Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- GEOG100: Geography for Today
- GEOG101A: Environment, Society and Sustainability
- GEOG101B: Space, Place and Society
- GEOG103: Introduction to Physical Geography
- GEOG104: Our Digital Earth
- GEOG130: Climate Change
- GEOG209: Introduction to Environmental Management
- GEOG211: Political and Economic Geography
- GEOG218: Social and Cultural Geography
- GEOG220: Weather and Climate
- GEOG222: Introduction to Maps and GIS
- GEOG226: Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Geography
- GEOG227: Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Geography
- GEOG228: Introduction to Remote Sensing
- GEOG230: Introduction to Environmental Data Analysis
- GEOG252: Introduction to Coastal Geography
- GEOG272: Introduction to Climatology and Hydrology
- GEOG274: Introduction to Biogeography
- GEOG276: Introduction to Geomorphology
- GEOG301: Environmental Impact Assessment
- GEOG303: Conservation and Ecology of Whales
- GEOG304: Coastal Conservation
- GEOG306: Geography of Canada
- GEOG309: Geography of British Columbia
- GEOG310: Global Migration
- GEOG313: Field Studies in Mountain Meteorology
- GEOG314: Global Environment Change and Human Response
- GEOG315: Geocaching
- GEOG316: Field Studies in Human Geography
- GEOG317: Field Studies in Sustainable Communities
- GEOG318: Indigenous Geographies
- GEOG319: Remote Sensing of the Environment using Passive Sensors
- GEOG322: Remote Sensing of the Environment using Active Sensors
- GEOG323: Cartography
- GEOG324: Directions in Geography
- GEOG325: Field Surveying
- GEOG328: GIS Analysis
- GEOG329: GIS Applications and Tools
- GEOG332: Urban Development in the Global South
- GEOG339: Disaster Management and Community Resilience
- GEOG340: Cities and Planning
- GEOG346: Health, Environment and Community
- GEOG347B: Geographies of Development
- GEOG353: Coastal and Marine Resource Management
- GEOG357: Parks and Protected Areas
- GEOG358: Landscape Ecology
- GEOG370: Hydrology
- GEOG371: Water Resources Management
- GEOG373: Applied Climatology
- GEOG376: Process Geomorphology
- GEOG380: Community Mapping
- GEOG386: Contemporary Geopolitics
- GEOG388: Topics in Regional Studies
- GEOG391: Topics in Geography
- GEOG404: Space and Power
- GEOG405: Dynamics of the Cryosphere
- GEOG406: Sustainable Cities
- GEOG407: Activism and Community-Based Planning
- GEOG409: Personal Space
- GEOG411: Community-based Participatory Research
- GEOG418: Advanced Spatial Analysis and Geo-statistics
- GEOG420: Field Studies in Coastal Geomatics
- GEOG422: Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing
- GEOG424: Field Studies in Coastal Geomorphology
- GEOG428: Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Sciences
- GEOG438: Aquaculture in British Columbia
- GEOG450: Environment and Sustainability in Practice
- GEOG453: Field Studies in Coastal and Marine Management
- GEOG456: Wildlife Conservation
- GEOG457: Marine Protected Areas
- GEOG474: Field Studies in Biogeography
- GEOG476: Advanced Topics in Geomorphology
- GEOG477: Field Studies in Physical Geography
- GEOG484: Advanced Topics in Weather and Climate
- GEOG487: Advanced Landscape Ecology
- GEOG489: Climate Solutions
- GEOG490: Directed Studies in Geography
- GEOG491: Advanced Topics in Geography
- GEOG499A: Honours Thesis
- GEOG499B: Honours Thesis
GEOG130
Climate Change
An introduction to the fundamental physical principles governing the climate of the Earth system, and its response to anthropogenic factors. Topics include components of the climate system, radiative energy balance, forcings and feedbacks, the carbon cycle, climate of the past, impacts of climate change, global climate model projections, and approaches to mitigation and adaptation.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 2h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5