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GEOL095 Climate Change and Sustainability
Why: Both sustainability and global climate change are topics that are broadly discussed, but where does the information fueling these discussions actually come from and how reliable is it?
How:
As part of this course we will explore and evaluate reliability of different information sources on these controversially discussed topics. Via lectures, debates, group work, and shared writing we will explore different dimensions of sustainability and their link to one of the most important environmental issue: global climate change. We will also work on science communication using a variety of hands-on improvisation exercises. You will be able to showcase your communication skills in a brief group video on climate change.
Writing goals:
When:This course is offered every other Fall (next time in 2018)
Who: This course is restricted to first year students in CAS. This course approved for SU (sustainability) and FWIL (Foundational Writing and Information Literacy) credits.
Why: Both sustainability and global climate change are topics that are broadly discussed, but where does the information fueling these discussions actually come from and how reliable is it?
How:
As part of this course we will explore and evaluate reliability of different information sources on these controversially discussed topics. Via lectures, debates, group work, and shared writing we will explore different dimensions of sustainability and their link to one of the most important environmental issue: global climate change. We will also work on science communication using a variety of hands-on improvisation exercises. You will be able to showcase your communication skills in a brief group video on climate change.
Writing goals:
- At the end of this course you will be able to evaluate intention and reliability of information sources from multiple sources on global climate change .
- You will be able to display the relationship between global climate change and sustainability concepts visually and give a written description and interpretation of data.
- You will be able to define a communication goal related to climate change targeted to a non-science audience.
- you will be able to have an informed conversation about the multiple dimensions of sustainability.
- You will be able to evaluate sustainability aspects of climate change using a data-based approach to integrate economic, ecological, and social aspects.
- You will continue to think critically about how climate change impacts sustainability across a diversity of cultural values and across multiple scales of relevance from local to global.
- Lastly, you will begin to reflect on how sustainability impacts you lives and how your actions impact sustainability.
When:This course is offered every other Fall (next time in 2018)
Who: This course is restricted to first year students in CAS. This course approved for SU (sustainability) and FWIL (Foundational Writing and Information Literacy) credits.
