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SSCI165Lgw,SustainabilityScienceintheCitySyllabusUnits:4Term—Day—Time:Spring2018-MWF-11:00-11:50a.m.Location:TBD/TBAInstructor:RobertO.Vos,Ph.D.,GISPOffice:AHFB57BRegularOfficeHours:MonandWed10a.m.-11a.m.PT.Alsoavailablebyappointmentviaemail.ContactInfo:[email protected],213-821-1311,www.bluejeans.com/2418690355LaboratoryCo-Instructor:RanTaoOffice:AHFB55RegularOfficeHours:TBD/TBAAlsoavailablebyappointmentviaemailContactInfo:[email protected],213-740-0739LaboratoryCo-Instructor:YanXuOffice:AHFB55RegularOfficeHours:TBD/TBAAlsoavailablebyappointmentviaemailContactInfo:[email protected]

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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)courseinthepost-Fall2015GeneralEducationprogram.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.Whileyoumaypurchasethisbookifyouwishtoownabound(hard)copy,itisavailableonlinethroughtheUSCLibraries.SignontotheUSCLibrariesandsearchforthistitle.

• Hagen,BjoernandK.DavidPijawka.2017..Sustainabilityforthe21stCentury:Pathways,Programs,andPolicies,2ndEdition.Dubuque,IA:KendallHunt.Whileyoumaypurchasethisbook,Iwillplaceabound(hard)copyatLeaveyLibraryReserves.

• Wheeler,StephenM.2013.PlanningforSustainability:CreatingLivable,Equitable,andEcologicalCommunities,2ndEdition.NewYork:Routledge.Whileyoumaypurchasethisbook,Iwillplaceabound(hard)copyatLeaveyLibraryReserves.

Supplementaryreadingsforthiscourse,locatedonthe“Readings”tabonBlackboard,are:

• 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.

• McAslan,Devon.2015.AssessingUrbanSustainability:UsingIndicatorstoMeasureProgress”InSustainabilityforthe21stCentury,editedbyK.DavidPijawka,235-258.Dubuque,IA:KendallHunt.

• 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.2014.“UrbanGreenSpace,PublicHealth,andEnvironmentalJustice:theChallengeofMakingCities‘JustGreenEnough’.”LandscapeandUrbanPlanning125:234-244.

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


beextracreditavailableforscheduledfieldtrips.StudentswhochoosetoparticipatewithUSC’sJointEducationalProject(JEP)arereleasedfromthesecondandthirdarticlesummariesasindicatedbelow.

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.Theyoftenpresentscientificdataandanalysis,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)

Note:JEPStudentsonlycompleteArticleSummary1worth4points.

3 12

JEPEvaluation(ReportSubmittedtoJEP)

Note:ForJEPstudentsonly,thesepointsareaddedattheendofthesemesterinplaceofArticleSummary2&ArticleSummary3.

1 8

PolicyEssay(Submitinclass&onLectureBb) 1 12

MidtermExam(Inclassclosedbook) 1 12

FinalExam(Closedbook) 1 14

FinalProject:StoryMap(SubmitURLtoLabSectionBb)andgiveoralreport 1 14

Totals 22 100


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

Date Topics Readings Deliverables/DueDates

Module1|TheoriesandKeyConcepts

Week1

1/8 IntroductiontotheCourse

1/10 TheUrbanSustainabilityProblematic

HagenandPijawkaCh.1

WheelerCh.1&4

1/12 CompetingDefinitionsofSustainabilityandSustainableCities

HagenandPijawkaCh.2&3

WheelerCh.2

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

Week2

1/15 MartinLutherKingDay(Noclassmeeting)

1/17 TheGlobalContextofSustainableCities

Drakakis-Smithpp.1-10

HagenandPijawkaCh.4&16

WheelerCh.19

1/19 IsPopulationGrowththeKey? Drakakis-SmithCh.1&3

WheelerCh.17

Module2|UrbanLandDevelopmentandPolitics

Week3

1/22 SustainableCitiesorResilientCities?

HagenandPijawkaCh.7

1/24 TheParadoxoftheGrowthMachine

WheelerCh.20,21,&23

1/26 PossibilitiesofGoverningforUrbanSustainability

WheelerCh.18


Module3|UrbanFootprints:ResourceExploitation&Consumption

Week4

1/29 TheUrbanFootprint Drakakis-SmithCh.4

1/31 TheUrbanEcologicalFootprint

2/2 LifeCycleThinking HagenandPijawkaCh.9

Week5

2/5 TheProblemofConsumption Princen,T.2002.“ConsumptionanditsExternalities:WhereEconomyMeetsEcologypp.23-42inT.Princen,M.Maniates,andK.Conca(eds.)ConfrontingConsumption.Cambridge,MA:MITPress

ArticleSummary1,Due11:59p.m.

