CPSG101 Science & Global Change First Year Colloquium II
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Causes and Impacts of the Climate Crisis
Zoom Tues. 3:30-4:50 pm
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Welcome to the Anthropocene: Causes and Impacts of the Climate Crisis
Zoom Tues. 3:30-4:50 pm
SGC Website
Course Syllabus Website
Course Schedule Website
Download an pdf file of this syllabus.
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND EVENTS
| Date | Topic |
| Week of 1/25 |
1/26 Zoom: Semester Introduction: Logistics of Class; Mini-lecture:
Welcome to the Anthropocene Lecture: Energy & Systems |
| Week of 2/1 |
2/2 Zoom: Energy Resources Group Project
Lecture: Climatology 101: Insolation and Atmospheres Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 6-55 |
| Week of 2/8 |
2/9 Zoom: Guest Presentation: Strategies for Finding an Internship (Erica L. Ely, Program Director, Internships, University Career Center) Lecture: Climatology 201: Oceans, Geography, Seasons Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 56-81 2/12 Quiz 1 |
| Week of 2/15 |
2/16 Zoom: Carbon Footprint Group Project Carbon Footprint Homework Assignment due (must be completed by Colloquium time) Lecture: Paleoclimatology Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 82-117 |
| Week of 2/22 |
2/23 Zoom: Guest Presentation: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (David Tana, Maryland Outreach Manager) 2/23 Team Formation & Team Contract due Lecture: Climate Change: How We Know It Happens & How We Know It's Us Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 118-149 2/26 Quiz 2 due |
| Week of 3/1 |
3/2 Zoom: Paleoclimate Proxies Group Project
Climate Proxy Homework Assignment due (must be completed by Colloquium time) Lecture: Storms of Our Grandchildren: Climate Change Effects on Weather and Water Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 150-163 |
| Week of 3/8 |
3/9 Zoom: Guest Presentation: Geology Graduate Student Karen Pearson 3/9 Annotated Bibliography of "Impacts of Global Change" Team Project due on ELMS Lecture: The Value of the Biosphere Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 164-189 |
| Week of 3/15 | SPRING BREAK |
| Week of 3/22 |
3/23 Zoom: Tips on PowerPoint Design
3/23 Climate Survey due on ELMS Lecture: Wildlife in the Climate Crisis Reading: Mann & Kump pp. 190-213 3/26 Quiz 3 due |
| Week of 3/29 |
3/30 Zoom: How to Make Your YouTube Video 3/30 Draft of PowerPoint of "Impacts of Global Change" due on ELMS Lecture: Climate Change, Economics & National Security Reading: Wallace-Wells Part I |
| Week of 4/5 |
4/6 Zoom: Guest Presentation: Geology Graduate Student Will Hoover
4/6 Final Recordings of "Impacts of Global Change" videos due on ELMS Lecture: TBA Reading: Wallace-Wells Part II pp. 37-93 |
| Week of 4/12 |
4/13 Zoom: Guest Presentation: Geology Graduate Student Rumya Ravi 4/13 Within-Team Peer Evaluation Due Lecture: Students watch first half of the "Impacts of Global Change" Team videos Reading: Wallace-Wells Part II pp. 94-140 4/16 Quiz 4 due |
| Week of 4/19 |
4/20 Zoom: TBA Lecture: Students watch second half of the "Impacts of Global Change" Team videos Reading: Wallace-Wells Part III pp. 141-170 |
| Week of 4/26 |
4/27 Zoom: Guest Presentation: Geology Undergraduate Alexis Yaculak 4/27 Student Evaluations of "Impacts of Global Change" videos due Lecture: What's the Worst that Could Happen? Abrupt Climate Change, the Sixth Extinction, and Other Ongoing Existential Crises Reading: Wallace-Wells Part III pp. 171-216 4/30 Scholars Virtual Academic Showcase, Details TBA |
| Week of 5/3 |
5/4 Zoom: "Possible Futures" Group Project Lecture: Is There Hope? Planning to Live in a Changing World Reading: "Possible Futures" provided on ELMS; also Wallace-Wells Part IV 5/7 Quiz 5 due 5/7 Academic Showcase Report due |
| Week of 5/10 |
5/11 Zoom: Semester Wrap-Up 5/11 Final Quiz due 5/11 Excursion Report due 5/11 Freshman Time Capsule Essay Due |
