The course is typically run with two projects. Both take place over multiple weeks and are designed to force the students to integrate multiple course topics and apply them to different types of problems in the real world.
| Lateral Reading Project | This assignment gives students some practice in identifying when and how concepts from the course apply in public discourse about real-world issues, scientific or otherwise. | Decision Poster Project | Students design posters that analyzes and proposes an answer to practical questions. |