ENVI 240
Conservation and Climate Change
Last Offered Fall 2019
No divisional credit Writing Skills
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

What does climate change mean for the future of Earth’s 8.7 million-or-so species? This tutorial introduces students to an emerging literature on how climate change alters the distributions, behaviors, and interactions of plant and animal species. In it we will pay close attention to how to read a scientific paper and how to write about science from the discipline of environmental studies. Some of the questions we will consider include: How is scientific knowledge produced? What might the biotic world look like in 10, 100, and 1000 years? How are conservation and restoration practitioners responding to climate change? To what extent can local environmental management alter global trends?
The Class: Format: tutorial
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 1438
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: one 5- to 7-page essay every other week and carefully prepared oral responses to partners' essays in alternate weeks
Prerequisites: ENVI101 or permission of the instructor
Enrollment Preferences: Environmental Studies majors and concentrators
Distributions: No divisional credit Writing Skills
WS Notes: Weekly tutorial paper or response paper for which the instructor will provide feedback on writing skills as well as content. Opportunities to revise.
Attributes: ENVI Humanities, Arts + Social Science Electives
ENVI Natural World Electives

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