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Photo: More than 30 individuals publicly pledged to talk about climate solutions in their classroom on January 31 . (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

More than 30 individuals publicly pledged to talk about climate solutions in their classroom on January 31 . (Karin Higgins/UC Davis)

Focus the Nation UC Davis

Focus the Classroom

January 31, 2008
Sites across campus and the community

We challenged faculty, graduate student assistants and teachers to set aside a block of time in the classroom for discussion of climate change solutions as it pertains to their discipline or to society.

Thank you for bringing climate change solutions to your class

Faculty

Course

Fred Block
Sociology

SOC 139 Corporations and Society

Virginia Cahill
Land, Air, and Water Resources

HYD 150 California Water Law

Allison Coudert
Religious Studies

RST 10 Ethics Forum

RST 102 Christian Origins

Deborah Elliott-Fisk
Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology

WFC 155 Habitat Conservation and Restoration

Graham Fogg
Land, Air and Water Resources

HYD 146 Hydrogeology & Contaminant Transport

Ryan Galt
Community Development

CRD 142 Rural Change in the Industrialized World

Dipak Ghosal
Computer Science

ECS 154A Computer Architecture

Richard Grotjahn
Land, Air, and Water Resources

ATM 111L Weather Analysis & Forecasting Lab

Bruce Haynes
Sociology

SOC 137 Intro to African American Society

Tessa Hill
Geology

GEL 16 The Oceans

Louise Jackson
Land, Air and Water Resouces

ERS/ESP 30 World Ecosystems and Geography

Alissa Kendall
Civil and Environmental Engineering

ECI 114 Probabilistic Systems Analysis for Civil Engineers

David Kyle
Sociology

SOC 138 Economic Sociology

IRE 104 Political Economy of International Migration

John Largier
Bodega Marine Lab

ESP 110 Principles of Environmental Science

Angelique Louie
Biomedical Engineering

BME 110A Capstone Senior Design

Kathryn McCarthy
Biological and Agricultural Engineering

EBS 130 Modeling of Dynamic Processes in Biological Systems

Tim McNeil
Design Program

DES 186 Environmental Graphics

Terence Murphy
Plant Biology

BIS 1A Introduction to Biology

Terry Nathan
Land, Air, and Water Resources

ATM 221 Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics

David Osleger
Geology

GEL 20 California Geology

NAC 1 Intersection of Nature and Culture

Frank Osterloh
Chemistry

CHE 124B Main Group Chemistry

Ahmet Palazoglu
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

ECH 158B Process Design and Analysis II

Don Price
History

HIS 102X Man, Resources, Env. Chinese & Comp. Perspect.

Helen Roland
Sociology

SOC 46A Research Methods

Dewey Ryu
Chem. Engr’ng and Mat’ls. Science

ECH 161A Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals

Ann Savageau
Design

DES 191B Intro. to Sustainable Design

Julie Schoenung
Chem. Engr’ng and Mat’ls. Science

ENG 45 Properties of Materials

Kate Scow
Land, Air, Water Resources

SSC 111 Soil Microbiology

Jocelyn Sharlet
Comparative Literature

COM 155 Classical Lit. of the Islamic World, 600-1800

Dawn Sumner
Geology

GEL 109 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

Mark Van Horn
Plant Sciences, Int’l Ag Dev.

190/290 Seminar on Alternatives in Agriculture

Michael Whiting
Land, Air and Water Resources

ERS 185 Aerial Photo and Remote Sensing

Strefan Wuertz
Civil and Environmental Engineering

ECI 148A Water Quality Management

Alice Textor
Folsom Lake Community College

SGVT 300 Student Government

 

What if I don't have any teaching materials prepared on solutions to climate change?

Ask the class to talk about solutions that they already know about and moderate the discussion. Assign a report on climate change and discuss it. There are also resources available on the Web to assist:

 
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