GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGE
(G185)
INSTRUCTORS:
Dr. Tim Brothers Phone: 274-1101 (office), 274-8877 (Geography Dept.)
Office: CA 317 email: tbrother@iupui.edu
Dr. Cynthia Berlin Phone: 274-8877 (Geography Dept.)
email: berlin@iupui.edu
Dr. Gabriel Filippelli Phone: 274-3795 (office), 274-7484 (Geology Dept.)
Office: SL 124 email: gfilippe@iupui.edu
CLASS MEETS: T, TH 2:30-3:45, LE 103
Lecture Schedule
| Date | Subject | Chapters | Instructor | ||
| T | TH | ||||
| AUG | 21 | Introduction | 1 | Filippelli | |
| 26 | Geological Context | 2 | Filippelli | ||
| 28 | Geological Context | 2 | Filippelli | ||
| SEPT | 2 | The Climate System | 5 | Berlin | |
| 4 | The Climate System | 5 | Berlin | ||
| 9 | The Hydrologic System | 6 | Berlin | ||
| 11 | The Hydrologic System | 6 | Berlin | ||
| 16 | The Biologic System | 7 | Brothers | ||
| 18 | The Biologic System | 7 | Brothers | ||
| 23 | The Ice Ages-An unstable Earth | 3 | Berlin | ||
| 25 | The Ice Ages-An unstable Earth | 3 | Clark | ||
| 30 | Recent Climate-Stable or Not? | 4 | Clark | ||
| OCT | 2 | Review of the Natural System | Berlin | ||
| 7 | MIDTERM EXAM | Berlin | |||
| 9 | The Rise of the Human Factor | 10 | Brothers | ||
| 14 | Humans and the Biosphere | 11 | Brothers | ||
| 16 | Humans and the Biosphere | 11 | Brothers | ||
| 21 | Human Effect: Greenhouse/Warming | 5 | Berlin | ||
| 23 | Human Effect: Greenhouse/Warming | 5 | Berlin | ||
| 28 | Human Effect: Ozone Hole/Smog | 8 | Berlin | ||
| 30 | Human Effect: Ozone Hole/Smog | 8 | Berlin | ||
| NOV | 4 | Human Effect: Water | 9 | Filippelli | |
| 6 | Human Effect: Water Quality | ||||
| 11 | Human Effect: Agriculture | 9 | Filippelli | ||
| 13 | Human Effect: Population | 9 | Filippelli | ||
| 18 | Predictions and Planning | Brothers/Berlin | |||
| 20 | Predictions and Planning | Brothers/Berlin | |||
| 25 | Predictions and Planning | Brothers/Berlin | |||
| 27 | Thanksgiving--No Class | ||||
| DEC | 2 | Student Presentations Paper Due | |||
| 4 | Student Presentations | ||||
| 11 | FINAL EXAM (3:30-5:30) |
GRADING:
Midterm 30%
Final 30%
Paper and Presentation 40%
TEXT:
Global Environmental Change
Moore, Chaloner, Stott
Blackwell Publishing
EXAMS:
Exams will be about 30% multiple choice questions and 70% short-answer (i.e., 1/2 page) questions, given in the same room as the lecture. Exam questions will come exclusively from material presented in lecture. Although the content of the book reading supports the lectures, attendance at lectures and good note-taking skills are clearly keys to success in this course.
FINAL PAPER:
A research paper is a required part of this class. This paper should deal with some aspect of global environmental change, and should be in a typical research paper format (i.e., Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, References, Tables, Figures). Papers should be double-spaced, and have ranged from 10 - 15 pages in the past, including all sections above.
The paper will be accompanied by an oral presentation of your findings. Talks are typically about 5 minutes long, with several additional minutes for