This module explores basic principles, processes of
climate change and its impacts to natural as well as human systems. It deals
with fundamentals of climate change, its causes, current status, future
projections and its consequences. Climate
Change is a pressing and challenging with regard to rising temperatures and sea levels, retreat of
glaciers, alterations to precipitation patterns and frequent extreme weather
events, climate induced changes in biogeographical patterns and loss of
biodiversity which
poses severe threats to contemporary
and future societies. This module will also allow students to investigate the issue using
interdisciplinary skills.
- Teacher: Yonten Dorji (Tutor)
This module focuses on the knowledge and skills of modern conservation science which is cross
disciplinary in nature and transcends the traditional boundaries of biology, ecology and
environmental management. The students will learn about the need to manage biodiversity in the
context of rapid increase in human impacts on ecosystems. Students will learn about the
effectiveness of different approaches to conservation and develop a conceptual and practical
understanding of conservation. This module also provide an awareness of the range of arguments
for and against different strategies for managing ecological processes and conservation challenges.
- Teacher: Rinchen Dorji (Tutor)