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This course consists of 8 units or modules. You should complete 2 modules a week. Each module will be structured similarly. There will be an introductory video outlining the activities in that module. There will be an assigned reading to complete, some media (documentary, podcast) to watch, questions for an online discussion, and finally an assessment to gage your understanding of the material presented. The tasks should be completed from left to right for each module. Once a module is completed, then you can move on to the next module.


Schedule Activity
Week Module Topic Reading Media Analysis & Discussion Assessment
1 1 Introduction to Climate Change (Video 4 mins) Emanuel Chapters 1-4 (35p); Lovejoy & Hannah Chapter 1 (10 p) Inconvenient Truth (Watch first 60 mins) Discussion Questions
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Discussion summary
Module 1 quiz in Blackboard
Open Mon-Fri
1 2 Finish introduction to climate change and global change ecology (Video 5 mins) Emanuel Chapters 5-8 (30p); Lovejoy & Hannah Chapter 2 (12p) Inconvenient Truth (Watch remainder ~58 mins) Discussion Questions
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Discussion summary
Module 2 quiz in Blackboard
Open Wed-Sun
2 3 What changes are we observing? (Video 4 mins) Lovejoy & Hannah Chapters 3 (12p), 4 (13p), & 5 (12p) A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (Watch first 40 mins) Discussion Questions
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Discussion summary
Module 3 quiz in Blackboard
Open Mon-Fri
2 4 What changes are we observing?
What does the past tell us? (Video 3 mins)
Lovejoy & Hannah Chapters 7 (11p), 8 (16p) & 9 (11p) A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (Watch remainder ~43 mins) Discussion Questions
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Discussion summary
Module 4 quiz in Blackboard
Open Wed-Sun
3 5 What does the past tell us?
What does the future hold? (Video 5 mins)
Lovejoy & Hannah Chapters 10 (14p), 11 (12p), 12 (11p) Seaspiracy (Watch first 45 mins) Discussion Questions
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Discussion summary
Module 5 quiz in Blackboard
Open Mon-Fri
3 6 What does the future hold? (Video 5 mins) Lovejoy & Hannah Chapters 13 (15p), 15 (12p) & 16 (10p) Seaspiracy (Watch remainder ~45 mins) Discussion Questions
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Discussion summary
Module 6 quiz in Blackboard<
Open Wed-Sun
4 7 What does the future hold? (Video 5 mins) Lovejoy & Hannah Chapters 17 (12p) & 20 (11p), & 21 (12p) Planet of the Humans (Watch first 50 mins) Discussion Questions
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Discussion summary
Module 7 quiz in Blackboard
Open Mon-Fri
4 8 How can conservation and policy respond? (Video 7 mins) Lovejoy & Hannah Chapters 24 (13p), 25 (7p) & 28 (11p) Planet of the Humans (Watch remainder ~50 mins) Discussion Questions
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Discussion summary
Module 8 quiz in Blackboard<
Open Wed-Fri
Final Exam
Open R-F of week 4
Access Final Exam in Blackboard