GPH 115 Global Climate Change: Causes and Consequences

3 Credit(s) SR

Global climate change is one of the dominant issues of our time. The earth’s warming has already altered many ecosystems with marked results. This course studies how environmental scientists and geographers study these changes, their likely effects, and future scenarios. Students will consider the changes in the natural world and their impacts on societies around the world. Finally, students will imagine sustainable individual and societal changes to address the climate crisis. Satisfies the Scientific Reasoning (non-laboratory) for the General Education core. Three lecture hours per week.