To better prepare students for a future shaped by climate change, University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) has a new requirement for first-year attendees beginning fall quarter 2024 and beyond. Students must take at least one course relating to climate change in order to meet graduation requirements.
As NBC 7 San Diego reported, the new requirements are taking effect for the incoming freshman class of fall 2024 that includes around 7,000 students. There are currently more than 40 courses that meet the newly established Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement (JTCCER), which was named to honor Jane Teranes, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and climate education advocate at UC San Diego who died unexpectedly in 2022.
The new requirement will not increase the workload for students. Instead, the approved courses were selected to overlap with many existing degree requirements as well as the general education or Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion course requirements for …