B624 – Climate Change

Modul
Climate Change
Climate Change
Modulnummer
B624
Version: 2
Fakultät
Bauingenieurwesen
Niveau
Master
Dauer
1 Semester
Turnus
Sommersemester
Modulverantwortliche/-r

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
Dozent/-in(nen)

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
Dozent/-in in: "Climate Change"

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Jakob Ebermann
jakob.ebermann(at)htw-dresden.de
Dozent/-in in: "Climate Change"

Dipl.-Hydrol. Susanna Kettner
susanna.kettner(at)htw-dresden.de
Dozent/-in in: "Climate Change"
Lehrsprache(n)

Englisch
in "Climate Change"
ECTS-Credits

5.00 Credits

Workload

150 Stunden

Lehrveranstaltungen

4.00 SWS (2.00 SWS Vorlesung | 2.00 SWS Übung)
Selbststudienzeit

90.00 Stunden

Prüfungsvorleistung(en)
Keine
Prüfungsleistung(en)

Schriftliche Prüfungsleistung
Modulprüfung | Prüfungsdauer: 90 min | Wichtung: 100% | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Climate Change"
Lehrform

Lectures, seminars, discussions, panel discussion, student presentations, 
Medienform
Keine Angabe
Lehrinhalte/Gliederung
  • Introduction to the climate system
  • Climate archives
  • Historic CC1 - tectonic scale climate change
  • Historic CC2 - orbital scale climate change
  • Historic CC3 - glaciation/deglaciation scale climate change
  • Historic CC4 - last 1000 years
  • Recent changes in climate
  • Climate predictions
  • Adaptation and mitigation measures to address the impact of climate change
  • Climate change and politics,  UN World Climate Conference, ICPP-Reports
  • Climate models and scenarios
  • Special climate phenomena (El niño) affected by climate change
  • Adaptation/mitigation measures in agriculture, the water sector urban development, the industry
Qualifikationsziele

Students will have a profound understanding of the processes involved in climate change. They will be able to interpret the predictions made using global climate models. Students will have knowledge of ongoing adaptations and mitigation measures across the world. They will have explored a range specific engineering solutions to some of the most pressing problems resulting from climate change.
Sozial- und Selbstkompetenzen

- Developing competence in discussing climate change and related topics

- Developing and implementing projects addressing the impact of climate change

- Performing cooperative and responsible team work
Besondere Zulassungsvoraussetzung
Keine Angabe
Empfohlene Voraussetzungen
Keine Angabe
Fortsetzungsmöglichkeiten
Keine Angabe
Literatur
  • William F. Ruddiman: Earth's Climate: Past and Future. W. H. Freeman, 3rd ed. 2013. 
  • IPCC reports
Aktuelle Lehrressourcen

Script, selected publications
Hinweise
Keine Angabe
Link zu Kurs/Lernressourcen im OPAL
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/29005611010
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