-upwindowsandsidebars.Itwillusevisualizationofdataormodels,likeintheotherexampleslinkedabove,tocommunicateunderlyinganalysis.

Fieldtrips

Ataminimum,studentsareencouragedtoattendatleastoneofthescheduledfieldtrips.Attendingonefiledtripwillresultin2extracreditpointsinthecourse.Pendingavailablespace,studentsareencouragedtoattendasmanyofthefieldtripsaspossible,thoughnoadditionalextracreditwillbeawarded.

ExamsandOtherPolicies

Boththemidtermandfinalexamareclosedbook.Themid-termandfinalexamswillincludecontentlearnedincoursereadings,lectures,laboratorysessions,in-classexercises,andonlinediscussionssessionsupuntilthedateofeachexam.Nomake-upopportunitieswillbeofferedformissedexamsorlabs,somarktheappropriatedatesonyourcalendars!Ifyouhavealegitimateconflict,speakwiththeinstructorassoonaspossible.Also,notethatthereisnocreditforlateassignments.


GradingBreakdownThefollowingtableshowsthebreakdownoftheassignmentsandtheirweightinthefinalgrade.Theemphasisisonregularlycompletinganumberofshortassignmentsaswellassolidperformanceonexaminationsandthefinalproject.Assignmentsmustbesubmittedasnoted,typicallyontheappropriateBlackboard(Bb)site.

Assessment NumberTotalPoints

(%ofGrade)

OnlineDiscussions(CompleteonLectureSectionBb) 3 12

LaboratoryReports

Note:Labreportsarenotincludedinthelistofdeliverables/duedatesonthecourseschedule.SubmitallLabReportsviaBbforyourlaboratorysectionattheconclusionofeachlabsession.

12 24

ArticleSummaries(SubmitonLectureBb) 3 12

PolicyEssay(Submitinclass&onLectureBb) 1 12

MidtermExam(Inclassclosedbook) 1 12

FinalExam(Closedbook) 1 14

FinalProject:StoryMap(SubmitURLtoLabSectionBb)andgiveoralreport 1 14

Totals 24 100

ScheduleThecoursewillbeorganizedaroundthefollowing8moduleswithaccompanyinglectures,on-linediscussions,in-classexercises,readings,laboratoryexperiences,andwritingassignments:

Date Topics Readings Deliverables/DueDates

Module1|TheoriesandKeyConcepts

Week1

1/9 IntroductiontotheCourse

1/11 TheUrbanSustainabilityProblematic

PijawkaCh.1

WheelerCh.1&4

1/13 CompetingDefinitionsofSustainabilityandSustainable

PijawkaCh.3&4


Cities WheelerCh.2

Vos,R.O.2007.“Definingsustainability:aconceptualorientation.”PerspectiveinJournalofChemicalTechnologyandBiotechnology82:334-339.

Week2

1/16 MartinLutherKingDay(Noclassmeeting)

1/18 TheGlobalContextofSustainableCities

Drakakis-Smithpp.1-10

PijawkaCh.2,5,&17

WheelerCh.19

1/20 IsPopulationGrowththeKey? Drakakis-SmithCh.1&3

WheelerCh.17

Module2|UrbanLandDevelopmentandPolitics

Week3

1/23 SustainableCitiesorResilientCities?

PijawkaCh.6

1/25 TheParadoxoftheGrowthMachine

WheelerCh.20,21,&23

1/27 PossibilitiesofGoverningforUrbanSustainability

WheelerCh.18

Module3|UrbanFootprints:ResourceExploitation&Consumption

Week4

1/30 TheUrbanFootprint Drakakis-SmithCh.4

2/1 TheUrbanEcologicalFootprint

2/3 LifeCycleThinking Pijawkapp.Ch.8


Week5

2/6 TheProblemofConsumption Princen,T.2002.“ConsumptionanditsExternalities:WhereEconomyMeetsEcologypp.23-42inT.Princen,M.Maniates,andK.Conca(eds.)ConfrontingConsumption.Cambridge,MA:MITPress

ArticleSummary1,Due11:59p.m.

2/8 DistancingofWasteinaGlobalEconomy

Drakakis-SmithCh.5

2/10 ConsumptionintheUrbanLandscape

WheelerCh.11

Module4|ReclaimingUrbanNature

Week6

2/13 IndividualVersusCollectiveResponsestoConsumption

Goldstein,N.J.andCialdini,R.B.2008.“ARoomwithaViewpoint:UsingSocialNormstoMotivateConservationinHotels.”JournalofConsumerResearch35:472-482.

Maniates,M.2002.“Individualization:PlantaTree,BuyaBike,SavetheWorld?”pp.43-66inT.Princen,M.Maniates,andK.Conca(eds.)ConfrontingConsumption.Cambridge,MA:MITPress.

