undergraduate credit courses
Spring 2009 Credit Courses: Natural Science
World of Weather:
Introduction to Meteorology and Global Weather Patterns
An introduction to the basic concepts of meteorology: radiation budget, weather elements, atmospheric stability, general circulation, frontal systems, surface and upper-air weather maps, and the basics of weather forecasting. Students are also introduced to modern weather display systems using audiovisual support (e.g., computer-generated graphics and Internet weather services).
BEN1100.20 / 4 credits
Austin Dooley
Mon., 6:30–9:50 p.m.
Jan. 26–May 11
Social Sciences Bldg., Room 1006
NEW! The Politics of Green
Political ecology is an interdisciplinary discipline that connects politics and economy to problems of environmental control and ecological change. This course examine the essentials of political ecology: its history and emergence, its conceptual and methodological challenges, major questions that it has answered to varying degrees, and major challenges that face the field now and in the future. Also offered as CSS 3383.
BEN3383.45 / 4 credits
CSS9383.45 / noncredit option / $595
Owen Borda
Wed., 6:30–9:50 p.m.
Jan. 21–May 6
Social Sciences Bldg., Room 1006
NEW! Green Screen: Environmentalism and Film
Offering an ecological approach to cinema and drawing on documentaries and popular Hollywood films, this course examines the representation of nature and wildlife across genres and explores how film depicts and dramatizes the current environmental crisis. It also asks how the technology of film is a means for the domination and exploitation as well as the exploration and veneration of nature. Also offered as FTF 3545.
CSS3545.45 / 4 credits
FTF9545.45 / noncredit option / $595
Graig Uhlin
Thurs., 6:30–9:50 p.m.
Jan. 22–May 7
Social Sciences Bldg., Room 1006
Posted Oct. 24, 2008
