{"id":126,"date":"2024-02-02T17:31:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calendar.upei.ca\/future\/chapter\/applied-climate-change-and-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T14:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:09:42","slug":"applied-climate-change-and-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/calendar.upei.ca\/current\/chapter\/applied-climate-change-and-adaptation\/","title":{"raw":"Applied Climate Change and Adaptation","rendered":"Applied Climate Change and Adaptation"},"content":{"raw":"<h2><strong>Faculty:<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nAitazaz Farooque, Associate Professor, Interim Dean\r\nAdam Fenech, Associate Professor\r\nXiuquan Wang, Associate Professor\r\nPatrick Augustine, Assistant Professor\r\nYuliya Rashchupkina, Assistant Professor\r\nFarhat Abbas, Adjunct Professor\r\nBishnu Acharya, Adjunct Professor\r\nRachid Benlamri, Adjunct Professor\r\nFranscisco Dallmeier, Adjunct Professor\r\nSuqi Liu, Adjunct Professor\r\nStephanie Palmer, Adjunct Professor\r\nAngela Riveroll, Adjunct Professor\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">The UPEI Bachelor of Science in Applied Climate Change and Adaptation provides students with a strong foundation in climate sciences complemented by courses in climate related policy and cultural impacts of climate change. The program offers strong comprehensive theory-based courses and a high level of experiential and applied learning. Courses are designed to develop well-rounded students who have a high level of climate change science knowledge supported by highly relevant skills needed to utilize climate change related technology. Faculty members teaching within the Bachelor of Science in Applied Climate Change and Adaptation program are focused on providing quality instruction and student growth within a cohort-based learning community. Graduates of the program will emerge ready to pursue various climate change related careers, professional studies, or graduate education.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal no-indent\">This program of study examines \u201cclimate change adaptation\" which refers to the adjustments that societies or ecosystems make to limit the negative effects of climate change or to take advantage of opportunities provided by a changing climate. Adaptation can range from a farmer planting more drought-resistant crops to a coastal community evaluating how best to protect its infrastructure from rising sea level. Climate change is already impacting societies and ecosystems around the world, and many impacts are expected to increase as global temperatures continue to rise. While reducing greenhouse gas emissions is required to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a certain amount of global warming is inevitable, due to the long-lasting nature of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, and to heat already stored in the oceans. Adapting to the changes that are already underway, and preparing for future climate change, can help reduce the risks societies will face from climate change.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong lang=\"en-CA\" xml:lang=\"en-CA\">REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLIED CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong lang=\"en-CA\"><b><span>Students following this degree program must complete 126\/127 semester hours of required courses. (NOTE: As per Academic Regulation #1 h), all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040, one of UPEI-1010, 1020 or 1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.) urse.)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal no-indent\"><strong>YEAR 1<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\u2022 ACC 1010 Introduction to PEI\u2019s Living Climate Lab\r\n\u2022 ACC 1020 Introduction to Climate Adaptation Tools and Technologies\r\n\u2022 ACC 1040 Introduction to Climate Change\r\n\u2022 BIO 1010 Current Issues in Environmental Biology\r\n\u2022 CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I\r\n\u2022 MATH 1120 Calculus for Managerial, Social and Life Sciences; or 1910 Single Variable Calculus I\r\n\u2022 IKE 1040 Indigenous Teachings of Turtle Island\r\n\u2022 One of the following UPEI courses:\r\n\u2022 UPEI 1010 Writing Studies\r\n\u2022 UPEI 1020 Engaging Ideas and Cultural Contexts\r\n\u2022 UPEI 1030 Engaging University Contexts and Experiences\r\n\u2022 Two Electives\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal no-indent\"><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">YEAR 2<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\u2022 ACC 2020 Climate Change Policy and Politics\r\n\u2022 ACC 2030 Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change\r\n\u2022 CS 1910 Computer Science I\r\n\u2022 ACC 3050 Renewable Energy and Clean Technologies\r\n\u2022 CHEM 2020 Environmental Chemistry\r\n\u2022 ENV 2120 Earth\u2019s Physical Environment\r\n\u2022 PHYS 2630 Climate Physics\r\n\u2022 STAT 1910 Introduction to Probability and Statistics\r\n\u2022 Two electives\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><b>SUMMER SESSION<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>ACC 2160 Work Integrated Learning I<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>YEAR 3<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u2022 ACC 3010 Global Climate Systems and Science\r\n\u2022 ACC 3020 Climate Futures and Modelling\r\n\u2022 ACC 3030 Climate Change Monitoring\r\n\u2022 ACC 3040 Climate Change Statistics in R\r\n\u2022 ACC 3090 Geographic Information Systems for Climate Change\r\n\u2022 ACC 3100 Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystems\r\n\u2022 ACC 3120 Climate Change Policy in Canada\r\n\u2022 ACC 3140 Carbon Pricing Mechanisms\r\n\u2022 Two Electives\r\n\r\n<strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">SUMMER SESSION<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li class=\"import-Normal\">ACC 3160 Work Integrated Learning II<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><b>YEAR 4<\/b><\/p>\r\n\u2022 ACC 4010 Climate Coastal Science\r\n\u2022 ACC 4020 Uncertainty and Probability in Climate Change\r\n\u2022 ACC 4040 Virtual Reality and Climate Change\r\n\u2022 ACC 4060 Measuring Your Carbon Footprint through Carbon Accounting\r\n\u2022 ACC 4070 Climate Extremes\r\n\u2022 ACC 4080 Climate Change Impacts and, Mitigation and Adaptation\r\n\u2022 ACC 4120 International Climate Diplomacy\r\n\u2022 ACC 3060 Remote