ECS103
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Climate Change for Future Leaders
Subject
ECS
Catalog Number
103
Title
Climate Change for Future Leaders
Course Description
The science of climate change, including the factors that control the Earth's climate system, the methods used to study climate variations, the nature of climate models and prediction scenarios, the changes of the Earth's climate through time, and the evidence that modern-day climate change is human-induced. Related topics include examination of the impacts of climate change on past and present societies, biodiversity, and human health, as well as potential alternative energy and engineering solutions, and the social, political, religious and economic challenges associated with responding and adapting to climate change.
Grading Basis
Graded
Consent (Permission Number)
No Special Consent Required
Min Units
1
Max Units
1
Lecture
General Education Curriculum Codes
(STS) Sci, Tech, and Society, (NS) Natural Sciences