CSPS119G: Science & Global Change Colloquium
SEMESTER II Life in the Anthropocene: Understanding a Human-Dominated World
Spring 2012
CCC110 Tues. 3:30-4:50 pm
SGC Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/
Course Syllabus Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/syllabi/CPSP118G1101.html
Course Policies Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/syllabi/SGC1101policies.html
ELMS Blackboard Website: http://elms.umd.edu/ Course ID: 2012001_CPSP118G_THOLTZ
SEMESTER II Life in the Anthropocene: Understanding a Human-Dominated World
Spring 2012
CCC110 Tues. 3:30-4:50 pm
SGC Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/
Course Syllabus Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/syllabi/CPSP118G1101.html
Course Policies Website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc/syllabi/SGC1101policies.html
ELMS Blackboard Website: http://elms.umd.edu/ Course ID: 2012001_CPSP118G_THOLTZ
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EVENTS
| Date | Topic |
| 1/31/12 | Semester Introduction: Welcome to the Anthropocene |
| 2/7/12 |
The Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Earth Systems Reading: Henson Part 1 |
| 2/12/12 (Sun.) | Field Trip I: National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. |
| 2/14/12 |
Quiz 1 Understanding the Carbon Cycle GROUP PROJECT |
| 2/21/12 |
A Song of Ice and Fire: Climate Change over Deep Time Reading: Henson Part 2 |
| 2/28/12 |
Quiz 2 Temperature Proxies GROUP PROJECT Temperature Proxy Take-Home Assignment Due |
| 3/6/12 |
Climate and How It Works I: Physical Components Reading: Hanson Part 3 |
| 3/10/12 (Sat.) | Field Trip II: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY |
| 3/13/12 |
Quiz 3 Climate and How It Works II: Radiative Forcings & Climate Change |
| 3/20/12 | SPRING BREAK! |
| 3/27/12 |
Strange New Worlds: Climate Systems on Other Worlds Reading: Henson Part 4 |
| 4/3/12 |
Quiz 4 Climate Change in Human History GROUP PROJECT |
| 4/10/12 |
The Value of the Biosphere Reading: Henson Part 5 |
| 4/17/12 |
Challenges of a Warmer World: the Biosphere, Food Security, and Public Health Reading: Archer Section III part 1 (Chaps. 8-10) |
| 4/21/12 (Sun.) | Field Trip III: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory and Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD |
| 4/24/12 |
Quiz 5 Climate Myths GROUP PROJECT Online Course Evaluations begin Climate Myth Take-Home Assignment Due |
| 4/25/12 (Wed.) | Undergraduate Research Day, McKeldin Library |
| 5/1/12 |
With Speed and Violence: Examining the Perils of Climate Change |
| 5/4/12 (Fri.) | Scholars Academic Showcase, Orem Alumni Hall, Riggs Alumni Center |
| 5/5/12 (Sat.) | "Step Up To Bat For Kids" Scholars Charity Softball Tournament |
| 5/8/12 |
Quiz 6 The End of the World as We Know It Academic Showcase Report Due |
| 5/11/12 (Fri.) | Online Course Evaluations ends; please complete your evaluations before this date |
