GEOL 0880 - INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description Climate change poses a critical challenge for the global community, with increasing impacts on food security, water resources, human health, ecosystem diversity, and energy, among others. A fundamental step towards developing climate change solutions is the ability to recognize, understand, and communicate its causes and impacts. This course offers a multi-disciplinary approach to learning about climate change that both develops the science and enables the students to build ongoing interactions with the broader community, setting them up to be "Climate Science Ambassadors." The course will cover the evidence supporting anthropogenic climate change, future climate projections, and the development of climate policy related to adaptation and mitigation strategies. Students will engage in active and collaborative learning exercises, integrate data analysis projects using physical and social climate science data, and develop written and oral communication techniques through workshops with local journalists and political and social scientists. This course requires no previous background in climate science.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: Enrollment blocked if enrolled in, or previously completed GEOL 0881; LVL: Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior

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