The Global Environment
The Global Environment (formerly GEOG 0206) This course will provide an introduction to the study of the physical environment, with an emphasis on how environmental systems interact. The first half of the course will focus on Earth’s climate, specifically, Earth’s energy budget, the greenhouse effect, global wind and weather patterns, and global ocean circulation patterns. The second half of the course will focus on patterns and processes of the Earth’s surface by examining global patterns of vegetation and the creation of landforms by fluvial, glacial, and aeolian processes. We will use this foundation to understand how our rapidly changing climate will alter each of these systems.
The Global Environment (formerly GEOG 0206) This course will provide an introduction to the study of the physical environment, with an emphasis on how environmental systems interact. The first half of the course will focus on Earth’s climate, specifically, Earth’s energy budget, the greenhouse effect, global wind and weather patterns, and global ocean circulation patterns. The second half of the course will focus on patterns and processes of the Earth’s surface by examining global patterns of vegetation and the creation of landforms by fluvial, glacial, and aeolian processes. We will use this …Read more
I took this course as required for my major; however, I was relatively disappointed with what I got out from this course. While there were extenuating circumstances that contributed to my lack of excitement for the course material, the curriculum was relatively unstructured and somewhat random. The two major essays were extremely open-ended, but so open-ended to the point where I was questioning what I was getting out of writing them. Maybe I'm just simply uninterested in studying Earth's climate and environmental geography, but the class having a lot of busy work that only sometimes amounted to a class discussion made it not as enjoyable as it could have been.
I took this course as required for my major; however, I was relatively disappointed with what I got out from this course. While there were extenuating circumstances that contributed to my lack of excitement for the course material, the curriculum was relatively unstructured and somewhat random. The two major essays were extremely ope …Read more
I found this class to be overall pretty manageable. Niwaeli expects you to read the textbook, which sometimes covers very elementary topics. In class, though, you learn about interesting things. A major component of this class is a group presentation where you teach a class and design a worksheet that your classmates complete. Overall, this class was alright, but not always the most engaging to me.
I found this class to be overall pretty manageable. Niwaeli expects you to read the textbook, which sometimes covers very elementary topics. In class, though, you learn about interesting things. A major component of this class is a group presentation where you teach a class and design a worksheet that your classmates complete. Overal …Read more
This was a somewhat interesting course although it covers a lot of things that I already had a good sense of just from paying attention to the world around me. Not a challenging class in terms of work load although the exams were harder than expected. Overall, with it being Niwaeli's first time teaching this class, it was pretty good and she definitely grew on me throughout the semester.
This was a somewhat interesting course although it covers a lot of things that I already had a good sense of just from paying attention to the world around me. Not a challenging class in terms of work load although the exams were harder than expected. Overall, with it being Niwaeli's first time teaching this class, it was pretty good …Read more