Course Syllabus
Contact Information
Instructor: Dr. Tiantian Yang
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Assistant Professor Civil Engineering and Environmental ScienceAreas of Interests and Expertise
Phone: (949)378-0928 Email: tiantian.yang@ou.edu Live Session: Monday 8-9 pm CDT (9-10 pm Eastern Time or 6-7 pm Pacific Standard Time)
ZOOM Link: https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/3766438124?pwd=d3p4NHZKWm9PdFdhbnRPU0J1cjlJdz09 Meeting ID: 376 643 8124
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Course Details
Climate Change and Impacts on Water Energy Food Nexus
Course Prerequisites
Graduate Standing or Senior Undergraduate with Instructor Approval to Enroll
Course Materials (Most of the contents will be from course PPT slides and lectures)
Suggested Textbook:
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- Kanoğlu, Mehmet, Yunus A. Çengel, and John M. Cimbala. 2020. Fundamentals and Applications of Renewable Energy. 1st ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN: 9781260455311
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Optional Textbook / Reference:
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- Aguado, Edward., and Burt, James E. Understanding Weather and Climate / Edward Aguado, James E. Burt. 6th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2013. ISBN-13: 9780321987303
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These texts are available through the OU Bookstore or other online booksellers.
Other materials are provided in the Modules area of Canvas.
Grades
Breakdown (Note: This grade matrix only applies for Spring 2023 semester only as the course is first and "soft" offered)
| Activity | Description | Percentage |
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| Homework (Individual effort) | We have about 5 take-home homework assignments throughout this semester. Each home work will be 5 points towards the Homework score. | 25% |
| Participation (Individual effort) | Participate in weekly live session (See Participation Score Rules/Policies) | 15% |
| Midterm Exam (Individual effort) | A take-home Midterm Exam | 25% |
| Final Exam (Individual effort) | A take-home Final Exam | 35% |
| Research Skill Development (Bonus) |
Optional for students (See below rules / policies for this bonus assignments) |
10% Bonus |
| Total | 100% + 10% Bonus |
Scale
| Percentage | Letter Grade |
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| 90–100% | A |
| 80–89% | B |
| 70–79% | C |
| 60–69% | D |
| Below 60% | F |
Course Components: There are five major components of this course for Spring 2023 Semester as follows.
🚩🚩1. Weekly Lecture Videos 🚩🚩
- The weekly course lecture videos will be the main components that students shall timely watch, digest and use them as references to finish homework assignments.
- Students shall watch the weekly videos to complete the homework assignments, midterm and final exam.
🚩🚩2. Homework Assignments 🚩🚩
- There will be about total 5 take-home exam throughout this semester. Deadline and assignment time will be announced.
- The homework shall be submitted online on Canvas before the deadline.
- If you need extensions on HW, please contact instructor and request. Only slight extension will be given if reasonable excuses.
🚩🚩3. Live Session Participation (one of two ways to participate)🚩🚩
- The participation will be measured from the weekly live sessions. Students are required to participate the live session either via zoom on each Monday night, OR send over a recorded video prior to each Monday nights to go over what has been discussed during the past live session.
- If students send recorded videos, the video will be played in the next live session by instructor or TA. The videos shall be in playable format sent to instructor's email or accessible youtube link prior each Monday's live session.
- The participation will be graded as one points for each participations ( Total 15% of the composite grade, and about one point for each live session participation)
- Tips: so, basically, the participation in zoom will be the easiest way.
- During Live Session, we will be informal. There will be no lecture given during live session. We might bring a few questions by the instructor to randomly asking students from time to time. But the majority time will be devoted to see any questions by students. If no questions, we do not need to host long live session.
- This semester, we do not have a large enrollment. This is because I specifically excluded undergraduate students to enroll for this semester. Therefore, we can use live session more efficiently to talk about life, universe, research, graduate school life, and everyone's interested topic.
🚩🚩4. Midterm Exam🚩🚩
There will be one take-home Midterm Exam be given to cover all contents before the Python programming weeks- around Week 11 or Week 12.
Please submit Midterm exam online on Canvas before the given deadline. No extension will be given for Midterm.
🚩🚩5. Final Exam🚩🚩
There will be one take-home Final Exam be given to cover all contents including the Python programming weeks- around Week 16.
Please submit Midterm exam online on Canvas before the given deadline. No extension will be given for Final Exam.
🚩🚩6. Bonus 10% - Research Skill Development🚩🚩
Students could earn additional 10 points on the final composite grade if he/she wants to conduct research along the the topic of interests of students.
The research topic shall be communicated with instructor and follow the instructor's suggestions to proceed prior the 8th week.
To earn the bonus point, students shall start research and decide the topic before the 8th weeks of this semester and do a research report presentation (20-30mins) by the end of this semester during the live session of this class (Maybe towards the 13-16 weeks live session). Then, the student may take questions from the entire class.
The presentation shall include basic components of
Literature review / current research
Proposed Research / Research Questions
Data/Methodology
Results
Discussion / Conclusion
Course Policies
Communication
- E-mail communication is the primary method for contacting me in this course. I will respond to e-mails within 48 hours or sooner.
To ensure a prompt response, please put “Climate Change and Impacts on Water Energy and Food Nexus” in your e-mail subject line as a prefix. For example, your subject line could be: CEES 5123 Climate Change and Impacts on Water Energy and Food Nexus: Question about Discussion Homework for week 3.
Discussion Homework Policy:
- No late homework submissions will be accepted except for serious medical situations with proof or/and other approved circumstances from the instructor.
- Discussion on lecture video contents with other students is allowed.
- All homework will be submitted online on canvas.
- Some detailed narratives to open-ended questions will be required to earn full credits if such questions appear in any homework assignments.
Homework/Midterm/Final Exam/Research Presentation
- Academic misconduct in any form will not be tolerated. It will be reported to the College of Engineering Dean's Office.
- No makeup final project and final essay will be accepted.
- All Homework/Midterm/Final Exams are open book and open lecture notes.
- (if any semester we give project and/or essay assignments) All final projects and essay will also be taken home, and all submissions will be due within the final week.
- (if any semester we give project and/or essay assignments) The grading criteria of final projects and final essay will be provided along with the releases of these assignments.
University Academic Policies and Student Support
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Academic Misconduct
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This site also defines misconduct, provides examples of prohibited conduct, and explains the sanctions available for those found guilty of misconduct.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the most common form of academic misconduct at OU. There is basically no college-level assignment that can be satisfactorily completed by copying. OU's basic assumption about writing is that all written assignments show the student's own understanding in the student's own words. That means all writing assignments, in class or out, are assumed to be composed entirely of words generated (not simply found) by the student, except where words written by someone else are specifically marked as such with proper citation. Including other people's words in your paper is helpful when you do it honestly and correctly. When you don't, it's plagiarism.
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Adjustments for Pregnancy/Childbirth Related Issues
Should you need modifications or adjustments to your course requirements because of documented pregnancy-related or childbirth-related issues, please contact me as soon as possible to discuss your options. Generally, modifications will be made where medically necessary and similar in scope to accommodations based on temporary disability. Learn more about the rights of pregnant and parenting students by consulting the FAQ sheets provided by the Institutional Equity Office.
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Religious Holidays
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Registration and Withdrawal
If you choose to withdraw from this course, you must complete the appropriate University form and turn the form in before the deadline. If you stop attending the course and doing the coursework without the required paperwork, your grade will be calculated with missed homework and examination grades entered as zero. This could result in receiving a grade of F in the course. Deadlines are shown in the Academic Calendar, which is available from the Office of the Registrar.
Course Summary:
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