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GC 695G Global Change Toolkit
Course 1
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a 1 unit colloquium designed specifically for graduate students in the Global Change GIDP PhD Minor, although students in any global-change related discipline may enroll. The course's focus is the acquisition of a basic "Global Change Toolkit," i.e., the foundational background, vocabulary, and communication skills necessary for successful engagement in advanced interdisciplinary scholarly research on global change issues. COURSE OBJECTIVES: · To review major themes and initiatives in global change research · To identify and interact with global change researchers on campus and beyond · To develop professional skills for communicating global change research across disciplines · To assemble a personal "toolkit" of global change terms, references, resources, contacts, and skills tailored to your global change research area and future professional goals COORDINATING INSTRUCTOR FOR 2008:
Dr. Steve Archer,
Office: Biosciences East 316 Phone: 626-8791 TEXTS & READINGS: Selected readings from the Assessment Reports and Special Reports of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) http://www.ipcc.ch/ & relevant scholarly journals
Glossary of
Climate Change Terms
(Environmental Protection Agency)
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/glossary.html
OTHER COURSE GUIDELINES & POLICIES Attendance: 2 Required. If unavoidable problems require you to miss a class, arrangements can be made to make-up one absence. Academic Integrity: A synopsis of the University of Arizona's Code of Academic Integrity can be found at: http://dos.web.arizona.edu/uapolicies/ You are to know it, understand it, and adhere to it. Contacting me: Office Hours (TBA)
2 Absences pre-approved by the UA Dean of Students (or designee) will be honored. All holidays or special events observed by organized religions will be honored for those students who show affiliation with that particular religion.
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