Sensing and Climate Change\r\n\u2022 ACC 4100 Precision Agriculture for Climate Resilience\r\n\u2022 One elective\r\n\r\n<strong>REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN APPLIED CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION<\/strong>\r\n\r\nStudents may obtain a degree with a minor in Climate Change and Adaptation by successfully completing the following courses:\r\n\r\n\u2022 ACC 1010 or ACC 1040\r\n\u2022 ACC 1020\r\n\u2022 ACC 2020\r\n\u2022 ACC 2030\r\n\u2022 ACC 3050\r\n\r\nAND\r\n\r\nTwo of the ACC 3rd or 4th year courses excluding following courses:\r\n\r\n\u2022 ACC 2160\r\n\u2022 ACC 3160\r\n\u2022 ACC 3040\r\n\u2022 ACC 4020\r\n\u2022 ACC 4040, and ACC 4070\r\n<h1 class=\"import-Normal no-indent\"><strong lang=\"en-CA\" xml:lang=\"en-CA\">APPLIED CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION COURSES<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span class=\"import-Normal no-indent\">1010 INTRODUCTION TO PEI'S LIVING CLIMATE LAB\r\n<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal\">This course focuses on how Prince Edward Island is the perfect \u201cliving laboratory\u201d for understanding the causes, impacts, and solutions to the challenge of climate change. Students will examine how unique locations on the Island can play a role in understanding the vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change.\r\n<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal\">One hour lecture, four hours field\/laboratory a week<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal tight\">; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>1020 INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES\r\n<\/span><span>This course provides hands-on experience in utilizing technologies to develop solutions to address climate change. Developing skills in drone technology, video game programming, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, surveillance, and renewable energies, this course examines how technologies can assist in the understanding of the vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change.\r\n<\/span><span>Two hours lecture, two hours laboratory a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n1040 INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE\r\n<div>This course provides a general overview of the fundamentals of climate change while looking into terminology, concepts, and causes of climate change. This introduces the direct and indirect effect of climate change on the whole environment and society, including vulnerable coastal ecosystems and livelihoods. The students will learn about the climate change mitigation and adaptation techniques, strategies, and policies to ensure quality of life, food security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote sustainability through ecofriendly land use management, urban planning and renewable energy uses. The course also introduces the effects of climate change on human and animal health and discusses strategies to adapt to climate impacts and extremes.<\/div>\r\n<div>Three hours lecture per week; Three semester hours<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>2020 CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND POLITICS\r\n<\/span><span>This course surveys how climate change emerges as a political issue; which state and non-state actors are involved in climate change policy making; who gains and who loses from climate change policies; and what policy strategies and tools can mitigate and help adapt to the impacts of climate change across different government jurisdictions. The students will learn about dealing with complexity in climate policymaking including the questions around political economy of decarbonization and international cooperation around the issue. By studying different approaches to climate change policy, the students will better understand the policymaking process.\r\nThree hours a week; Three Semester hours.\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span><a id=\"ACC2030\"><\/a>2030 INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE\r\nThis course brings knowledge of Canadian Indigenous communities\u2019 relationship to the environment as valuable lessons for understanding climate vulnerability, impacts and adaptation. Students will be led by a local First Nations teacher whose valuable insights to implementing efficient uses of our land and spiritual relationships with nature can assist in addressing global sustainability.\r\nCross-listed with IKE 2030\r\nThree hours a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>2160 WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING I\r\n<\/span><span>This course is a summer work-integrated-learning (WIL) opportunity facilitated through either a flagship partnership agreement with Parks Canada, or a number of government and industrial organizations that will provide real-world experiences to students that will assist them in securing employment upon graduation.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the ACC Program Eight weeks full-time work experience\r\n<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal tight\">T<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal tight\">hree semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3010 GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEMS AND SCIENCE\r\n<\/span><span>The course will examine the natural greenhouse effect, and the human contribution to it; how astronomical forces influence the Earth's climate and their cycles; properties of the atmosphere that influence climate; greenhouse gases; and paleological indicators of climate including ice cores, tree rings, sediment cores, etc.; how these indicators are collected; and what they tell us about past temperature changes.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3020 CLIMATE FUTURES AND MODELLING\r\n<\/span><span>Students will gain the knowledge and tools necessary to validate climate model outputs against historical observations and produce regional climate change projections. The course will examine greenhouse gas emissions scenarios and their driving of climate models as well as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\u2019s Special Report on Emission Scenarios and the new approaches to future scenarios.