| Course ID: | GEOG(ATSC) 3180. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Global Climate Change: Causes and Consequences |
Course
Description: | Provides students with the opportunity to critically evaluate
the climatic and environmental changes currently facing our
planet. Students will gain knowledge of the mechanisms that
force climate and the human activities that affect the
magnitude and direction of these forcing mechanisms and the
impacts associated with these changes. |
| Oasis Title: | Global Climate Change |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. To develop a critical understanding of the drivers of
global climate change
2. To develop an understanding of the impacts associated
with contemporaneous and projected climate change
3. To provide students with the knowledge base and skills
to critically evaluate information obtained from
various sources pertaining to climate change. |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Climate in context
2. Water and carbon cycles
3. Contemporaneous climate change
4. Past climates – placing observations in context
5. The Anthropocene
6. Project climate change
7. Mitigation of climate change
8. Adaptation and geo-engineering |
| Honor Code Reference: | ACADEMIC HONESTY: Academic honesty and integrity is expected at
all times. Academic dishonesty, including but not limited to
plagiarism, cheating and other forms of misconduct, will NOT be
tolerated. Cases of academic dishonesty will be handled
according to University guidelines. The entire policy can be
viewed on-line at:
http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/honesty/culture_honesty.htm. |