A climate change course is required learning for all incoming freshmen at the University of California San Diego starting this semester.
The “Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement” will help students learn about the “fundamental challenge that we face in the university [or] on this planet in the coming hundred years,” Professor Sarah Gille told The College Fix on a phone interview.
Gille, a climate scientist, served on the faculty senate workgroup with the administration to finalize the requirement.
The 30 percent of the class content “should be focused on understanding and addressing climate change and its impacts,” according to an academic senate memo.
“Students can fulfill the requirement in courses that span the entire curriculum,” Gille told The Fix when asked about possible pushback from students who study in fields unrelated to climate change. […]
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