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week, alternating classroom and laboratory; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3030 CLIMATE CHANGE MONITORING\r\n<\/span><span>Students will be given the opportunity to understand how the components of climate are monitored instrumentally, the history of written climate archives, and how climate records are organized. They will plan and set up a climate station that reports to a UPEI climate database, access online climate records, quality control climate records, analyze climate trends, and calculate climate indices.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: ACC 1020; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3040 CLIMATE CHANGE STATISTICS IN R\r\n<\/span><span>The R language is widely used among climatologists for data analysis and provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, etc.) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible. This course will provide an introduction to computer programming in R and how to use R for effective climate data analysis.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: MATH 1910 or MATH 1120, CS 1910 and STAT 1910; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3050 RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES\r\n<\/span><span>This course examines sustainability theory and green technology, beginning with an examination of the historical context for the physical, environmental, technological, economic and political aspects of traditional energy systems and energy transitions. Students will then be introduced to different types of renewable energy technology and how they can work as a replacement for conventional technologies.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week, field trips; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3060 REMOTE SENSING AND CLIMATE CHANGE\r\n<\/span><span>An emerging approach to enhancing participation, building awareness and influencing behaviour is the use of 3D landscape visualization to depict past and future scenarios. This course will examine forms of climate change visualization that integrates analytical capabilities of GIS-based software with emotionally-rich and intuitive media and how they are utilized in climate change impact assessment and decision making.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week; Three semester hours<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3090 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE\r\n<\/span><span>Geographic Systems are used in planning, facilities management, resource management, business, and applied research applications. The common thread in this diverse range of applications is the need to store, manipulate, and analyze spatial data. Students will learn how to create their own maps, analyze geographic problems, and apply techniques to improve understanding of climate change.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours on-line and three hours laboratory; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3100 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEMS\r\n<\/span><span>This course will assess biodiversity conservation and ecosystem integrity policy responses to global climate change; integrate our knowledge of likely future changes on biodiversity and ecosystems; guide the design of adaptation strategies; and establish a framework for future collaborative research on climate change and biodiversity and ecosystems. A field component of the course will establish a biodiversity-monitoring plot using methods developed by The Smithsonian Institution.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week with three hours field\/laboratory work; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">3120 CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IN CANADA\r\nThe course focuses on Canadian domestic and international policy and politics in the realm of climate change examining the questions of political institutions; climate change related legislation; policy making and the impacts of climate change on economy, communities and the environment in Canada. The course will also introduce students to a policy analysis framework and will guide them through writing a policy memo to a government official on a climate change solution of their choice.\r\nPREREQUISITE: ACC 2020; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\nThree hours a week; Three semester hours<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3140 CARBON PRICING MECHANISMS\r\n<\/span><span>This interdisciplinary course will provide an understanding of business in the era of climate change by examining the implementation of carbon pricing systems and the need for adaptation measures to address the changing physical and regulatory environments. Specialized activities will focus on the critical role of understanding climate change in business risk assessment using a business sector of each student\u2019s choice.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3160 WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING II\r\n<\/span><span>This course is Year 2 of a summer work-integrated-learning (WIL) opportunity facilitated through either a flagship partnership agreement with Parks Canada, or a number of government and industrial organizations that will provide real world experiences to students that will assist them in securing employment upon graduation.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: ACC 2160 and Admission to the ACC Program\r\n<\/span><span>Eight weeks full-time work experience; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4010 CLIMATE COASTAL SCIENCE\r\n<\/span><span>This course will examine the impacts of global climate change on the oceans and their implications on fisheries and aquaculture; the influence of ocean basins on climate and the development of coasts; and the use of littoral zones in the assessment of the effects of coastal risks and hazards on shorelines. Students will assess the vulnerability of the local fishery to climate impacts and develop adaptation options.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">4020 UNCERTAINTY AND PROBABILITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE\r\nProbability theory is a mathematical framework that allows us to describe and analyze random phenomena in the world around us. This course will examine and demonstrate the use of basic concepts such as random experiments, probability axioms, conditional probability, law of total probability, single and multiple random variables, moment-generating functions and random vectors in climate change science assessments.