Instructor

Prof. Chandra Venkataraman, Prof. Pradip Kalbar, Prof. Trupti Mishra

Semester

Autumn ‘21

Course Difficulty

Content wise heavy, a wide range of topics covered in the course of 4 months, might get overwhelming. You will be expected to finish reading material (avg. 10 pages document) before each class

Time Commitment Required

out of class hours 5 hours per week(according to me)

Grading Policy and Statistics

Problem sets / tutorials / comprehensive problems (PS1-PS3, P4-P5, P6-P7) – 20% (grading on
completion and computational / research effort)
Midsem – 25%
Endsem – 35%
Presentation / quiz / term paper / debate / class participation – 20% (10% each of any two)

AA 1
AB 8
BB 4
BC 4
CC 1
CD 1
FF 1
FR 2

Attendance Policy

Class participation marks, so in a way compulsory

Pre-requisites

Second and third module certain policy aspects, if you have some background that could help

Topics Covered in the Course

introduction to a fundamental understanding and problem centered analysis of climate
change science and responses, with an emphasis on regional scale impacts, assessment of technological options to address mitigation and abatement strategies

Module 1 provides an overview of the physical science of climate change
Module 2 will address climate impacts, vulnerability and risks
Module 3 focuses on climate mitigation and policy

Teaching Style

Lectures slides used for teaching in class (slides not exhaustive), further a 20 pages (approx) document- reading material to be covered before each class. In each class you are supposed to come prepared with the answer of a question given to you before itself and speak for about 2 minutes, that carried about 10% weightage

Tutorials/Assignments/Projects

They are designed to build your understanding properly, only if you give sufficient amount of time on the tutorials/assignments as well as attend classes regularly

Feedback on Exams

Quizzes- objective type
Midsem and endsem fairly difficult

Motivation for taking this course

I am into meteorology, climate change, sustainability and have worked on the same in the past. I took this course with the belief that it will cover the science aspect of climate change and relate it to predictability, but it is just one of the three modules.

How strongly would I recommend this course?

If you can invest a lot of time and energy for a particular semester based on your overall load, then it can be a great learning opportunity. YOU WILL NEED TO PUT A LOT OF EFFORTS.

When to take this course?

Fourth year, autumn semester

References Used

Reading material (topic specific) will be provided by the respective instructors

Review By: Misari Bhanani