ENVS 307: Energy Solutions and Climate Change

Course description

The course helps students create their own knowledge and understanding of the many different factors that affect our current decision-making on generation and use of energy resources with a focus toward reducing energy and carbon intensity.  After a basic grounding in energy and sustainability science, students will be exposed to a series of guest lecturers to help them develop a more in-depth understanding of the non-technology forces at play such as culture, media, economics, and politics.   Students complete an original research paper that focuses on a specific local/regional industry that includes specific science-based recommendations on reducing carbon intensity.  A key take away from this course is that many of the technologies and techniques to reduce or even eliminate carbon intensity already exist and can be put to use.  (Prereq: GE Areas A1 and A2 and  A3 and B4 with a C- or better)

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