\r\nPREREQUISITE: STAT 1910 and ACC 3060;\r\nAdmission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program\r\nThree lecture hours, three hours laboratory per week; Three semester hours<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4040 VIRTUAL REALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE\r\nAn emerging approach to enhancing participation and building awareness is the use of 3D landscape visualization to depict past and future scenarios. Following an introduction on the basics and essentials of the Unity gaming software, students will use the imagery data acquired by the drone in ACC 3040 to develop a 3D interactive sea-level rise tool.\r\nPREREQUISITE: CS 1910, ACC 3040, ACC 3050 and ACC 3060; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program\r\nThree lecture hours, three hours laboratory per week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4060 MEASURING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT THROUGH CARBON ACCOUNTING\r\n<\/span><span>This course will examine greenhouse gas emissions accounting and reporting. Students will design and execute greenhouse gas emissions inventories, employing skills including the identification of analysis boundaries, acquisition of data, calculation of emissions levels, and reporting. As a final exercise, the students will also calculate the carbon footprint of individual businesses, companies or public organizations.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">4070 CLIMATE EXTREMES\r\nThis course will examine the data used to monitor and understand climate extremes; the factors and mechanisms that determine the characteristics of climate extremes; Atlantic Region droughts, floods, heavy precipitation events, heat waves, cold spells, tropical and extra-tropical storms, and ocean waves; specialized tools such as IDF curves; and the influence of temporal considerations in adaptation planning.\r\nPREREQUISITE: STAT 1910 and ACC 3030; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program\r\nThree hours a week; Three semester hours<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4080 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION\r\nThis course will explore various impacts of climate change from multiple perspectives, such as loss of biodiversity, extreme weather events, impacts on agriculture and food security, water scarcity, human health, economic consequences, etc. Furthermore, students will quantify human sources of greenhouse gas emissions to determine the best approaches for meeting a \u201csafe\u201d or \u201cbelow dangerous level\u201d of atmospheric concentrations of these gases, which will help cushion the impacts. Students will also use regional &amp; global scenarios of future climate change, and the guidelines set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to rapidly assess climate change potential adaptation strategies for the PEI &amp; worldwide economy and ecology.\r\nPREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\nThree hours a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span xml:lang=\"en-CA\" lang=\"en-CA\">4090 <\/span><span>CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM\r\n<\/span><span xml:lang=\"en-CA\" lang=\"en-CA\">Students will develop an awareness of the environmental, socio<\/span><span xml:lang=\"en-CA\" lang=\"en-CA\">\u2010<\/span><span xml:lang=\"en-CA\" lang=\"en-CA\">cultural and economic impacts of tourism; study the possible measures to redress the negative impacts of tourism; develop an appreciation of envi<\/span><span>ronmental sustainability in tourism; examine the concept of ecotourism; and incorporate the principles of sustainable tourism into developing and managing tourism destinations and products.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: ACC 3140; Admission to the ACC Program\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n4100 Precision Agriculture for Climate Resilience\r\nThis course explores the role of precision agriculture in developing climate resilience in North American agricultural systems. Students will work on hands-on projects, engage in discussions, and collaborate to explore adaptive strategies and innovative solutions to promote sustainable food production. The course also emphasizes developing both technical and professional skills for effective problem-solving in real-world contexts, preparing students for practical application in the field.\r\nPREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\n3 Credit Hours\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4110 CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH\r\n<\/span><span>This course will explore how human health is shaped by environmental, social, cultural, economic, and political forces; investigate the impact of systems put in place to deal with illness; examine the influence of climate change on vector borne diseases, mental health, chronic health, prenatal health, and food security; and understand First Nations approaches to human health and community well-being.\r\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: ACC 2030; Admission to the ACC Program\r\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">4120 INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE DIPLOMACY This course provides an historical and analytical view for understanding international environmental relations, examines international environmental agreements and their implications for Canada, identifies the main actors and how they address global environmental problems, and explores environmental governance. Students will take on the role of countries in the United Nations and negotiate a climate agreement.\r\nPREREQUISITE: ACC 2020; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor\r\nThree hours a week; Three semester hours<\/p>\r\n4130 SPECIAL TOPICS\r\nA Special Topics course designed to reflect Climate Change.