GEOG-3274: Polar Environments
Description: Introduction to polar regions emphasizing interdisciplinary concepts, a systems approach, and communication of polar science to non-scientific audiences. Developing and defending arguments on the global significance and geopolitics of polar regions. Feedbacks among biophysical and human processes and resources. Strategies to deliver effective oral presentations, and to defend arguments in writing and group debates on topics including multiculturalism, human-environmental interactions, and climate change impacts in polar regions. Foster understanding of indigenous worldviews using native narratives. Pre: Sophomore standing.
Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 8
Average GPA: 3.67 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 62.43%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.48%
| Lynn M Resler | 2024 | 80.9% | 12.0% | 4.1% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 3.67 | 8 |