Global Change 2 Winter Schedule of 2013 Lectures
Week
Date
Day
1
1/ 9
Wed
Course Organization and Instructional Team
All
1/11
Fri
Roadmap of GC: Human Impacts + LectureTools
Allan
Module 1: Trends and Systems
2
1/14
Mon
Global Sustainable Development
Gladwin
1/16
Systems Thinking
1/18
Ethics of Global Change
3
1/21
MLK day NO CLASS
Module 2: Population and Resources
1/23
Population Growth over Human History
van der Pluijm
1/25
Demographic Transition: An Historical Sociological Perspective
4
1/28
Human Appropriation of the World's Food Supply
1/30
Human Appropriation of the World's Water Supply
Module 3: Threatened Ecosystems
2/1
Desertification
5
2/4
Global Deforestation
2/6
Global Health: Emergence of Infectious Diseases
2/8
World Dams: Ecological and Social Consequences
6
2/11
Midterm #1 (Intro and Modules 1-3)
Module 4: Energy
2/13
Energy 1: Today
2/15
Energy 2: Tomorrow (same notes as energy1)
7
2/18
Energy 3: Systems and Policy (same notes as energy1)
Module 5: Climate
2/20
Climate 1: The Climate System
2/22
Climate 2: Observations and Trends (same notes as above)
8
2/25
Climate 3: Human Impacts (same notes as above)
2/27
Climate 4: Ecosystem Impacts (same notes as above)
3/1
Water Energy Nexus
3/2-3/10
No Class- Spring Break
Module 6: Threatened Biodiversity
9
3/11
Declining World Fisheries
3/13
Threats to Biodiversity
3/15
Nature reserves, Parks and Protected Areas
Module 7: Global Megaforces
10
3/18
3/20
3/22
11
3/25
3/27
3/29
12
4/1
Equality: Global Poverty
4/3
Midterm #2 (Modules 4-7)
4/5
Stability: Global Insecurity
13
4/8
Megaforce Integration
Module 8: Thinking of the Future
4/10
Global Complexity: Synthetic Thinking
4/12
Global Uncertainty: Resilient Thinking
14
4/15
Global Transitivity: Foresight Thinking
4/17
Global Depravity: Moral Thinking
4/19
Global Sparsity: Creative Thinking
15/Summary
Sustainability at UM
4/26
Final Exam: Friday, April 26 1:30-3:30 in Angell C