2/7 DistancingofWasteinaGlobalEconomy

Drakakis-SmithCh.5

2/9 ConsumptionintheUrbanLandscape

WheelerCh.11

Module4|ReclaimingUrbanNature

Week6

2/12 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.

2/14 TheNatureoftheCity WheelerCh.9

Wheelerpp.312-322

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


2/16 RestoringUrbanBiodiversity HagenandPijawkaCh.10 OnlineDiscussion1Due,11:59p.m.

Week7

2/19 President’sDay(Noclassmeeting)

2/21 WaterResourcesinCities PijawkaCh.11

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

2/23 VirtualTourofLARiver(duringregularclasssessionatourregularclassroom)

ArticleSummary2,Due11:59p.m.(OmittedforJEPStudents)

Module5|ClimateChange:MitigationandAdaptation

Week8

2/26 MitigatingGHGEmissionsinCities

WheelerCh.7

PijawkaCh.8

2/28 AdaptingtoClimateChangeinCities

PijawakCh.14 ArticleSummary3,Due,11:59p.m.(OmittedforJEPStudents)

3/2 MidtermReview

Module6|EnvironmentalJustice(EJ):Community-basedSustainabilityScience

Week9

3/5 MidtermExam

3/7 ClimateChange:ESEMandAgendaSetting

OnlineDiscussion2Due,11:59p.m.

3/9 SpecialIssue:SustainableTransportation&SmartGrowth

HagenandPijawkaCh.12

WheelerCh.10&12

Wheelerpp.291-312

USCSpringBreak(3/11-3/18)


Week10

3/19 SpatialAnalysisforTransportation&SmartGrowth

3/21 PolicyEssayWorkingSession Ungraded(butrequired)policyessayproposaldue,11:59p.m.

3/23 HistoryandEJintheCity Drakakis-SmithCh.2

Wheelerpp.203-204

Module7|GreeningtheUrbanEconomyandUrbanMetabolism

Week11

3/26 SocialandSpatialAnalysisofEnvironmental“Bads”

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

3/28 SocialandSpatialAnalysisofEnvironmentalGoods

3/30 FieldtriptoHyperionTreatmentPlant

(Noregularclassmeeting)

FieldtripdetailedlogisticsTBA.

Week12

4/2 IndustrialEcology:TheScience&TechnologyofSustainability

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

4/4 UrbanMetabolismConceptandModels

HagenandPijawkaCh.13

WheelerCh.13&14

4/6 TheNewRegionalism Wheelerpp.198-202

WheelerCh.22

Week13

4/9 RegionalGovernance PolicyEssayDueatClass(HardCopy)andSubmittoBbbythestartofclass.

4/11 RegionalGovernance(Con’t)


4/13 GreenJobsandEco-IndustrialParks

WheelerCh.16

Module8|Indicators,Tools,andSustainableCitizenship

Week14

4/16 FieldTriptoPortofLosAngeles(Noregularclassmeeting)

FieldtripdetailedlogisticsTBA.

4/18 SustainabilityIndicators:MeasurementandReporting

McAslan,D.2015.AssessingUrbanSustainability:UsingIndicatorstoMeasureProgress”pp.235-258inK.D.Pijawka(ed.)Sustainabilityforthe21stCentury(1stEdition).Dubuque,IA:KendallHunt.

WheelerCh.6

4/20 Fieldwork(Noregularclassmeeting)

Week15

4/23 UrbanModels:HowCanGeodesignContribute?