\r\n3 credit hours\r\n\r\n4150 DIRECTED STUDIES\r\nThese courses may be offered at the discretion of the department to advanced students. Conditions under which they are offered and entry will be subject to the approval of the Associate Dean of the School and the Dean of Science. (See <a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.upei.ca\/current\/chapter\/undergraduate-and-professional-programs-academic-regulations#AR#9\">Academic Regulation 9<\/a> for regulations Governing Directed Studies)\r\n3 credit hours","rendered":"<h2><strong>Faculty:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Aitazaz Farooque, Associate Professor, Interim Dean<br \/>\nAdam Fenech, Associate Professor<br \/>\nXiuquan Wang, Associate Professor<br \/>\nPatrick Augustine, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nYuliya Rashchupkina, Assistant Professor<br \/>\nFarhat Abbas, Adjunct Professor<br \/>\nBishnu Acharya, Adjunct Professor<br \/>\nRachid Benlamri, Adjunct Professor<br \/>\nFranscisco Dallmeier, Adjunct Professor<br \/>\nSuqi Liu, Adjunct Professor<br \/>\nStephanie Palmer, Adjunct Professor<br \/>\nAngela Riveroll, Adjunct Professor<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">The UPEI Bachelor of Science in Applied Climate Change and Adaptation provides students with a strong foundation in climate sciences complemented by courses in climate related policy and cultural impacts of climate change. The program offers strong comprehensive theory-based courses and a high level of experiential and applied learning. Courses are designed to develop well-rounded students who have a high level of climate change science knowledge supported by highly relevant skills needed to utilize climate change related technology. Faculty members teaching within the Bachelor of Science in Applied Climate Change and Adaptation program are focused on providing quality instruction and student growth within a cohort-based learning community. Graduates of the program will emerge ready to pursue various climate change related careers, professional studies, or graduate education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal no-indent\">This program of study examines \u201cclimate change adaptation&#8221; which refers to the adjustments that societies or ecosystems make to limit the negative effects of climate change or to take advantage of opportunities provided by a changing climate. Adaptation can range from a farmer planting more drought-resistant crops to a coastal community evaluating how best to protect its infrastructure from rising sea level. Climate change is already impacting societies and ecosystems around the world, and many impacts are expected to increase as global temperatures continue to rise. While reducing greenhouse gas emissions is required to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, a certain amount of global warming is inevitable, due to the long-lasting nature of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, and to heat already stored in the oceans. Adapting to the changes that are already underway, and preparing for future climate change, can help reduce the risks societies will face from climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong lang=\"en-CA\" xml:lang=\"en-CA\">REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLIED CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong lang=\"en-CA\"><b><span>Students following this degree program must complete 126\/127 semester hours of required courses. (NOTE: As per Academic Regulation #1 h), all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040, one of UPEI-1010, 1020 or 1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.) urse.)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal no-indent\"><strong>YEAR 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 ACC 1010 Introduction to PEI\u2019s Living Climate Lab<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 1020 Introduction to Climate Adaptation Tools and Technologies<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 1040 Introduction to Climate Change<br \/>\n\u2022 BIO 1010 Current Issues in Environmental Biology<br \/>\n\u2022 CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I<br \/>\n\u2022 MATH 1120 Calculus for Managerial, Social and Life Sciences; or 1910 Single Variable Calculus I<br \/>\n\u2022 IKE 1040 Indigenous Teachings of Turtle Island<br \/>\n\u2022 One of the following UPEI courses:<br \/>\n\u2022 UPEI 1010 Writing Studies<br \/>\n\u2022 UPEI 1020 Engaging Ideas and Cultural Contexts<br \/>\n\u2022 UPEI 1030 Engaging University Contexts and Experiences<br \/>\n\u2022 Two Electives<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal no-indent\"><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">YEAR 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 ACC 2020 Climate Change Policy and Politics<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 2030 Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change<br \/>\n\u2022 CS 1910 Computer Science I<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3050 Renewable Energy and Clean Technologies<br \/>\n\u2022 CHEM 2020 Environmental Chemistry<br \/>\n\u2022 ENV 2120 Earth\u2019s Physical Environment<br \/>\n\u2022 PHYS 2630 Climate Physics<br \/>\n\u2022 STAT 1910 Introduction to Probability and Statistics<br \/>\n\u2022 Two electives<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><b>SUMMER SESSION<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACC 2160 Work Integrated Learning I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>YEAR 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 ACC 3010 Global Climate Systems and Science<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3020 Climate Futures and Modelling<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3030 Climate Change Monitoring<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3040 Climate Change Statistics in R<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3090 Geographic Information Systems for Climate Change<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3100 Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystems<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3120 Climate Change Policy in Canada<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3140 Carbon Pricing Mechanisms<br \/>\n\u2022 Two Electives<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">SUMMER SESSION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"import-Normal\">ACC 3160 Work Integrated Learning II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><b>YEAR 4<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 ACC 4010 Climate Coastal Science<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 4020 Uncertainty and Probability in Climate Change<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 4040 Virtual Reality and Climate Change<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 4060 Measuring Your Carbon Footprint through Carbon Accounting<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 4070 Climate Extremes<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 4080 Climate Change Impacts and, Mitigation and Adaptation<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 4120 International Climate Diplomacy<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3060 Remote Sensing and Climate Change<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 4100 Precision Agriculture for Climate Resilience<br \/>\n\u2022 One elective<\/p>\n<p><strong>REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN APPLIED CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students may obtain a degree with a minor in Climate Change and Adaptation by successfully completing the following courses:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 ACC 1010 or ACC 1040<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 1020<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 2020<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 2030<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3050<\/p>\n<p>AND<\/p>\n<p>Two of the ACC 3rd or 4th year courses excluding following courses:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 ACC 2160<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3160<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 3040<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 4020<br \/>\n\u2022 ACC 4040, and ACC 4070<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"import-Normal no-indent\"><strong lang=\"en-CA\" xml:lang=\"en-CA\">APPLIED CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION COURSES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span class=\"import-Normal no-indent\">1010 INTRODUCTION TO PEI&#8217;S LIVING CLIMATE LAB<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal\">This course focuses on how Prince Edward Island is the perfect \u201cliving laboratory\u201d for understanding the causes, impacts, and solutions to the challenge of climate change. Students will examine how unique locations on the Island can play a role in understanding the vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal\">One hour lecture, four hours field\/laboratory a week<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal tight\">; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>1020 INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This course provides hands-on experience in utilizing technologies to develop solutions to address climate change. Developing skills in drone technology, video game programming, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, surveillance, and renewable energies, this course examines how technologies can assist in the understanding of the vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Two hours lecture, two hours laboratory a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1040 INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE<\/p>\n<div>This course provides a general overview of the fundamentals of climate change while looking into terminology, concepts, and causes of climate change. This introduces the direct and indirect effect of climate change on the whole environment and society, including vulnerable coastal ecosystems and livelihoods. The students will learn about the climate change mitigation and adaptation techniques, strategies, and policies to ensure quality of life, food security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote sustainability through ecofriendly land use management, urban planning and renewable energy uses. The course also introduces the effects of climate change on human and animal health and discusses strategies to adapt to climate impacts and extremes.<\/div>\n<div>Three hours lecture per week; Three semester hours<\/div>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>2020 CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY AND POLITICS<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This course surveys how climate change emerges as a political issue; which state and non-state actors are involved in climate change policy making; who gains and who loses from climate change policies; and what policy strategies and tools can mitigate and help adapt to the impacts of climate change across different government jurisdictions. The students will learn about dealing with complexity in climate policymaking including the questions around political economy of decarbonization and international cooperation around the issue. By studying different approaches to climate change policy, the students will better understand the policymaking process.<br \/>\nThree hours a week; Three Semester hours.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span><a id=\"ACC2030\"><\/a>2030 INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE<br \/>\nThis course brings knowledge of Canadian Indigenous communities\u2019 relationship to the environment as valuable lessons for understanding climate vulnerability, impacts and adaptation. Students will be led by a local First Nations teacher whose valuable insights to implementing efficient uses of our land and spiritual relationships with nature can assist in addressing global sustainability.<br \/>\nCross-listed with IKE 2030<br \/>\nThree hours a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>2160 WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING I<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This course is a summer work-integrated-learning (WIL) opportunity facilitated through either a flagship partnership agreement with Parks Canada, or a number of government and industrial organizations that will provide real-world experiences to students that will assist them in securing employment upon graduation.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the ACC Program Eight weeks full-time work experience<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal tight\">T<\/span><span class=\"import-Normal tight\">hree semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3010 GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEMS AND SCIENCE<br \/>\n<\/span><span>The course will examine the natural greenhouse effect, and the human contribution to it; how astronomical forces influence the Earth&#8217;s climate and their cycles; properties of the atmosphere that influence climate; greenhouse gases; and paleological indicators of climate including ice cores, tree rings, sediment cores, etc.; how these indicators are collected; and what they tell us about past temperature changes.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3020 CLIMATE FUTURES AND MODELLING<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Students will gain the knowledge and tools necessary to validate climate model outputs against historical observations and produce regional climate change projections. The course will examine greenhouse gas emissions scenarios and their driving of climate models as well as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\u2019s Special Report on Emission Scenarios and the new approaches to future scenarios.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week, alternating classroom and laboratory; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3030 CLIMATE CHANGE MONITORING<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Students will be given the opportunity to understand how the components of climate are monitored instrumentally, the history of written climate archives, and how climate records are organized. They will plan and set up a climate station that reports to a UPEI climate database, access online climate records, quality control climate records, analyze climate trends, and calculate climate indices.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: ACC 1020; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3040 CLIMATE CHANGE STATISTICS IN R<br \/>\n<\/span><span>The R language is widely used among climatologists for data analysis and provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, etc.) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible. This course will provide an introduction to computer programming in R and how to use R for effective climate data analysis.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: MATH 1910 or MATH 1120, CS 1910 and STAT 1910; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3050 RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This course examines sustainability theory and green technology, beginning with an examination of the historical context for the physical, environmental, technological, economic and political aspects of traditional energy systems and energy transitions. Students will then be introduced to different types of renewable energy technology and how they can work as a replacement for conventional technologies.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week, field trips; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3060 REMOTE SENSING AND CLIMATE CHANGE<br \/>\n<\/span><span>An emerging approach to enhancing participation, building awareness and influencing behaviour is the use of 3D landscape visualization to depict past and future scenarios. This course will examine forms of climate change visualization that integrates analytical capabilities of GIS-based software with emotionally-rich and intuitive media and how they are utilized in climate change impact assessment and decision making.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory per week; Three semester hours<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3090 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Geographic Systems are used in planning, facilities management, resource management, business, and applied research applications. The common thread in this diverse range of applications is the need to store, manipulate, and analyze spatial data. Students will learn how to create their own maps, analyze geographic problems, and apply techniques to improve understanding of climate change.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours on-line and three hours laboratory; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3100 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEMS<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This course will assess biodiversity conservation and ecosystem integrity policy responses to global climate change; integrate our knowledge of likely future changes on biodiversity and ecosystems; guide the design of adaptation strategies; and establish a framework for future collaborative research on climate change and biodiversity and ecosystems. A field component of the course will establish a biodiversity-monitoring plot using methods developed by The Smithsonian Institution.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week with three hours field\/laboratory work; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">3120 CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IN CANADA<br \/>\nThe course focuses on Canadian domestic and international policy and politics in the realm of climate change examining the questions of political institutions; climate change related legislation; policy making and the impacts of climate change on economy, communities and the environment in Canada. The course will also introduce students to a policy analysis framework and will guide them through writing a policy memo to a government official on a climate change solution of their choice.<br \/>\nPREREQUISITE: ACC 2020; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\nThree hours a week; Three semester hours<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3140 CARBON PRICING MECHANISMS<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This interdisciplinary course will provide an understanding of business in the era of climate change by examining the implementation of carbon pricing systems and the need for adaptation measures to address the changing physical and regulatory environments. Specialized activities will focus on the critical role of understanding climate change in business risk assessment using a business sector of each student\u2019s choice.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>3160 WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING II<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This course is Year 2 of a summer work-integrated-learning (WIL) opportunity facilitated through either a flagship partnership agreement with Parks Canada, or a number of government and industrial organizations that will provide real world experiences to students that will assist them in securing employment upon graduation.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: ACC 2160 and Admission to the ACC Program<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Eight weeks full-time work experience; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4010 CLIMATE COASTAL SCIENCE<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This course will examine the impacts of global climate change on the oceans and their implications on fisheries and aquaculture; the influence of ocean basins on climate and the development of coasts; and the use of littoral zones in the assessment of the effects of coastal risks and hazards on shorelines. Students will assess the vulnerability of the local fishery to climate impacts and develop adaptation options.