EESC 1704 Climate Change and the Corporation: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities
This is a Complex Problem course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take UNAS1733 with this course. Climate change is a complex, existential threat to humanity, manifesting in heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and flooding. Corporate America is a contributor to climate change through greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, corporations are impacted by climate change as it threatens their physical assets and their ability to supply goods and services. Through an integrated approach that blends scientific analysis of climate change with case studies of corporations, students will learn the science behind climate risk and study how businesses are managing and communicating to stakeholders both the impacts of climate change on the firm as well as the firm's impact on the environment.
Course overview
- Department
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 6
- Level
- Undergraduate
Catalog details
- Satisfies core
- Natural Science,Social Science
Requirements fulfilled
- Environmental Studies: Concentration — Climate Change and Societal Adaptation: One Introductory Environmental Science Course (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- University Core: Natural Science (All undergraduates)
- University Core: Social Science (All undergraduates)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.46 / 5 · Good
- Instructor rating
- 3.53 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 1
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | Courtney Humphries | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 58 of 76 |
| Fall 2024 | Tara Pisani Gareau | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4–6 hrs/week | 59 of 76 |
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Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03
- Section 04
- Section 05
- Section 06
- Section 07
- Section 08