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This course explores how and why animals, including humans, behave the way they do. Topics include natural selection; the interplay between genes and the environment; learning; the influence of neurons and hormones on behavior; foraging; mating; cooperation; communication; and social behavior. In the labs, students will use the scientific method to carry out lab- and field-based research projects. Please note that an additional fee will be charged for this course.

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Firstbridge courses are offered to degree seeking freshmen and registration is done via webform in pre-arrival checklist.

Have you ever been asked where you stand on 'the climate issue'? Do you believe that humanity stands at the brink of extinction? Do you think that climate change is a concern, but that technology will see humanity through? This course will allow you to construct an educated point of view.
We will start by understanding what drives weather events and what drives climate and climate change. We will then move on to the environmental and societal dependencies on specific climate factors (precipitation,seasonality, predictability, etc.) and we will identify the impacts that certain climatic changes can have on human society and the environment. In carrying out our investigation of the climate system and its impacts we will rely on the latest Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). We will study the emerging results from the reports focusing on observations, impacts, mitigations, and adaptation strategies suggested by the worldwide community of climate scientists contributing to the IPCC. Students are expected to develop a fact-based physics-based opinion of humanities present-day climate change predicament.