Global Environmental Problems: Surveying the Human Footprint

Explore human influence on the environment through geographic discussions and case studies, gaining insights into climate change and potential solutions.

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Brief Summary

This course dives into how people affect the environment, with a focus on geographical aspects. We’ll explore real-world examples like climate change and land-use, aiming to understand our footprint and find solutions to issues we face today.

Key Points

  • Human behavior and environmental impact
  • Geographical perspective on global issues
  • Climate change and its causes
  • Solutions to environmental problems
  • Spatial dimensions of human-environment interactions

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify major causes of climate change
  • Understand human influence on the environment
  • Discuss potential solutions to current environmental issues
  • Analyze geographic case studies
  • Explore spatial dimensions of environmental problems

About This Course

This course will use broad, geographic discussions and case studies to help students understand environmental problems.

This course explores the environment through the lens of human influence. We will discuss human behavior as it relates to the treatment and use of the environment, from a geographical perspective. We will focus on spatial dimensions of global environmental issues, which includes Earth's subsystems, population growth, land-use change, industry and uneven development, specific examples of the human footprint, and climate change.

  • This course will provide students with a deeper understanding of anthropogenic influences on Earth.

  • By the end of this course, students will be able to identify major causes of climate change.

  • By the end of this course, students will be able to identify potential solutions to problems we are collectively facing, this century.

Instructor

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Brian McCabe

Greetings. My name is Brian McCabe and I am Lecturer at California State University, Fullerton in the Department of Geography and the Environment. Although I mainly teach live classes now, I have extensive experience teaching online courses. My first teaching job was with the University of New Mexico, where I was nominated for the 2009-2010 Outstanding Online Instructor of the...

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4.9 course rating
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ui-avatar of Vidya Vasantrao Charmal
Vidya V. C.
5.0
11 months ago

Great course, very informative

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Dimitrios V.
5.0
1 year ago

Perfect

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ui-avatar of Prabir Singh
Prabir S.
4.0
1 year ago

thanks

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ui-avatar of MEM006 MEM006
Mem006 M.
5.0
1 year ago

amazing

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Anonymized U.
4.0
1 year ago

yes, it was a good match it has enhance me knowledge about environmental problems.

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ui-avatar of Mohammed Al Ghorair
Mohammed A. G.
5.0
1 year ago

nice

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ui-avatar of Kristen Mair
Kristen M.
3.0
1 year ago

The course had a lot of good information but sometimes it was delivered in a very repetitive way which was distracting for me. The presenter also often came off as elitist and judgmental, which distracted from the material.

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ui-avatar of Pawan Singh
Pawan S.
4.0
1 year ago

goog

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ui-avatar of Deepali Munagekar
Deepali M.
5.0
1 year ago

Good

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ui-avatar of Zuki Ndodana
Zuki N.
5.0
1 year ago

Lecturer speaks clearly, content very informative

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