Residency1: (MCS 5010 100, FS 26-27)

The twelve-day residency includes lectures, discussions, workshops, project group meetings, field trips, field skills, and mentoring sessions. The schedule typically runs from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm each day, with two hours for meals and transitions. This residency covers an introduction to climate studies, data analysis and management, and climate justice. The residency also includes important steps for the project team formation, with an emphasis on project management, team skills, and collaboration. Students engage in learning and practicing facilitation and leadership exercises. In addition, the residency involves field work, demonstrations, and excursions to engage in climate-related projects, practices, and plans. The residency includes a climate summit that students attend, engage, and reflect upon. Overall, the first residency sets the stage for the rest of the program. Students are evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

Residency #2 Adv Practice & Inquiry (MCS 5020 100, FS 26-27)

The second residency involves new topics and a new frame. It also provides an opportunity for second-year students to present their project outcomes and recommendations to their community partners in person. Students engage in leadership roles and build on skill sets acquired thus far. In addition, summaries of the previous year’s residency will be introduced by second-residency students. Certain residency skills are built progressively, adding new approaches and different frames onto practices introduced in year one. The residency includes a climate summit, with engagement and reflection. Students engage in research demonstrations and presentations. Students lead facilitation methods and learn new modalities. Students engage in project team choice, formation, and orientation for the second year. Students are evaluated on a Pass/Fail basis. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.