printer friendly pageIPER 200: Going Green: Research, Writing, and Reporting to the Public
Preference to graduate students. Focus is on environmental, economic, and cultural consequences of day-to-day behavioral choices such as computers on at all times versus only when used, or biodegradable versus metal forks at cafés. Sources include scientific and technical literature from disciplines such as energy, biology, and economics. How to write summaries that integrate relevant information for a lay audience. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Hayden, T. (PI)
IPER 220: Special Topics Seminar
For E-IPER Ph.D. and joint degree M.S. students; other graduate students with consent of instructor. Challenges of interdisciplinary research; collaborations across disciplines. Topical or methodological focus depending on faculty and student interests. May not be offered every quarter. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
1 times
(up to 5 units total)
Instructors:
Ardoin, N. (PI)
IPER 220A: Special Topics Seminar
For E-IPER Ph.D. and joint degree M.S. students; other graduate students with consent of instructor. Challenges of interdisciplinary research; collaborations across disciplines. Topical or methodological focus depending on faculty and student interests. May not be offered every quarter. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Vitousek, P. (PI)
IPER 243: Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis (MS&E 243)
Concepts, methods, and applications. Energy/environmental policy issues such as automobile fuel economy regulation, global climate change, research and development policy, and environmental benefit assessment. Group project. Prerequisite: 241 or
ECON 50, 51.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Sweeney, J. (PI)
IPER 270: Graduate Practicum in Environment and Resources
Opportunity for IPER students to pursue areas of specialization in an institutional setting such as a laboratory, clinic, research institute, governmental agency, non-governmental organization, or multilateral organization. Meets US CIS requirements for off-campus employment with endorsement from designated school official.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-9
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Daily, G. (PI)
;
Vitousek, P. (PI)
IPER 300: Earth Sciences Seminar (EARTHSYS 300, EEES 300, EESS 300, ENERGY 300, GEOPHYS 300, GES 300)
Required for incoming graduate students except coterms. Research questions, tools, and approaches of faculty members from all departments in the School of Earth Sciences. Goals are: to inform new graduate students about the school's range of scientific interests and expertise; and introduce them to each other across departments and research groups. Two faculty members present work at each meeting. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Harris, J. (PI)
;
Robin-McCaskill, J. (TA)
IPER 310: Environmental Forum Seminar
Required IPER core course for first year Ph.D. and joint and dual M.S. students. Conceptual framework, analytical approaches, validity of conclusions from an interdisciplinary perspective, and alternative approaches. Autumn Quarter: participants attend the Woods Institute¿s Environmental Forum series or other seminar on campus selected by faculty and students. Winter Quarter: guest Stanford faculty discuss environment and sustainability research. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite for non-IPER graduate students: application.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
IPER 320: Designing Environmental Research
Required IPER core course restricted to first year IPER Ph.D. students. Research design options for environmentally related research. Major philosophies of knowledge and how they relate to research objectives and design choices. Evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of alternative research designs, emphasizing methods, data, and argument. Development of individual research design proposals, including description and justification understandable to a non-specialist.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Davis, J. (PI)
;
Pickering, A. (TA)
IPER 330: Research Approaches for Environmental Problem Solving
Required IPER core course restricted to first year IPER Ph.D. students. How to identify good research questions and implement interdisciplinary research in environment and resources. Student presentations of work in progress; peer critique of written work. Corequisite: 398 with the faculty member chosen to explore a possible dissertation topic.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
IPER 335: Environmental Science for Managers and Policy Makers
(Same as
LAW 608,
OIT 338.) Core course for joint J.D., M.B.A., or M.D. with M.S. in Environment and Resources; open to first-year Law and GSB students; recommended for those who plan to apply to the joint degree program. Fundamentals of earth and environmental science, spreadsheet modeling, optimization, and Monte Carlo simulation. Applications in resource management and environmental policy.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Plambeck, E. (PI)
;
Daily, G. (SI)
;
Field, C. (SI)
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Instructors:
Plambeck, E. (PI)
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Daily, G. (SI)
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Field, C. (SI)
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Masters, G. (SI)
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Palumbi, S. (SI)
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