MSE475 CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
| Course Code: |
4600475 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
| Department: |
Mathematics And Science Education |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
The course is comprised of innovative educational approaches to help students understand, address, mitigate, and adapt to the impacts of climate change, encourage the changes in attitudes and build a new generation of climate change-aware citizens. The course provides an introduction to climate change science and shows how the international and national communities are responding. Starting with a scientific perspective, the course content explains the causes and possible impacts of climate change; it also explores ways of coping and dealing with the problem by means of presenting real cases of both national and international context. The course also provides an insight for the individual responsibilities to cope with the problem.
