Earth's Changing Climate
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General
Prefix
AHS
Course Number
278
Course ID
KaegrZrDEA8H7PmNHa75
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Science and Engineering
Description
Earth's climate system, external and internal causes of climate change, feedback effects, history of earth's climate, historical examples of the impact of climate change on human populations. Modern climate change and its human causes and impacts. International societal efforts to mitigate or adapt to climate change. Projections of the future of earth's climate, their uncertainty, and implications.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
10
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Describe the climate system, its components, and their interactions.
Outcome
Describe how the greenhouse effect warms the earth and identify the relationship between greenhouse gases and changing climate.
Outcome
Identify the main features of the atmospheric and oceanic circulations and explain their role in maintaining the climatic equilibrium.
Outcome
Explain why a warmer climate may be more variable or extreme and why it may be less variable or extreme.
Outcome
Analyze the impact of changing climate on human society and society’s historical response to these changes.
Outcome
Identify the international organizations addressing climate change and assess their organizational strengths and weaknesses.
Outcome
Identify possible solutions to mitigate and/or adapt to modern climate change and evaluate one such solution in terms of how effective it might be.
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Dependencies
Courses
AHS278
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Programs
AHS278
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