ESPM C10/LS C30V - Environmental Issues (4 Units)

Course Overview

Summary

ESPM C10 is a lower division breadth course offered within the College of Letters and Sciences. The course is designed as a Discovery course and provides students with a background on the relationship between human society and natural environment. The course is split up into two sections: describing how we think about the environment and then issues our society is facing. See the topics listed below. The course is not advanced but requires work outside of class.

Prerequisites

None.

Topics Covered

• How we think about our Environment
• How and why we believe what we do about the environment
• The culture and practice of science
• How our Environment works
• Cycles that make the planet habitable
• Environmental Issue - Food
• History and Challenges of Agriculture
• Modern Hunting and Gathering; Fisheries
• Envrionmental Issue - Climate and Energy
• Climate Change
• Energy Transitions
• Misinformation

Workload

Coursework

• 2 Midterms
• 1 Final
• Quizzes on assigned readings
• 3 Writing Assignments

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture per week. 1.5 hours of discussion per week. Approximately 3 hours per homework assignment.

Choosing the Course

When to take

The course is only offered in the Spring. Any student within UC Berkeley can enroll in this course.

Additional Comments and Tips

There was a lot of additional work outside of class but is very straightforward. Pay attention is class and review lectures slides before tests. Be willing to talk with your GSI about writing assignments as well because they want to help.

Written by: Ashley Nensel

Last edited: Spring 2018