GE Cluster/Environment M1-A,B,CW
The Global Environment
Sponsored by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
| Lecture Schedule: | Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. – Franz 1178 |
| Faculty: | Wolfgang Buermann, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Matthew Kahn, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Cully Nordby, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Keith Stolzenbach, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
This course focuses on the conflict between human activities and the environmental protection and restoration essential to the long-term well being of Earth's human population.
Lectures
- Four blocks of "basic" material each presented by one faculty member (2/3 of lecture time)
- Ecology; Water quantity and quality; Air quality, climate change, energy; People and the environment
- "Case Studies" of focused material presented by all faculty and guest lecturers (1/3 of lecture time)
- Examples: Food from the sea; California water supply; Global climate change; The LA Environment
- Visual aids - movies, Powerpoint presentations, etc.
Discussion Sections (20 students in each section)
- Two hours per week, entirely conducted by Teaching Fellows
- Resources: library, WWW, etc.
- Follow-up discussions of lecture topics
- Quantitative “labs” including a short write-up
- Writing assignments
- Exam reviews
Field Trips
- All students participate in one field trip in the Fall and one field trip in the Winter
- Examples: UCLA Stunt Ranch; Wetlands; Sewage reclamation/Landfill; Santa Monica Bay; LA River
Assigned Work and Exams
- Class participation in discussion sections and field trips (10%)
- Two or three lab write-ups (15%)
- Writing assignments (25%); Three short papers in Fall; one term paper in Spring
- Exams - closed book; Midterm - 1 1/2 hours (20%); Final - 3 hours (30%)
Spring Seminars
- Conducted by faculty and Teaching Fellows; Maximum enrollment 20 per seminar
- Topics for Spring 2011 (Spring 2012 is in the planning stage)
- From Local Health to Global Impacts: Transportation, Fossil Fuels, and Green Alternatives
- Environmental Engineering in Los Angeles
- Environment and Development in the Developing World: Issues and Perspectives from Political Ecology
- Learning from the Leaders: China's and Southeast Asia's Environmental Challenges
- Environmental History of Agriculture and Food
- Dynamics of Climate and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Building a Habitable World: Can We Geo-engineer Earth's Climate System?
- Media Discourses of Global Environment
- 1 Foundations of Scientific Inquiry in Life Science with lab/demonstration credit
- 1 Foundations of Scientific Inquiry in Physical Science with lab/demonstration credit
- 2 Foundations of Society and Culture in Social Analysis
- Students should enroll in the GE CLST M1 sections rather than the Environment M1 sections
