Global Change GIDP Minor

Global Change bylaws

Global Change Affiliated Departments

Global Change Affiliated Faculty

Katherine Hirschboeck , Ph.D., Chair
katie@ltrr.arizona.edu

Lesa Langan DuBerry                           Program Coordinator                                       520-626-4345
lesa@email.arizona.edu 

Global Change GIDP
The University of Arizona
715 N. Park Ave.
POB 210106
Tucson, AZ 85721-0077
520-621-6466 Fax: 520-792-8795
http://www.globalchange.arizona.edu

The interdisciplinary doctoral minor in Global Change includes three core classes: (a) a one unit professional development toolkit course; (b) a comprehensive course in the physical and biological aspects of global change , and (c) an interdisciplinary, integrative workshop that focuses on vulnerability and adaptation to global change. In addition, two classes are chosen from a list of diverse courses related to: global energy, climate, and water dynamics; ecology & biochemistry; tools for observing earth; past and present earth processes; environmental variability and adaptation; and mitigation and policy. The curriculum is supplemented by many research and educational activities of The University of Arizona's Institute of the Environment (IE). Faculty and students associated with IE are involved in interdisciplinary research that spans much of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. IE also sponsors Global Change visitors, workshops, graduate fellowships, and curriculum activities. Students taking a Global Change minor typically have a major in some field of science, engineering, or social science, along with an interest in acquiring a broader environmental earth system perspective.