<p>Lecture, two and one half hours; discussion, two hours. Requisite: course 2A. Introduction to historical origins and contemporary social context of climate change through the built environment. Definition of concepts that pertain to the history and science of buildings, cities, and regions; and their adaptation through a just transition. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Clusters

College of Letters and Science

Container 1

Cluster Program

General Education — Historical Analysis (Society & Culture)

General Education — Social Analysis (Society & Culture)

General Education — Physical Sciences without Lab Credit (Scientific Inquiry)

General Education — Visual & Performance Arts Analysis & Practice (Arts & Humanities)

CLUSTER 2B - Building Climates

Building Climates

Establish a foundational literacy in climate science through a familiarity with the physical processes of heating and cooling that transform the earth’s climate.

Be able to interpret the political contexts surrounding approaches to climate change mitigation and corollary differences between different ideas of “solution.”

Understand the built environment as a lens for interpreting the causes, effects, complexities, and potential futures of a changing climate.

Recognize an ethical imperative to confront the climate crisis and connect questions of social responsibility to the practices of designing and constructing the built environment.

Situate individual lived experiences within surrounding structures and environmental conditions.

Develop writing skills for communicating ideas about climate across distinct disciplinary modes and oriented to distinct audiences. 

Gain command of key concepts in climate discourse, including the anthropocene, environmental justice, extraction, colonialism, infrastructure, and resilience.

Map the distinct effects of climate change as they are expressed across planetary, regional, and urban scales.

Develop skills of historical and anthropological research and starting points for engaging with climate practice through methods including architectural design, image analysis, and environmental modeling.

Approach climate change as an ongoing, open-ended process and recognize the forms of agency available to effecting positive change.

Explore distinct disciplinary approaches to climate change spanning fields of design, engineering, urban planning, history, and anthropology.

General Catalog

Building Climates

CLUSTER 2B

6 units