Dec 16, 2025  
Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Catalog 2025-2026

MSCI 477 - Global Change Biology


This course examines how the biosphere (plants, animals and ecosystems) is responding to unprecedented rates of anthropogenic climate change. Lectures cover physical drivers and biological consequences of climate change in Earths’ biomes from pole to pole, marine, aquatic and terrestrial. Emphasis is placed on reading and synthesizing scientific journal articles and interpretation of climate change data.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: MSCI 340  or BIO 340  with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Periodically offered

Units: 3