Global Change 2 Winter
Schedule of 2011 Lectures

Week

Date

Day

 

 

1

1/4

Wed

Course Organization and Instructional Team

All

1/6

Fri

Roadmap of GC: Human Impacts + LectureTools

Allan

 

 

 

Module 1: Trends and Systems

 

2

1/9

Mon

Global Sustainable Development

Gladwin

       

1/11

Wed

Systems Thinking

Gladwin

1/13

Fri

Ethics of Global Change

Gladwin

3

1/16

Mon

 MLK day NO CLASS

 

 

 

 

Module 2:  Population and Resrouces

 

       

1/18

Wed

Population Growth over Human History

Allan

 

1/20

Fri

Demographic Transition: An Historical Sociological Perspective

Allan

  4

1/23

Mon

Human Appropriation of the World's Food Supply

Allan

 

1/25

Wed

Human Appropriation of the World's Water Supply

Allan

 

 

 

Module 3: Threatened Ecosystems

Allan

 

1/27

Fri

Desertification

Allan

  5

1/30

Mon

Global Deforestation

Allan

 

2/1

Wed

Global Health: Emergence of Infectious Diseases

Allan

 

2/3

Fri

World Dams: Ecological and Social Consequences

Allan

  6

2/6

Mon 

Midterm #1 (Intro and Modules 1-3)

 

 

 

 

Module 4: Energy

 

 

2/8

Wed

Energy 1: Today

Allan

 

2/10

Fri

Energy 2: Tomorrow (same notes as energy1)

Allan

  7

2/13

Mon

Energy 3: Systems and Policy (same notes as energy1)

Allan

 

 

 

Module 5: Climate

 

2/15

Wed

Climate 1: The Climate System

Allan

2/17

Fri

Climate 2: Observations and Trends (same notes as above)

Allan

8

2/20

Mon

Climate 3: Human Impacts (same notes as above)

Allan

 

2/22

Wed

Climate 4: Ecosystem Impacts (same notes as above)

Allan

 

2/24

Fri

Toward a Sustainable Human Future

van der Pluijm

 

2/25-3/4

 

No Class- Spring Break

 

 

 

 

Module 6: Threatened Biodiversity

 

9

3/5

Mon

Declining World Fisheries

Allan

       

3/7

Wed

Threats to Biodiversity

Allan

 

3/9

Fri

Nature reserves, Parks and Protected Areas

Allan

 

 

 

Module 7: Global Megaforces

 

10

3/12

Mon

Connectivity: Global Interdependence

Gladwin

 

3/14

Wed

Neo-Liberality: Global Capitalism

Gladwin

 

3/16

Fri

Intensity: Global Consumption

Gladwin

11

3/19

Mon

Velocity: Global Innovation

Gladwin

 

3/21

Wed

Scarcity: Global Limits

Gladwin

 

3/23

Fri

Density: Global Urbanization

Gladwin

 12

3/26

Mon

Midterm #2 (Modules 4-7)

 

        

3/28

Wed

Equality: Global Poverty

Gladwin

 

3/30

Fri

Stability: Global Insecurity

Gladwin

13

4/2

Mon

Megaforce Integration

Gladwin

 

 

 

Module 8:

Thinking of the Future

 

 

4/4

Wed

Global Complexity: Synthetic Thinking

Gladwin

 

4/6

Fri

Global Uncertainty: Resilient Thinking

Gladwin

14

4/9

Mon

Global Transitivity: Foresight Thinking

Gladwin

 

4/11

Wed

Global Depravity: Moral Thinking

Gladwin

4/13

Fri

Global Sparsity: Creative Thinking

Gladwin

15/Summary

4/16

 

Mon

Sustainability at UM

Allan

 

4/19

Thur

Final Exam: Thursday, April 19 1:30-3:30 in Angell C