B624 – Climate Change

Module
Climate Change
Climate Change
Module number
B624
Version: 2
Faculty
Civil Engineering
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer(s)

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

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

Dipl.-Hydrol. Susanna Kettner
susanna.kettner(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "Climate Change"
Course language(s)

English
in "Climate Change"
ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Lecture | 2.00 SCH Seminar)
Self-study time

90.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

Written examination
Module examination | Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 100% | tested in English language
in "Climate Change"
Form of teaching

Lectures, seminars, discussions, panel discussion, student presentations, 
Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • 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
Qualification objectives

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.
Social and personal skills

- 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
Special admission requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options
No information
Literature
  • William F. Ruddiman: Earth's Climate: Past and Future. W. H. Freeman, 3rd ed. 2013. 
  • IPCC reports
Current teaching resources

Script, selected publications
Notes
No information
Link to course/learning resources in OPAL
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/29005611010
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