Hagen&PijawkaCh.5&6

4/25 SustainableCitizenshipandSustainableLivelihoods

Drakakis-SmithCh.5&6

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

4/27 FinalExamReview

5/2 FinalExaminationfromTimeTBA(ClosedBookatourRegularClassroom)

LaboratoryTopicsandLearningObjectivesWeek1NoLabs(IntroductoryWeek)Week2NoLabs(MartinLutherKingHoliday)Week3PopulationModelingforManhattan,NYWeek4MappingtheUrbanFootprintofRaleigh,NCWeek5MappingBillboards


Week6ModelingUrbanForestsVersusIncomeWeek7NoLabs(President’sDayHoliday)Week8StoryMapIntroduction,TeamSelection,andProposalDevelopmentWeek9StoryMapWorkingSessionWeek10IndexingNeighborhoodWalkabilityWeek11MappingAirToxicsWeek12StoryMapWorkingSessionWeek13StoryMapWorkingSessionWeek14StoryMapWorkingSessionWeek15StoryMapFinalPresentationsLaboratoryProtocolEachofthe2-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.Thesequenceoflabsendswithlabscalled“StoryMapWorkingSession”towardstheendofthecourse.Intheselabsessions,youwillworkwithteamsofclassmatesandwithyourlaboratoryco-instructortomakeuseofthedatasetsandgeospatialsoftwareavailableinthelabtocompletecomponentsofyourstorymap.Thiswillincludeconnectingwithandanalyzingdataandmakingmaps.SomeelementsofthestorymapmaybecompletedonyourpersonalcomputersorusingUSC’sgeneralcomputerlabsonyourowntime.Butmostofthestorymapwillbecreatedinthelabsessionswhereyouhaveaccesstogeospatialsoftwareandsupportfromyourlaboratoryco-instructor,andgenerallythereshouldbeenoughtimescheduledinlabstocompleteyourstorymapswithoutusingtimeoutsideofclass.


StatementonAcademicConductandSupportSystems

AcademicConduct

Plagiarism–presentingsomeoneelse’sideasasyourown,eitherverbatimorrecastinyourownwords–isaseriousacademicoffensewithseriousconsequences.PleasefamiliarizeyourselfwiththediscussionofplagiarisminSCampusinPartB,Section11,“BehaviorViolatingUniversityStandards”policy.usc.edu/scampus-part-b.Otherformsofacademicdishonestyareequallyunacceptable.SeeadditionalinformationinSCampusanduniversitypoliciesonscientificmisconduct,http://policy.usc.edu/scientific-misconduct.

SupportSystems

StudentCounselingServices(SCS)–(213)740-7711–24/7oncallFreeandconfidentialmentalhealthtreatmentforstudents,includingshort-termpsychotherapy,groupcounseling,stressfitnessworkshops,andcrisisintervention.engemannshc.usc.edu/counselingNationalSuicidePreventionLifeline–1(800)273-8255Providesfreeandconfidentialemotionalsupporttopeopleinsuicidalcrisisoremotionaldistress24hoursaday,7daysaweek.www.suicidepreventionlifeline.orgRelationshipandSexualViolencePreventionServices(RSVP)–(213)740-4900–24/7oncallFreeandconfidentialtherapyservices,workshops,andtrainingforsituationsrelatedtogender-basedharm.engemannshc.usc.edu/rsvpSexualAssaultResourceCenterFormoreinformationabouthowtogethelporhelpasurvivor,rights,reportingoptions,andadditionalresources,visitthewebsite:sarc.usc.eduOfficeofEquityandDiversity(OED)/TitleIXCompliance–(213)740-5086Workswithfaculty,staff,visitors,applicants,andstudentsaroundissuesofprotectedclass.equity.usc.eduBiasAssessmentResponseandSupportIncidentsofbias,hatecrimesandmicroaggressionsneedtobereportedallowingforappropriateinvestigationandresponse.studentaffairs.usc.edu/bias-assessment-response-supportTheOfficeofDisabilityServicesandProgramsProvidescertificationforstudentswithdisabilitiesandhelpsarrangerelevantaccommodations.dsp.usc.edu


StudentSupportandAdvocacy–(213)821-4710AssistsstudentsandfamiliesinresolvingcomplexissuesadverselyaffectingtheirsuccessasastudentEX:personal,financial,andacademic.studentaffairs.usc.edu/ssaDiversityatUSCInformationonevents,programsandtraining,theDiversityTaskForce(includingrepresentativesforeachschool),chronology,participation,andvariousresourcesforstudents.diversity.usc.eduUSCEmergencyInformationProvidessafetyandotherupdates,includingwaysinwhichinstructionwillbecontinuedifanofficiallydeclaredemergencymakestraveltocampusinfeasible.emergency.usc.eduUSCDepartmentofPublicSafety–UPC:(213)740-4321–HSC:(323)442-1000–24-houremergencyortoreportacrime.ProvidesoverallsafetytoUSCcommunity.dps.usc.edu

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