This 10-week course for non-science majors focuses on a single
problem: assessing the risk of human-caused climate change. The
story ranges from physics to chemistry, biology, geology, fluid
mechanics, and quantum mechanics, to economics and social
sciences. The class will consider evidence from the distant past
and projections into the distant future, keeping the human time
scale of the next several centuries as the bottom line. The
lectures follow a textbook, "Global Warming, Understanding the
Forecast," written for the course. Founded in 1890, the
University of Chicago (UChicago) is one of the premier private
education institutions within the United States. Located in
Chicago, Illinois, its distinguished reputation is further
enhanced by the achievements of alumni and faculty which
includes nearly 50 Rhodes Scholars and 90 Nobel Prize laureates.
And with over $400 million spent annually on scientific
research, the University is among the leading research
institutions in the world. Over 15,000 students are