575.711 Climate Change and Global Environmental Sustainability
This is a multidisciplinary course that focuses on the critical assessment of science, impacts, mitigation, adaptation and policy relevant to climate change and global environmental sustainability. The first half of the course actively investigates concepts and aspects of environmental sustainability including the review of international assessments and reports and the analyses of relevant implications for human health, natural resources, energy supply and demand, and waste /pollution. The second half of the class addresses climate change science; existing evidence and observations of climate change; models and predictions of potential physical, ecological, and anthropological impacts; technological, economic, political, and consumer driven mitigation and adaptation strategies; and past and present local, state, federal, and international policy and legislation. This course stresses active learning and critical thinking. It requires both the objective and subjective analyses of an array of environmental sustainability and climate change topics and materials. Students will be required to report on a current work of relevant non-fiction in the field, complete an original case study, and critically review climate change documentaries. Students will also be required to complete quantitative technical assignments, research popular press, governmental agency, and peer-reviewed scientific literature, and participate in class discussions, presentations, and exercises.
Spring 2010 Course Schedule
The current scheduled offerings for this course for the Spring 2010 term are listed below.
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Environmental Engineering, Science and Management
Online
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01/25/2010 - 05/08/2010 | $2,750 |
Robert, M. |
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