Sep 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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GEOG 3430 - Global Issues in Environment
Refines understanding of major global environmental issues. Raises important issues of scale and the role of institutions, individuals, and communities in responding to environmental challenges. Recognizes that environmental problems are never merely environmental, but also political, economic and socio-cultural.
Requisites: GEOG 2400
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will examine paradoxes of ecosystem management.
- Students will explore political, ethical and environmental dilemmas of recent changes in the US food system.
- Students will understand impacts of global climate change on local societies and environments.
- Students will understand social driving forces and environmental consequences of tropical deforestation.
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