2/15 TheNatureoftheCity WheelerCh.9

Wheelerpp.312-322

Cronon,W.1996.“TheTroublewithWilderness:Or,GettingBacktotheWrongNature.”EnvironmentalHistory1(1):7-28.

2/17 RestoringUrbanBiodiversity PijawkaCh.7 OnlineDiscussion1Due,11:59p.m.

Week7

2/20 Presidents’Day

(Noclassmeeting)


2/22 WaterResourcesinCities PijawkaCh.10

Pijawkapp.166-169

Wolchetal.2014.“UrbanGreenspace,PublicHealth,andEnvironmentalJustice:TheChallengeofMakingCities‘JustGreenEnough’”LandscapeandUrbanPlanning125:234-244.

ArticleSummary2,Due11:59p.m.

2/24 VirtualTourofLARiver(duringregularclasssessionatourregularclassroom)

Module5|ClimateChange:MitigationandAdaptation

Week8

2/27 MitigatingGHGEmissionsinCities

WheelerCh.7 ArticleSummary3,Due,11:59p.m.

3/1 AdaptingtoClimateChangeinCities

PijawkaCh.13

Pijawkapp.159-166

3/3 MidtermReview OnlineDiscussion2Due,11:59p.m.

Module6|EnvironmentalJustice(EJ):Community-basedSustainabilityScience

Week9

3/6 MidtermExam

3/8 ClimateChange:ESEMandAgendaSetting

3/10 SpecialIssue:SustainableTransportation&SmartGrowth

PijawkaCh.11

WheelerCh.10&12

Wheelerpp.291-312

SpringRecess3/13-3/17

Week10

3/20 SpatialAnalysisforTransportation&SmartGrowth

3/22 HistoryandEJintheCity Drakakis-SmithCh.2


Wheelerpp.203-204

3/24 SocialandSpatialAnalysisofEnvironmental“Bads”

Pulido,L.,S.Sidawi,andR.O.Vos1996.“AnArcheologyofEnvironmentalRacisminLosAngeles,”UrbanGeography17:419-439.

Module7|GreeningtheUrbanEconomyandUrbanMetabolism

Week11

3/27 SocialandSpatialAnalysisofEnvironmentalGoods

3/29 Fieldwork(Noregularclassmeeting)

3/31 IndustrialEcology:TheScience&TechnologyofSustainability

WheelerCh.8 OnlineDiscussion3Due,11:59p.m.

Week12

4/3 UrbanMetabolismConceptandModels

PijawkaCh.8(Review)

WheelerCh.13&14

4/5 FieldTriptoPortofLosAngeles(Noregularclassmeeting)

4/7 TheNewRegionalism Wheelerpp.198-202

WheelerCh.22

Week13

4/10 RegionalGovernance PolicyEssayDueatClass(HardCopy)andSubmittoBbbythestartofclass.

4/12 RegionalGovernance(Con’t)

4/14 GreenJobsandEco-IndustrialParks

WheelerCh.16


Module8|Indicators,Tools,andSustainableCitizenship

Week14

4/17 SustainabilityIndicators:Measurement

PijawkaCh.14

WheelerCh.6

4/19 FieldtriptoHyperionTreatmentPlant

(Noregularclassmeeting)

4/21 SustainabilityIndicators:Reporting

Week15

4/24 UrbanModels:HowCanGeodesignContribute?

PijawkaCh.15

4/26 SustainableCitizenshipandSustainableLivelihoods

Drakakis-SmithCh.5&6

Bullen,A.andWhitehead,M.2005.“NegotiatingtheNetworksofSpace,TimeandSubstance:AGeographicalPerspectiveontheSustainableCitizen.”CitizenshipStudies9:499-516.

4/28 FinalExamReview

5/8 FinalExaminationfrom8a.m.-10a.m.(ClosedBookatourRegularClassroom)

LaboratoryTopicsandLearningObjectivesWeek1NoLabs(IntroductoryWeek)Week2NoLabs(MartinLutherKingDay)Week3PopulationModelingforManhattan,NYWeek4MappingtheUrbanFootprintofRaleigh,NCWeek5MappingBillboardsWeek6ModelingUrbanForestsVersusIncomeWeek7NoLabs(Presidents’Day)Week8StoryMapIntroduction,TeamSelection,andProposalDevelopmentWeek9IndexingNeighborhoodWalkabilityWeek10StoryMapWorkingSessionWeek11MappingAirToxicsinLosAngeles


