How human enterprise has been constrained by the atmosphere since the beginning of history and how humans have now begun to affect the atmosphere. Problems of pollution, changes in land use including destruction of natural habitats, population pressure, and climate change. The third hour is a seminar and discussion, concentrating on climate change and its influence on history and using as text Climate, History, and the Modern World, by H.H. Lamb. There will be frequent written assignments and a term paper.
Instruction is by lectures, films, assigned readings, class discussions, and computer exercises.
Grades are based on multiple choice examinations, written work, class participation, and frequent short quizzes. The lecture text is World Resources 1994-95, published by Oxford University Press.