printer friendly pageEARTHSYS 147: Controlling Climate Change in the 21st Century (BIO 147, BIO 247, EARTHSYS 247, HUMBIO 116)
Global climate change science, impacts, and response strategies. Topics: scientific understanding of the climate system; modeling future climate change; global and regional climate impacts and vulnerability; mitigation and adaptation approaches; the international climate policy challenge; and decarbonization of energy and transportation systems.
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
EARTHSYS 165: Promoting Behavior Change (HUMBIO 165)
How to apply principles of behavioral change to a real world public health problem: climate change and environmental sustainability. Sources include theory, research, and practice from perspectives such as social and cognitive psychology, media and communication, education, behavioral medicine, social marketing, and consumer behavior. Student groups create an intervention to help elementary school students reduce their environmental footprint. Research performed in local high schools to develop optimally feasible, acceptable, and effective interventions. Prerequisite: Human Biology core or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
EARTHSYS 175: Law and Science of California Coastal Policy (CEE 175A, CEE 275A, EARTHSYS 275)
Interdisciplinary. The legal, science, and policy dimensions of managing California's coastal resources. Coastal land use and marine resource decision making. The physics, chemistry, and biology of the coastal zone, tools for exploring data from the coastal ocean, and the institutional framework that shapes public and private decision making. Field work: how experts from different disciplines work to resolve coastal policy questions. Primarily for graduate students; upper-level undergraduates may enroll with permission of instructor.
EARTHSYS 180: Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture (EARTHSYS 280, EESS 180, EESS 280)
Ecological, economic, and social dimensions of sustainable agriculture in the context of a growing world population. Focus is on management and technological approaches, and historical content of agricultural growth and change, organic agriculture, soil and water resource management, nutrient and pest management, biotechnology, ecosystem services, and climate change.
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
EARTHSYS 182: Current Issues in Sustainable Agriculture (EARTHSYS 282)
Sustainability and ethics of animal production in the U.S. Demystification of the marketing of agricultural products. The past, present, and future of small family farms. Farm labor issues. Students lead discussions and write response papers.
EARTHSYS 183: Food Matters: Agriculture in Film (EARTHSYS 283)
Film series presenting historical and contemporary issues dealing with food and agriculture across the globe. Students discuss reactions and thoughts in a round table format. May be repeated for credit.
| Repeatable
for credit
EARTHSYS 189: Field Studies in Earth Systems (BIO 206)
For advanced upper-division undergraduates and graduate students. Field-based, focusing on the components and processes by which terrestrial ecosystems function. Topics from biology, chemistry, ecology, geology, and soil science. Lecture, field, and lab studies emphasize standard field techniques, experimental design, analysis of data, and written and oral presentation. Small team projects test the original questions in the functioning of natural ecosystems. Admission by application; see Axess. Prerequisites:
BIO 141 or
EESS 160 (formerly
GES 160), or equivalent.
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci
EARTHSYS 208: Coastal Wetlands (EARTHSYS 108)
Ecological structure and function of wetlands emphasizing local, coastal wetlands. Topics include: wetland distribution, classification, and history; and interactions between biotic and abiotic components of wetland ecosystems. Labs and local field trips for exposure to landscape patterns, and common sampling equipment and methods. Recommended: 104 or
CEE 166A.
EARTHSYS 224: Environmental Justice: Local, National, and International Dimensions (EARTHSYS 124)
Focus is on whether minorities and low income citizens suffer disproportionate environmental and health impacts resulting from government and corporate decision making in contexts such as the siting of industrial facilities and waste dumps, toxic chemical use and distribution, and the enforcement of environmental mandates and policies. Implications of environmental justice issues at the international level, emphasizing climate change.
EARTHSYS 233: Climate Change Law and Policy: From California to the Federal Government (EARTHSYS 133)
California climate laws, including the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB32), the Clean Cars and Trucks Bill (SB 1493), and the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Standard (SB 1368), and complementary and subsidiary regulations such as the Renewable Portfolio Standard, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, land use law, and energy efficiency and decoupling. The draft scoping plan to outline California's policies for achieving its ambitious economy-wide reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The Western Climate Initiative. The history, details, and current status of California's efforts as platforms to delve into larger legal issues.
Instructors:
Grenfell, K. (PI)
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