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Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement (JTCCER)

 

A knowledge of climate change is required of all candidates for a Bachelor’s degree who are admitted to UC San Diego as a first-time, first-year student in Fall 2024 or thereafter.

 
About the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement

The establishment of this new graduation requirement for incoming first-year students, beginning fall 2024, is designed to empower our students with the knowledge and skills needed to confront the urgent global challenge of climate change. UC San Diego has long been a leader in climate change research. The JTCCER builds upon the faculty’s commitment by expanding educational engagement with climate change across a range of disciplines and responds to the growing demand by undergraduates for climate-related courses and content. 
 
Starting with the first-year student cohort entering in fall 2024, candidates for the Bachelor’s degree will be required to complete a one-quarter course approved by the Academic Senate to fulfill the JTCCER.

 

A few important notes:

  • The JTCCER does not increase the number of courses required for graduation. Many courses approved to satisfy the JTCCER overlap with existing general education or Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion courses, as well as courses that apply to major and minor requirements.
  • Incoming transfer students are exempt from completing the JTCCER. We will explore applying the requirement to transfer students in the future.
  • Satisfaction of the JTCCER does not apply to students matriculated prior to Fall 2024. Students not subject to the requirement, but interested in climate change are welcomed and encouraged to enroll in one of these courses but are not required to do so. The list of currently approved courses can be [found here].

See campus announcement for more info: https://adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2023/2023-11-16-3.html 

 

Current List of JTCCER Approved Courses: 

Please check the UCSD catalog for details on when courses are offered.

For Students- JTCCER Course Offerings Per Quarter

Here is the projected list of JTCCER courses for the Winter 2025 Quarter.
Courses are contingent upon enrollment. 

 

Course Number Course Title Instructor Dept
ANTH10 Climate Justice                Pending ANTH
ANTH111 Religion&Ecology/Anthropocene  Bialecki, Jon Anthony               ANTH
ANTH128A CAS: Community Engaged Resrch  Lewis, Leslie R                     ANTH
ESYS102 The Solid and Fluid Earth      Haase, Jennifer Susan               ESYS
HIEA140R China Since 1978               Gerth, Karl G.                      HIST
LTWL165 Literature & the Environment   Kim, Joo Ok                         LIT 
PHIL51 Climate Ethics                 Kovaka, Karenc                      PHIL
PHYS12 Energy and the Environment     Branson, James G                    PHYS
POLI117R Bending/Curve: Climate Change  Forman, Fonna                       POLI
SIO102 Introduction to Geochemistry   Day, James M.D.                     SIO 
SIO109R Bending/Curve: Climate Change  Forman, Fonna                       SIO 
SIO25 Climate Change and Society     Rivera-Collazo, Isabel C            SIO 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Girard, Gabrielle                   SYN 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Lagapa, Jason                       SYN 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Iatarola, Briana Marie              SYN 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Rosenberg, Ryan Glenn               SYN 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Bishop, Graham                      SYN 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Meyer, Leslie Rose                  SYN 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Deavenport, James Cary              SYN 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Fish, Gwendolyn Anne                SYN 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Atkinson, Arthur Laird              SYN 
SYN1 Communicating/Changing Planet  Hom, Kirstyn Courtney               SYN 
SYN150 Defining Scope/Changing Planet Fish, Gwendolyn Anne                SYN 
SYN150 Defining Scope/Changing Planet Gladstein, Jill M                   SYN 
SYN150 Defining Scope/Changing Planet Vega, Adrian                        SYN 
SYN150 Defining Scope/Changing Planet Lagapa, Jason                       SYN 
SYN150R Defining Scope/Changing Planet Vega, Adrian                        SYN 
SYN1R Communicating/Changing Planet  Atkinson, Arthur Laird              SYN 
SYN2 Inquiring/Changing Planet      Girard, Gabrielle                   SYN 
SYN2 Inquiring/Changing Planet      Browne, Emily                       SYN 
SYN2 Inquiring/Changing Planet      Pending SYN 
SYN2 Inquiring/Changing Planet      Difruscio, Mark                     SYN 
SYN2 Inquiring/Changing Planet      Tawater, Hanna Jean                 SYN 
SYN2 Inquiring/Changing Planet      Birberick, Brittany Celest          SYN 
SYN2 Inquiring/Changing Planet      Rock, Martin                        SYN 
SYN2R Inquiring/Changing Planet      Pending SYN 
USP128A CAS: Community Engaged Resrch  Lewis, Leslie R                     USP 
USP2 Urban World System             Pezzoli, Keith                      USP 

For Faculty- JTCCER Course Requirement Information

JTCCER Call for Courses

Faculty are encouraged to submit courses for consideration to fulfill the JTCCER requirement. It is essential to discuss how the proposed course is aligned with the mission and goals of the JTCCER Requirement. The course should have substantial contributions from least two of the four following categories: (1) Scientific Underpinnings, (2) Humanistic and Social Dimensions, (3) Climate Solutions, and (4) Project Based learning and about a Climate Change Topic. 

For Faculty interested in creating or submitting a course for JTCCER approval, please visit the Academic Senate website for course submission.