Courses - Faculty of Science
Environmental Change
Stage I
Global Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century. Climate science and the causes of climate change are considered, as well as the historical record of climate change and its environmental, biological and anthropological impacts. The transdisciplinary challenges of social responses are explored, along with the perspectives of indigenous peoples.
Stage III
Environmental Change
An exploration of the nature and causes of change in the physical environment, including: natural processes driving environmental change and variability; humans as agents of change; and biophysical and societal sensitivity to change. Past, present and future interactions between society and environmental change with examples drawn from climatology and ecology. Principles of scientific writing and communication will also be addressed.
Prerequisite: Programme Coordinator approval
Restriction: GEOG 334
