Course Information
Course title
Science for policymakers: A discussion seminar on environmental sustainability 
Semester
106-1 
Designated for
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE  International Master/Doctoral Degree Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development  
Instructor
LUDVIG LOWEMARK 
Curriculum Number
IPCS7020 
Curriculum Identity Number
247EM0150 
Class
 
Credits
2.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Required 
Time
Tuesday 3,4(10:20~12:10) 
Remarks
The upper limit of the number of students: 30. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1061IPCS7020_ 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
 
Designated reading
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Grading
   
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
第2週
9/19  Scientific publishing and ethics: fraud and scientific misconduct 
第3週
9/26  Guest lecture: Microplastics. Dr. Alex Kunz (NTU) 
第4週
10/03  Climate Change: The Physical Science Basis 
第5週
10/10  National Day 
第6週
10/17  Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability 
第7週
10/24  Guest lecture: Prof. Kuo-Yen Wei (Minister of EPA 2014-2016) 
第8週
10/31  Mitigation of climate change 
第9週
11/07  Midterm week (no class) 
第10週
11/14  Quaternary Conference NTOU (No class)  
第11週
11/21  The past, present and future of nuclear energy 
第12週
11/28  Microplastic
https://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2016/04/04/pesky-plastic-the-true-harm-of-microplastics-in-the-oceans/ 
第13週
12/05  Prof. Wei continued! 
第14週
12/12  Fracking: the problem or the solution to future energy? 
第15週
12/19  TBA 
第16週
12/26  Hand in term paper for review 
第17週
1/02  Return review of term paper to authors 
第6-2週
10/20  Excursion: 2017 Wind Energy Taiwan, Nangang Exhibition Center 
第17-2週
01/09  Term paper deadline