| Course Title: Energy: Past and Future |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: Revolutions in energy technology have habituated us to wonders our ancestors would have called magic -- air-conditioned deserts, intercontinental vacations, pocket-sized devices keeping us always online. The comforts of modern life are also destabilizing Earth's life support systems at an accelerating pace. Can advanced societies reengineer the energy systems on which they depend before it's too late? This course will probe the scientific and philosophical mysteries of energy, time travel through history from the dawn of civilization to the atomic age, trace how power is generated and delivered at scale today, and task students with imagining the innovations that will power humanity's future. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , FY - First-Year Seminar , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Robert Darrow | rdarrow@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Seminar | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 210 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| FYSEM0001 | First-Year Seminar | This is a First-Year Seminar. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 14 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |