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Sep 27, 2024
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GEOG 442 - Alternative Energy Description: Critical understanding of alternative energy resources from a geographical perspective, with focus on wind, biomass, solar, biofuels, geothermal, and sustainable energy systems. The course includes energy production, transition, conversion, and consumption. Field trips.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: junior standing or above.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify and understand the spatial and temporal arrangements of social, political, environmental, and economic processes that produce different ‘energy landscapes’ in different locations
- Explain contemporary issues regarding consumption, production, and transmission of alternative energy resources and technologies in a globalized world
- Critically investigate how alternative energy resources and technologies shape society, and the problems and challenges they present in different settings
- Outline realistic possibilities for alternative energy sources given ongoing energy challenges
- Write effectively and analytically about contemporary nature-society relations, especially society’s relationships to energy
- Collect and organize data on alternative energy resources as a basis for further analysis and evaluation
- Present an original project in front of their peers
Learner Outcomes Approval Date: 03/31/2016
Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations: Winter Locations: Ellensburg
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