ClassInfo - Spring 2018 Geography Classes

Spring 2018 | GEOG 5401 Section 001: Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change (69113)

Instructor(s): Katherine Klink
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 4 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Meets With:: GEOG 3401 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Mon, Wed, Fri 09:05AM - 09:55AM

UMTC, East Bank

Blegen Hall 317
Enrollment Status:: Closed (7 of 7 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Processes that create/change the spatial patterns of climate, vegetation, and soils. Potential of humans to alter climate, vegetation, and soil processes. Possible impacts of human-altered environmental conditions. prereq: grad student or instr consent
Class Description:: The underlying theme to this course is that the natural environment provides the resources that sustain humans, and that our well being depends crucially on our interaction and interdependence with the natural environment. We have three main objectives: (1) to understand the processes that create the patterns of the natural environment, specifically the patterns of climate, vegetation, and soils; (2) to evaluate how changes in those processes may influence spatial patterns of climate, vegetation, and soils; and (3) to assess how humans may cause changes in these processes, spatial patterns, and ultimately, our natural resources. Course topics will be covered through a mixture of lectures, in-class discussion, and individual homework assignments. A series of short projects that focus on environmental concepts discussed in class (climate, vegetation, and soils geography) will help lay the foundation for the final project: a term paper that evaluates the likely consequences of future climate change (which may be good, bad, or both) for a specific community within or outside of the United States.
Who Should Take This Class?:: Anyone interested in climate change, environmental science, and/or interactions between humans and the environment. Previous course work in environmental science is not required. This class satisfies the Environment Theme of the Liberal Education requirements.
Grading:: Midterm exam 15%
Final exam 15%
Final paper 35%
Short projects 35%
See syllabus for grading breakdown for students enrolled in Geog 5401.
Exam Format:: essay
Class Format:: 75% Lecture
25% Discussion
Workload:: 20 pages (appx.) of reading per week
40 pages (appx.) of writing per term
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69113/1183
Syllabus:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/klink_GEOG3401_Spring2018.pdf
Past Syllabi:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/klink_GEOG3401_Spring2017.pdf (Spring 2017)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 6 November 2017

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