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MIT OpenCourseWare
Strange Bedfellows: Science and Environmental Policy
Art: US Army, US Weather map from 1872, 1872 · Public domain
- Instructors
- Prof. Stephen M. Meyer, Prof. Kip Hodges
- Term
- Fall 2005
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 10 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 12.103 Strange Bedfellows: Science and Environmental Policy, Fall 2005, Prof. Stephen M. Meyer, Prof. Kip Hodges — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- A lecture sequence of 23 items is confirmed. Assignment and exam materials exist too, but MIT's own order for them could not be verified, so they're shown as materials below rather than a sequence.
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- Referenced in a table, but without MIT's own verified order, so it isn't used to claim a sequence.
Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Assignments
8 files
- Assignment 1 Download
- Indiscriminately From the Skies Download
- Assignment 2 Download
- DDT as an Endocrine Disruptor in Human and Nonhuman Test Cases Download
- Assignment 3 Download
- Lives on the Line: DDT, Malaria, and Infant Mortality Download
- DDT Presentation (Courtesy of Emma Bassein and Cassandra Roth. Used with permission.) Download
- Grading Rubric for Presentations Download
Study Materials
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Science, Policy, and the Environment
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Lecture 3: Overview of Case Studies I and II: Biopreserves and Nuclear Waste Disposal
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Lecture 4: Overview of Case Studies III and IV: Climate Change and the Role of DDT in Malaria Control
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Lecture 5: Building Research Skills
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Lecture 6: Laws, Regulations, and International Treaties
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Lecture 7: Players, Problem Framing, and Science I
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Lecture 8: Players, Problem Framing, and Science II
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Lecture 9: Players, Problem Framing, and Science III
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Lecture 10: Players, Problem Framing, and Science IV
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Lecture 11: The Role of Modeling in Science and Policy
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Lecture 12: Modeling and Prediction I
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Lecture 13: Modeling and Prediction II
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Lecture 14: Modeling and Prediction III
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Lecture 15: Modeling and Prediction IV
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Lecture 16: Probability and Risk
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Lecture 17: Scientific Uncertainty I
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Lecture 18: Scientific Uncertainty II
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Lecture 19: Scientific Uncertainty III
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Lecture 20: Scientific Uncertainty IV
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Lecture 21: Looking Back
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Lecture 22: Is There A Better Way?
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Lecture 25: Final Discussion
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Stephen M. Meyer, Prof. Kip Hodges, 12.103 Strange Bedfellows: Science and Environmental Policy, Fall 2005.
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