REM 658 - Teaching and Learning Centre - Simon Fraser University
REM 658 - Teaching and Learning Centre - Simon Fraser University
REM 658 - Teaching and Learning Centre - Simon Fraser University
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Class Format<br />
The course involves a mix of lectures, seminars <strong>and</strong> labs. In seminars, students are expected to play<br />
an active role in underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> discussing the various modeling techniques <strong>and</strong> their<br />
appropriateness for different policy <strong>and</strong> research objectives. Students will gain h<strong>and</strong>s-on experience by<br />
applying modeling tools to simplified problems in labs <strong>and</strong> assignments. The course sections<br />
correspond to the main modeling topics that will be covered, although there is room for some alteration<br />
depending on the preferences <strong>and</strong> expertise of students in a particular year.<br />
Below is a draft of the schedule (will be finalized after our first meeting in Week 1):<br />
Week<br />
Lab/<br />
(Date) Topics Readings<br />
Assignment Notes<br />
Week 1 • Epistemology<br />
Oreskes (2003)<br />
Jan 9 • Overview of sustainable energy models Watt (1997)<br />
Jaccard (2002)<br />
IPCC (2001)<br />
Week 2<br />
Jan 16<br />
Jonn Away<br />
Week 3 • Optimization / Linear Programing (LP) Chinneck (2001) LP Lab<br />
Jan.23 • Introduction to risk <strong>and</strong> uncertainty<br />
Markal<br />
Jaccard (2002)<br />
ETSAP (1996)<br />
LP assign<br />
EXTRA • Input-Output (IO) models<br />
Pearce (1994) IO lab<br />
Jan.24 • Risk & uncertainty (con’t)<br />
Armstrong (1988)<br />
Wiedmann (2009)<br />
Anderson (1998)<br />
Week 4 • Basic econometrics <strong>and</strong> statistics<br />
Wonnacot (1985) LP Due<br />
Jan 30 • Risk & uncertainty (con’t)<br />
Economist (1987) Econ lab<br />
Loughran (2004)<br />
Rivers-Prod (2009)<br />
Econ assign<br />
Week 5<br />
Feb 6<br />
• Computable general equilibrium (CGE)<br />
models<br />
Bergman (2003)<br />
Rivers-CGE (2010)<br />
Sterman (2003)<br />
Econ due<br />
CGE lab<br />
Paper proposal<br />
Guest<br />
Week 6<br />
Feb 13<br />
SFU Reading Break<br />
Week 7 • Modeling induced technological change Loschel (2002)<br />
Guest: Mark<br />
Feb 20 • Comparing models<br />
McDonald (2001)<br />
Mundaca (2011)<br />
Jaccard??<br />
Week 8 • Hybrid simulation models<br />
Jaccard (2009) CIMS lab Guest: Cam<br />
Feb 27 • Case study: CIMS<br />
Wolinetz (2009) CIMS assign Matheson??<br />
Week 9<br />
Mar 6<br />
Jonn Away<br />
Week 10 • Midterm exam<br />
Nordhaus (1992) CIMS due<br />
Mar 13 • Integrated assessment models<br />
Rivers (2005)<br />
Week 11 • Representing technology<br />
Axsen (2011)<br />
LCA lab Student Pres.<br />
Mar 20 • Lifecycle-analysis (LCA)<br />
Gleick (2007)<br />
Farrell (2006)<br />
LCA assign<br />
Week 12 • Models of consumer behavior<br />
Jackson (2005) DCM lab Student Pres.<br />
Mar 27 • Discrete Choice Modeling (DCM)<br />
Potoglou (2007)<br />
Thaler (2000)<br />
Week 13 • Collecting empirical data: surveys, interviews, Schaeffer (2003)<br />
Student Pres.<br />
Apr 3 <strong>and</strong> secondary sources<br />
Krosnick (1999)<br />
Week 14 • Special topics: e.g. Transportation <strong>and</strong>/or TBD Paper due<br />
Apr 10 agent-based modeling<br />
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