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GC 695G Global Change Toolkit
Course 1
Spring 2007 (1 unit)
Tuesday 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Location:
Tree-Ring West / Math Annex East Room 20
(in the basement)
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
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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:
Dr. Katie Hirschboeck,
Associate Professor of Climatology, Laboratory of Tree-Ring
Research and Chair, Global Change Minor GIDP
Office: 208 West Stadium Phone: 621-6466
E-mail:
katie@LTRR.arizona.edu Office Hours: TBA or by appointment
via email
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
GRADING CRITERIA: Your grade will be based on successful
completion of the following activities, with emphasis distributed as
indicated. A grading rubric will be distributed indicating the level of
performance expected for (a), (b) and (c) below.
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CLASS ACTIVITIES &
ASSIGNMENTS |
% of Grade |
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(a) Active &
regular participation in each class discussion |
20% |
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(b) Hosting
the visit of a global change researcher to class |
15% |
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(c) Class
exercises and activities |
25% |
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(d)
Construction of a web-based Global Change "Toolkit" tailored to your
major, research topic, interdisciplinary needs, and future
professional goals |
40% |
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NOTE: Information contained in the
course syllabus, other than the grade and absence policies, may be
subject to change with reasonable advance notice, as deemed appropriate
by the instructor.
OTHER COURSE GUIDELINES & POLICIES
Attendance:
Required
-- especially since we will meet only once a week or every other week. 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) will be
available and you are encouraged to visit me during them. You may also
contact me via email to set up a separate appointment outside office
hours..
CLASS SCHEDULE
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Date |
TOPIC |
ACTIVITY
/ EXERCISE |
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Jan 16 |
Introduction and
Overview w/ Global Change background inventory |
Individual and
collaboratively derived definitions of Global Change |
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Jan 23
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Historical
development of Global Change Science in the context of the History &
Philosophy of Science |
Reference search to
trace evolution of global change scientific literature |
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Jan 30 |
Global Change at
the University of Arizona: history and current profile
-- Guest: Dr. Malcolm Hughes |
Exercise: interview
a faculty member of the Committee on Global Change you don't
already know |
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Feb 6 |
Global Change
terms, jargon, & nuances |
Explication of key
terms in glossaries and standard dictionaries |
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Feb 13 |
Global change
research tools: Models
-- Guest: Dr. Chris Castro |
Class modeling
activity / discussion of strengths and weaknesses of models |
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Feb 20 |
Global change
research tools:
Experiments & Monitoring
-- Guest: Dr. Mike Crimmins |
Guest
speaker(s) or class presentations by students |
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Feb27 |
Global change
research tools:
The Paleo record
-- Guest: Dr Vic Baker |
Guest speaker(s) or class presentations
by students |
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Mar 6 |
Key Issues related to global change &
society: Energy, Impacts, Vulnerability & Adaptation,
Sustainability, Risk & Resilience, Policy, Environmental Justice |
Guest speaker(s) or class
presentations by students |
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Spring Break
Mar 10-18 |
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Mar 20 |
no class this week |
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Mar 27 |
Global warming, the EPA & the Courts
--
Guest Dr Kirsten Engel |
Read background material on
Massachusetts vs EPA |
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Apr 3 |
Effectively debating Global Change
issues: Scientific Responses to those hard
to answer (or frequent) global warming questions from the public
-- Guest: Dr Julie
Cole |
Read posted
background paper to get you thinking |
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Apr 10 |
Funding and job opportunities in global
change. -- Guest: Dr. Paul Brooks |
More details to be posted . .
Read the IPCC WGII Summary for Policymakers |
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Apr 17 |
no class this week |
work on student GC Toolkits |
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Apr 24 |
Guest:
Dr. J.E. 'Ed' de Steiguer, School of Natural Resources will talk
on "Carbon Emissions Trading in Theory and in Practice." |
Prepare for class by browsing through
the
EU Emission Trading Scheme Site
(esp. the Q&A) |
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May 1 |
Communicating
global change to the public -- Guests Dr. Tom Swetnam, LTRR & UA News
Editor Mari Jensen |
Training by media
professionals - To prepare listen to a
good example of science communication |
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TBA
Class finale |
The future of
global change research:
Defining the gaps in current knowledge |
GC Toolkit
presentations by students |
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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