Syllabus
GEOGRAPHY 597.02: Integrated Earth Systems: Confronting Global Change
WINTER, 2007
Lecture:
Derby Hall 1080: 9:00 - 10:18 a.m.: Tuesday and Thursday
Recitation
: Derby Hall 140 (in basement): Thursday (10:30 - 11:48 am)
Professor:
Dr. Ellen Mosley-Thompson ([email protected])
Office: Derby Hall 1140; Telephone: 292-6662 or 292-2580
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 10:15 to noon or by appointment
Graduate Teaching Assistant:
Karin Bumbaco
Office: 1145 Derby Hall (ph: 292-6127); email: [email protected]
Office hours: Tuesday: 9:30 to 11:30 am and Friday 9:30 to 11:30 am; or by appointment
Course Objectives:
This course is taught in a lecture / recitation format and is designed to
provide a basic understanding of both natural and anthropogenic (human produced) climate
change.
You will explore the key issues surrounding 20
th
century climate change (including
global warming and sea level rise) and the role of human activities in shaping the physical,
chemical and biological characteristics of the environment that sustains life on Earth. Lectures
will provide an introduction to the mechanisms that control the Earth’s climate regimes, basics of
ecosystems interactions, and actions to help ensure sustainable supplies of water, energy, clean
air, soils and food for the Earth’s growing population. A key objective is to provide you with the
knowledge base and skills to critically evaluate information you read or hear concerning climate
change, global warming and related environmental issues.
Textbook and Recitation Materials (required):
Note this text was used in 2005 so you may
be able to find it used.
(1)
Sustaining the Earth
, G.T. Miller, Jr. Wadsworth Publishers, 2007 (8
th
Edition)
(2) The lecture syllabus, the recitation syllabus, your recitation exercises, computer tutorials and
additional required reference materials will be available at the appropriate time on the class web
page.
You merely visit the class web page and print them at your convenience. I suggest that
you bookmark the class web page in your internet browser. The class web address is
http://geog-
www.sbs.ohio-state.edu/courses/G597.02/
If you have trouble getting to the web page by
typing this in - log into the Geography Dept. web page [
www.geography.ohio-state.edu]
and
from here click onto the classes and then on 597.02.
Throughout the quarter additional reading
and reference materials may be required.
ALL
reference materials (unless otherwise noted) will
be placed on closed reserve in the
Geology Library in Orton Hall
[the building with the bell
tower on the south side the Oval].
The materials will be filed under Geography 597.02 unless
otherwise indicated.
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