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Introduction to Climate Science

Summer 2024

Details

Credit

4

Mode

Online

Component

Lecture

Meets

Online May 21, 2024 - July 3, 2024

Instructors

Kinuyo Kanamaru

Description

This course is about the past, present, and future of global climate and environmental change. The fate of the climate system should be of interest to everyone; we will experience effects of climate change throughout the rest of our lives. This course is structured to help you better understand and to communicate: (1) the historical evolution in our understanding of climate change and the climate system; (2) how past and present climate data are obtained and applied using the scientific method to support the principles of climate science; (3) the roles that climate plays in affecting the natural world and our built environment, (4) how climate change has and will continue to impact human activities and society; (5) solutions for adaptation and mitigation to climate change and their connections with environmental justice. (Gen. Ed. PS)

Eligibility


Notes

U+ class; $85/term reg. fee + $550/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/universityplus/resources/refund-policy.

Dates

Start Date

May 21, 2024

End Date

July 3, 2024

Subject Details

Subject Description

Geography

Subject

GEOGRAPH

Catalog Number

110

Class Number

25215

Catalog Details

Course ID

040702

Section

01

Academic Career

UGRD

Meeting

On-Line

Gen-Eds

PS

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