Course Calendar

WeekDateModuleTopicGuest LecturerAssignment GivenAssignment Due
101/13Course Introduction
01/15Wicked ProblemsWicked Problem Anatomy & DynamicsAssignment #101/29
201/20Martin Luther King Day: No Classes
01/22Wicked Problems & Globalization
301/27Work Session: Assignment #1
01/29Social RelationsMapping Stakeholder RelationsAssignment #202/19
402/03Mindset & Posture
02/05Systems of Oppression
502/10Pluriversality & Decoloniality
02/12Power Dynamics & Polarization
602/17Worksession: Assignment #2
02/19Mapping the Evolution of a Wicked ProblemWicked Problem EvoloutionAssignment #303/12
702/24Types of Transitions
02/26Historical Context
03/03SPRING BREAK: NO CLASSES
03/05SPRING BREAK: NO CLASSES
803/10Worksession: Assignment #3
03/12Designing for TransitionsVisioningAssignment #404/02
903/17Backcasting & Milestoning
03/19How the Past Can Inform the Future: Mutual Aid & Commoning
1003/24Alternative Economies
03/26Worksession: Assignment #4
1103/31Designing Systems Interventions
04/02Designing Systems InterventionsMaterial vs. Non-Material InterventionsAssignment #505/02
1204/07Frames & NarrativesJonathan Chapman
04/09Policy & Legal Interventions
1304/14Max-Neef's Theory of NeedsTomar Pierson-Brown
04/16Worksession: Assignment #5
1404/21Final Presentations
04/23Final PresentationsAssignments re-submitted for improved grades due: May 2