Time Schedule:
Daniel A Jaffe
BIS 386
Bothell Campus
Addresses the connections between local activities and the global environment; the scientific approach to these problems (both quantitatively and qualitatively); and policy implications.
Class description
1) The range of global environmental problems facing humankind; (2) the connections between local activities and the global environment; (3) how scientists approach these issues; (4) how to access and interpret environmental data; and (5) how each of us can make the world a little bit better through “service learning”.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
I use a combination of lectures, in class projects, problem sets, service learning projects, oral presentations, papers and exams.
Recommended preparation
High school math is assumed and used extensively in this course. This includes: percents, graphing, scientific notation, logarithms and algebra.
Class assignments and grading
Problem sets, service learning projects, oral presentations, papers and exams
Typically half of the grade is based on in-class exams and the other half is based on problem sets, papers, oral presentations, etc..
