THE GREAT WORKS SYMPOSIUM PRESENTS:
GLOBAL WARMING, A COURSE FOR WINTER TERM, 2006-2007

All lectures are free and open to the public. 
They will be held from 3:30pm – 4:50pm : location is to be determined.

Course Description:

UNIV 241 The Great Works Symposium: Global Warming

The course investigates global warming from scientific, political, historical, and economic viewpoints.  Students will be challenged to understand the scientific findings leading up to the current consensus on global warming, and to understand the places where scientists disagree. Students will also consider the role of science in government policy formation, and the ways that science becomes politicized in a democracy. Current effects of global warming will be discussed, as will longer-range health, economic, and social effects.  3 credits