The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change

Catalog description

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Examination of the policy and scientific debate over climate change; how scientific debates produce "knowledge"; how political debates produce policies; how policy debates use science; scientific evidence for climate change; impacts of climate change; possible responses to climate change; the political debate over climate change. Prerequisite: ATMO 210 ; junior or senior classification or approval of instructor.