Environmental Change in a Global Context is structured for independent study. The study guide contains the sections outlined below.

Unit 1 Studying Global Climate Change
Unit 2 The Earth’s Atmosphere
Unit 3 The Ozone Story
Unit 4 Greenhouse Gases and Global Climate Change
Unit 5 Biodiversity Loss
Unit 6 Energy Production and Climate Change
Unit 7 Agriculture and Global Environmental Change
Unit 8 Respecting Ecological Limits
Unit 9 Sustainable Development

You will be required to complete four written assignments and write a final examination for this course. Instructions for completing these assignments are included in this manual. Due dates for these assignments are suggested in the study schedule in this manual.