GEOG 109 Introduction to Climate Change

This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts and tenets of global climate change. This course examines natural systems and human activities that have altered, and continue to alter, global climate systems and other Earth/environmental systems. Students survey how the changing climate and Earth/environmental systems are impacting human activities (i.e., social and economic systems). Topics surveyed include the physical geography, biological, economic, policy, social, and cultural consequences associated with global climate change. This course highlights topics and methods that various disciplines employ to evaluate past and future social, economic, and environmental conditions resulting from the human-induced changes to the Earth’s climate. Students learn about, and engage in, actions and activities related to the broader concepts of sustainability and the three pillars of sustainability (i.e., social, economic, and environment) as they relate to human-induced global climate change.