Week12StoryMapWorkingSessionWeek13StoryMapWorkingSessionWeek14StoryMapWorkingSessionWeek15StoryMapFinalPresentationsLaboratoryProtocolEachofthe2-hourlabsessionswillstartonthehourwithabriefintroduction.Theseintroductionswilltakeabout10-20minutes.Therefore,studentsarrivingmorethan10minutesafterthescheduledstarttimesforlaboratorysessionswillbeturnedawayandassignedazerogradeforthatparticularlabassignment.Nolabreportswillbeacceptedforgradingifhandedinoutsideoftheregularlyscheduledlabsession.Oneortheotheroftwodifferentkindsoftaskswillbecompletedduringthelabsessions,asexplainedbelow.First,forthelabsessionslinkedtothecourselecturecontent(seetitlesabove),youwillworkonself-guidedworktasksusingspecializedgeographicanalysistoolsandoneormoregeospatialdatasetsorcomputermodelingtools.Thesetasksshouldtakeapproximately75minutestocomplete.Afterthistime,theinstructorwillconvenea15-minuteroundtablediscussionofwhatyouhavedone,whatitmeans,howitrelatestokeyconceptsofsustainablecitiescoveredinthereadingsandlectures,andhowthesetasksmighthavebeenvariedand/orenhancedifperformedbyprofessionalsinareal-worldsetting.Thefinal15minutesofthisseriesoflabsessionswillbeavailableforeachofyoutoprepareandsubmityourfinallabreportforgrading.Second,inotherweeksyouwillengageinaseriesoftasksduringthelabsessionsthatwillbuildskillsandallowinclassworktimeneededforthestorymapprojects.Aswithalllabs,youwillprepareshortreportsattheendofeachlabsessiondemonstratingthatyouhavemasteredtheparticularmethodsandlabskillsbeingtaughtateachsession.Thesequenceoflabsendswith3labscalled“StoryMapWorkingSession”towardstheendofthecourse.Intheselabsessions,youwillworkwithteamsofclassmatesandwithyourlaboratoryco-instructortomakeuseofthedatasetsandgeospatialsoftwareavailableinthelabtocompletecomponentsofyourstorymap.Thiswillincludeconnectingwithandanalyzingcustomdataandmakingmaps.SomeelementsofthestorymapmaybecompletedonyourpersonalcomputersorusingUSC’sgeneralcomputerlabsonyourowntime.Butmostofthestorymapwillbecreatedinthelabsessionswhereyouhaveaccesstogeospatialsoftwareandsupportfromyourlaboratoryco-instructor,andgenerallythereshouldbeenoughtimescheduledinlabstocompleteyourstorymapswithoutusingtimeoutsideofclass.


StatementonAcademicConductandSupportSystems

AcademicConduct

Plagiarism–presentingsomeoneelse’sideasasyourown,eitherverbatimorrecastinyourownwords–isaseriousacademicoffensewithseriousconsequences.PleasefamiliarizeyourselfwiththediscussionofplagiarisminSCampusinSection11,BehaviorViolatingUniversityStandardshttps://policy.usc.edu/student/scampus/part-b/.Otherformsofacademicdishonestyareequallyunacceptable.SeeadditionalinformationinSCampusanduniversitypoliciesonscientificmisconduct,http://policy.usc.edu/scientific-misconduct.

Discrimination,sexualassault,andharassmentarenottoleratedbytheuniversity.YouareencouragedtoreportanyincidentstotheOfficeofEquityandDiversityhttp://equity.usc.eduortotheDepartmentofPublicSafetyhttp://adminopsnet.usc.edu/department/department-public-safety.ThisisimportantforthesafetyofthewholeUSCcommunity.Anothermemberoftheuniversitycommunity–suchasafriend,classmate,advisor,orfacultymember–canhelpinitiatethereport,orcaninitiatethereportonbehalfofanotherperson.TheRelationshipandSexualViolencePreventionServiceshttp://engemannshc.usc.edu/rsvp/provides24/7confidentialsupport,andthesexualassaultresourcecenterwebpagehttp://sarc.usc.edudescribesreportingoptionsandotherresources.

SupportSystems

AnumberofUSC’sschoolsprovidesupportforstudentswhoneedhelpwithscholarlywriting.Checkwithyouradvisororprogramstafftofindoutmore.StudentswhoseprimarylanguageisnotEnglishshouldcheckwiththeAmericanLanguageInstitutehttp://dornsife.usc.edu/ali,whichsponsorscoursesandworkshopsspecificallyforinternationalgraduatestudents.TheOfficeofDisabilityServicesandProgramshttp://sait.usc.edu/academicsupport/centerprograms/dsp/home_index.htmlprovidescertificationforstudentswithdisabilitiesandhelpsarrangetherelevantaccommodations.Ifanofficiallydeclaredemergencymakestraveltocampusinfeasible,USCEmergencyInformationhttp://emergency.usc.eduwillprovidesafetyandotherupdates,includingwaysinwhichinstructionwillbecontinuedbymeansofblackboard,teleconferencing,andothertechnology.

Documents

SSCI 165Lgw, Sustainability Science in the Cityweb-app.usc.edu/soc/syllabus/20171/35628.pdf · SSCI 165Lgw, Sustainability Science in the City Syllabus Units: 4 Term — Day — Time: