B624 – Climate Change

Module
Climate Change
Climate Change
Module number
B624
Version: 1
Faculty
Civil Engineering
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Winter 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"

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Grischek
thomas.grischek(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)

Alternative examination - Presentation
Module examination | Examination time: 30 min | Weighting: 100% | tested in English language
in "Climate Change"
Form of teaching

Lectures, seminars, presentations from students specific to their countries
Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • Introduction climate
  • Climate phenomena (El niño) affected by climate change
  • UN World Climate Conference
  • Observations of climate change
  • Consequences of climate change
  • Drivers
  • Climate models and scenarios
  • Climate predictions
  • Adaptation and mitigation
  • Country specific strategies
  • 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
No information
Special admission requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options
No information
Literature
None
Current teaching resources

Script
Notes
No information
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