SIO 116. Climate Change and Global Health: Understanding the Mechanisms (4 units)
Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/SIO.html#sio116
Description
This course will introduce students to the public health effects of global climate change. The course will begin by understanding the climate change phenomena and explaining the direct and indirect links between climate change and human health, including the public health impacts of infectious diseases, atmospheric air pollution, and extreme weather events. The second part of the course will be dedicated to adaption and mitigation solutions with a particular focus on vulnerable populations. Students may not receive credit for SIO 116 and SIO 116GS. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Prerequisite courses
SIO 116 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have SIO 116 as a prerequisite.