DKU102 Let’s Talk About Climate Change is a two credit university-wide course designed for all undergraduates at Duke Kunshan University. It takes place over 13 weeks of the Spring semester.

Please note that this course is exempt from the normal overload policy, so that registering for this course will not cause you to overload.

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In addition to scientific issues such as energy, biology and ecology, the course will consider a whole range of social and personal issues, such as climate justice, global governance, and personal ethics. The goal is to show how climate change intersects with the full range of academic disciplines at DKU, and to prepare all students, no matter their major, for a future that is being transformed by climate change.

Modeled on the Duke course of the same name, DKU102 meets every Tuesday from 6:30-8:00pm  in the Spring semester. Students learn from the professors in the first half,  then engage in discussions and activities in the second half.

The course has no graded assignments, and students earn two credits by participating in the weekly classes, and uploading a short weekly report.

Course Coordinators

• James Miller, Professor of Humanities
• Chuanhui Gu, Associate Professor of Environmental Science
• Anastasia Tsigkou, Associate Professor of Biology

Teaching Professors

The following faculty will discuss the intersection of climate change with  their own fields and research during the course.

• Laura Davies, Senior Lecturer of English Language
• Kyle Fruh, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
• Joseph Giacomelli, Assistant Professor of History
• Pascal Grange, Associate Professor of Mathematics
• Nathan Hauthaler, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
• Rebecca Hock, Assistant Professor of Global Health
• Jason Yiu Wing Kam, Assistant Professor of Global Health
• Yitzhak Lewis, Assistant Professor of Literature
• Renee Richer, Associate Professor of Biology
• Robin Rodd, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology
• Ben Van Overmeire, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
• Yanran Yang, Assistant Professor of Sustainability Studies