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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

ENVIRST/GEOG 139
Course Description

Explores the global and local nature of environmental problems, including issues of climate change, food, energy, globalization, deforestation, biodiversity loss, resource access, environmental justice, and population. Considers how we should analyze and act on environmental problems as we confront the apparently daunting scale of such issues. What appear to be single global environmental issues are actually composed of many smaller, context-specific, and place-dependent problems or conflicts. Through an interdisciplinary and geographic perspective, these issues can be understood and addressed at the scale of our lived lives.

Prerequisties

None

Satisfies
Credits

3

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average
3.57

10.24% from Historical

Completion Rate
95.98%

-0.64% from Historical

A Rate
62.31%

79.42% from Historical

Class Size
199

46.56% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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