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[–] Donbuster 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

See my reply to Zaqwert; This is a humanities course, questions behind the science causing climate change and its validity are not particularly relevant here, and would be better suited to courses in climatology, meteorology, or environmental science. It also is reasonably accepted practice, in an academic setting, to teach the prevailing viewpoint in any course (and the prevailing scientific viewpoint is that abnormal climate change is happening, is caused by humans, and is a problem), save courses dedicated to discussing alternatives, which this is clearly not. Doing anything else would be to teach information in conflict with the central tenants of science, that information be based off repeatable experimentation that is well documented and examined for consistency and possible errors by outside academic bodies. Teaching something that goes against such information is counterproductive, as it means accepting that such information is more likely to be false than true. While it's certainly possible for any given research to be wrong, the way to determine that is through independent methodical research, an option that is most certainly available to UCCS students, not through needlessly obstructing tangentially related courses based off a weaker body of evidence than that which supports the precepts that course is structured upon.