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3.00 Credits
An in-depth examination of atmospheric processes including solar radiant energy, the role of earth-sun relations on seasons, temperature, cloud formation and precipitation, air pressure and winds, air masses and storms, and weather forecasting. These fundamentals will be used to explain the global patterns of atmospheric circulation, the distribution of global climate zones, the human impact on atmospheric chemistry and natural processes, and mechanisms of climate change. Throughout the course, the human impact is emphasized and remedial solutions are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This mixed lecture and discussion course examines the changing American environment and its relationship to the development of American environmentalism in the twentieth century. Our investigation will include the analysis of various efforts to shape government policies, from the conservation movement through the environmental justice movement. The focus on politics allows a greater understanding of how Americans have altered their environment and provides case studies for examination of the American political system. The primary goal of the course is to explore the complexity of modern environmentalism and its diverse sources and multiple consequences.
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3.00 Credits
Building on the core of knowledge acquired in foundational 1000-, 2000- and 3000- level environmental-studies courses, this interdisciplinary course, team-taught by faculty from several participating programs, will focus on multifaceted issues related to the degradation, consumption, management, and sustainability of sources of water and of aquatic settings, and how these issues coalesce with one another at the regional through global levels. The course will include integrative exercises and field experiences that will provide students not only with an understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of contemporary environmental issues, but with a practical sense of how these issues can be analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
Building on the core of knowledge acquired in foundational 1000-, 2000- and 3000- level environmental-studies courses, this interdisciplinary course, team-taught by faculty from several participating programs, will focus on multifaceted issues related to anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity, such as habitat reduction and fragmentation, overhunting, introduction of invasive species, and environmental and ecosystem degradation. A particular point of emphasis will be the coalescence of multidisciplinary concerns and approaches with respect to the biodiversity crisis at the regional through global levels, and why the maintenance of biodiversity is important from multiple perspectives. The course will include integrative exercises and field experiences that will provide students not only with an understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of contemporary environmental issues, but with a practical sense of how these issues can be analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
Building on the core of knowledge acquired in foundational 1000-, 2000- and 3000- level environmental-studies courses, this interdisciplinary course, team-taught by faculty from several participating programs, will focus on multifaceted issues related to anthropogenic impacts on Earth's atmosphere and climate, including: the diagnosis of contemporary global climate change, the comparative effects of previous episodes of global climate change in Earth history, and regional and global effects of climate change and air pollution on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. A particular point of emphasis will be the coalescence of multidisciplinary concerns and approaches with respect to atmosphere and climate at the regional through global levels. The course will include integrative exercises and field experiences that will provide students not only with an understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of contemporary environmental issues, but with a practical sense of how these issues can be analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
Building on the core of knowledge acquired in foundational 1000-, 2000- and 3000- level environmental-studies courses, this interdisciplinary course, team-taught by faculty from several participating programs, will focus on multifaceted issues related to urbanization, including the effects of urbanization on atmosphere and climate, biodiversity, and water resources. The synergistic interactions of all of these variables along urban-to-wildland gradients will also be considered, as will the comparative effects of urbanization in different urban centers worldwide. A particular point of emphasis will be the issue of sustainability, and the coalescence of multidisciplinary concerns and approaches with respect to possible remediation of the impacts of urbanization. The course will include integrative exercises and field experiences that will provide students not only with an understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of contemporary environmental issues, but with a practical sense of how these issues can be analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the important role women play in furthering environmental stewardship and social justice initiatives. Students will use feminist and gender theory to assess and position the sustainability movement within a wider debate concerning global poverty, climate change, neoliberalism, and global capitalism.
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3.00 Credits
The course provides students with an in-depth understanding of the emerging field of environmental communication. Course topics include the constitutive and instrumental dimensions of environmental communication, the dimensions and formation of the environmental self, the role of environmental communication in the formation of culture, and the nature of environmental advocacy efforts and campaigns. Students will consider the impact environmental communication plays and of their role as consumers in contemporary society through a variety of assignments, including field-based observation and participation.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will learn strategies used in several of the many kinds of environmental writing that is published online and in print (or used in media productions) so that they can write for general and specialized audiences on environmental subjects. The course may include components of writing in the areas of health communication and risk communication. Class readings and discussion will focus on audience, argument, style, and conventions as well as on different genres of environmental writing. Students will study differing philosophical ideas about the environment and human relations to the natural world, and how these color different approaches taken by writers on environmental issues.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
A professional experience in a workplace, such as a governmental agency (e.g., the EPA) or a private company that emphasizes some aspect of environmental studies. In advance of the internship, the student and a supervisor at the workplace construct an internship learning agreement (subject to the approval of the Academic Program Director of Environmental Studies), and, during the internship, a portfolio is developed that demonstrates success in meeting the goals outline in the agreement. In some cases, an internship might be supervised a UC faculty member (e.g., a summer job in a lab that does not directly involve original research on the part of the student).
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