CLASS REQUIREMENTS AND PRE-CLASS PREPARATION: This class is extremely demanding for students. You must attend each class meeting, participate in the web research (lab) and meet outside class to coordinate the activities of your group. Daily writing assignments are also required. This class relies on this website and email for communications between instructors and students. This extensive website will be updated daily during the class and should contain everything you need to know for the class. You can communicate with the instructors by email: gautier@icess.ucsb.edu brachman@geog.ucsb.edu Please make sure that you always look on the website before asking a question regarding what you have to do. If, after checking the website, you still have a question, feel free to send us an email. POWERPOINT TUTORIALS: This class will require that you make presentations with powerpoint. If you are not familiar with powerpoint, you can prepare yourself by going to the following websites: http://www.orst.edu/instruction/ed596/ppoint/pphome.htm http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/ppt/ You will need to only be proficient at a minimal level. Of course, you may get more fancy if you want! PRELIMINARY READING: Required A recent overview of the Climate Change problem: Three-part article (Part I, Part II and Part III) by Elizabeth Kolbert published in the New Yorker from April to May 2005 Additional For science background: Dr. John Houghton's Lecture http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/cis/houghton/ For international policy background: Beginners Guide to the Convention: http://www.unfccc.int/resource/beginner.html For technology background: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: http://www.eere.energy.gov/ For economic background The economics of Climate Change: A Primer (Chap 3 and 4) Economics_Global _change.pdf ROLE SELECTION: Choosing a role prior to the class is also strongly recommended. This choice can be made after reviewing the info about roles section on this website by following the instructions on the registration for roles page of this web-site.