ECS550
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Climate and Society
Subject
ECS
Catalog Number
550
Title
Climate and Society
Course Description
Advanced, interdisciplinary course on causes, consequences, and future trajectory of climate change. Course will cover physical observations of past climate change, role of human activities in driving climate change to date, and impacts of climate change on human and natural systems. Course will analyze how socioeconomic choices affects future climate as well as factors influencing those choices, including risk analyses, geoengineering proposals, intergenerational equity, climate metrics and the media.
Grading Basis
Graded
Course Typically Offered
Fall and/or Spring
Consent (Permission Number)
No Special Consent Required
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Lecture
Crosslisted Courses
General Education Curriculum Codes
STS - (STS) Science, Technology, and Society, NS - (NS) Natural Sciences