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">4020 UNCERTAINTY AND PROBABILITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE<br \/>\nProbability theory is a mathematical framework that allows us to describe and analyze random phenomena in the world around us. This course will examine and demonstrate the use of basic concepts such as random experiments, probability axioms, conditional probability, law of total probability, single and multiple random variables, moment-generating functions and random vectors in climate change science assessments.<br \/>\nPREREQUISITE: STAT 1910 and ACC 3060;<br \/>\nAdmission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program<br \/>\nThree lecture hours, three hours laboratory per week; Three semester hours<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4040 VIRTUAL REALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE<br \/>\nAn emerging approach to enhancing participation and building awareness is the use of 3D landscape visualization to depict past and future scenarios. Following an introduction on the basics and essentials of the Unity gaming software, students will use the imagery data acquired by the drone in ACC 3040 to develop a 3D interactive sea-level rise tool.<br \/>\nPREREQUISITE: CS 1910, ACC 3040, ACC 3050 and ACC 3060; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program<br \/>\nThree lecture hours, three hours laboratory per week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4060 MEASURING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT THROUGH CARBON ACCOUNTING<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This course will examine greenhouse gas emissions accounting and reporting. Students will design and execute greenhouse gas emissions inventories, employing skills including the identification of analysis boundaries, acquisition of data, calculation of emissions levels, and reporting. As a final exercise, the students will also calculate the carbon footprint of individual businesses, companies or public organizations.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">4070 CLIMATE EXTREMES<br \/>\nThis course will examine the data used to monitor and understand climate extremes; the factors and mechanisms that determine the characteristics of climate extremes; Atlantic Region droughts, floods, heavy precipitation events, heat waves, cold spells, tropical and extra-tropical storms, and ocean waves; specialized tools such as IDF curves; and the influence of temporal considerations in adaptation planning.<br \/>\nPREREQUISITE: STAT 1910 and ACC 3030; Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program<br \/>\nThree hours a week; Three semester hours<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4080 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION<br \/>\nThis course will explore various impacts of climate change from multiple perspectives, such as loss of biodiversity, extreme weather events, impacts on agriculture and food security, water scarcity, human health, economic consequences, etc. Furthermore, students will quantify human sources of greenhouse gas emissions to determine the best approaches for meeting a \u201csafe\u201d or \u201cbelow dangerous level\u201d of atmospheric concentrations of these gases, which will help cushion the impacts. Students will also use regional &amp; global scenarios of future climate change, and the guidelines set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to rapidly assess climate change potential adaptation strategies for the PEI &amp; worldwide economy and ecology.<br \/>\nPREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\nThree hours a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span xml:lang=\"en-CA\" lang=\"en-CA\">4090 <\/span><span>CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM<br \/>\n<\/span><span xml:lang=\"en-CA\" lang=\"en-CA\">Students will develop an awareness of the environmental, socio<\/span><span xml:lang=\"en-CA\" lang=\"en-CA\">\u2010<\/span><span xml:lang=\"en-CA\" lang=\"en-CA\">cultural and economic impacts of tourism; study the possible measures to redress the negative impacts of tourism; develop an appreciation of envi<\/span><span>ronmental sustainability in tourism; examine the concept of ecotourism; and incorporate the principles of sustainable tourism into developing and managing tourism destinations and products.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: ACC 3140; Admission to the ACC Program<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4100 Precision Agriculture for Climate Resilience<br \/>\nThis course explores the role of precision agriculture in developing climate resilience in North American agricultural systems. Students will work on hands-on projects, engage in discussions, and collaborate to explore adaptive strategies and innovative solutions to promote sustainable food production. The course also emphasizes developing both technical and professional skills for effective problem-solving in real-world contexts, preparing students for practical application in the field.<br \/>\nPREREQUISITE: Admission to the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation degree program OR enrollment in the Applied Climate Change and Adaptation Minor<br \/>\n3 Credit Hours<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><span>4110 CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH<br \/>\n<\/span><span>This course will explore how human health is shaped by environmental, social, cultural, economic, and political forces; investigate the impact of systems put in place to deal with illness; examine the influence of climate change on vector borne diseases, mental health, chronic health, prenatal health, and food security; and understand First Nations approaches to human health and community well-being.<br \/>\n<\/span><span>PREREQUISITE: ACC 2030; Admission to the ACC Program<br \/>\n<\/span><span>Three hours a week; Three semester hours<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">4120 INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE DIPLOMACY This course provides an historical and analytical view for understanding international environmental relations, examines international environmental agreements and their implications for Canada, identifies the main actors and how they address global environmental problems, and explores environmental governance. 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