Check out this special topics course for WInter Quarter 2014!
C ENV 490 / ARCTIC 498 (NOTE: ARCTIC 498 will be added to the time schedule listing soon.)
2 credits (CR/NC grading)
2 credits (CR/NC grading)
SLN: 20769
Meeting Times:
Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
In addition to T/TH class session, students MUST also attend 6 “Future of Ice” evening lectures that meet on various dates (see schedule below).
Students who register for the course should NOT register for the speaker series – all students in the course will automatically be registered for the speaker series without having to do so separately.
Instructors:
Eric Steig, Professor, Earth and Space Sciences, Quaternary Research Center
Nadine Fabbi, Associate Director, Canadian Studies Center
Description:
In Winter quarter, six experts on the Earth’s polar regions will present public lectures on the multifaceted ways in which those regions are changing. The speakers include Arctic biologists Jody Deming and Dee Boersma, acclaimed photographers James Balog and Paul Nicklen, Inuit leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier, and former premier of the Yukon Tony Penikett. Each speaker will give an give a public evening lecture as part of the Walker-Ames/Danz lecture series. This class provides an opportunity to meet with the speakers, engage with the material they have presented, and have a conversation about their work. We will meet twice per week during the time of the speakers’ visits, once to read materials prior to the evening lecture, and again to meet with the speaker. Students will be expected to attend all evening lectures and classes, and to submit an essay at the end of the class that brings together the diverse material.
Guest Speakers for class sessions:
- Thursday, January 16: Tony Penikett
- Tuesday, February 4: Jody Deming
- Thursday, February 20: Paul Nicklen
- Thursday, March 6: Dee Boersma
- Tuesday, March 11: Sheila Watt Cloutier
