CIVENG 204
Planetary Boundaries and the Anthropocene
This course aims to introduce students to the debates and discussions about the impact of increasing human resource consumption, increasing population, and increasing human prosperity on the planet’s environmental systems that support human societies.
Topics
- Explain the major arguments on the sides of “planetary boundaries” and “cornucopia” Understand the main features of several of planetary boundaries that have scientific consensus Understand the basic system dynamics view of planetary systems
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027