College professors have decided that they’re going to shut down any debate on climate change before it even begins.

In an online class called “Medical Humanities in the Digital Age” at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, three professors who are co-teaching the class told their students via e-mail that “man-made climate change” was not open for debate and if you disagree, you have no place in the class.

“The point of departure for this course is based on the scientific premise that human induced climate change is valid and occurring. We will not, at any time, debate the science of climate change, nor will the ‘other side’ of the climate change debate be taught or discussed in this course,” states the email, a copy of which was provided to The College Fix by a student in the course.

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The e-mail was signed by professors Rebecca Laroche, Wendy Haggren, and Eileen Skahill. It was sent after several students grew worried about their success in the course upon watching the first online lecture about climate change and its impact.

“Opening up a debate that 98% of climate scientists unequivocally agree to be a non-debate would detract from the central concerns of environment and health addressed in this course,” the professors’ email continued. “… If you believe this premise to be an issue for you, we respectfully ask that you do not take this course, as there are options within the Humanities program for face to face this semester and online next.”

Amazingly, the professors extended the ban to online discussion among the students, effectively censoring their in-class discussions. They also required students who use outside sources for research make sure the sources have been approved by the “Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.”

The three professors refused to return requests for comment from The College Fix, but a spokesman for the school defended the teachers’ censoring of the classroom, effectively saying there are many classes they can choose from and if they didn’t like the way one course was structured, they could take another.

“By clearly stating the class focus,” he said, “the faculty are allowing students to choose if they wish to enroll in the course or seek an alternative. Additionally, the faculty who are leading the course have offered to discuss it with students who have concerns or differing opinions.”

There’s just one problem with that: Neither the class description nor the syllabus indicate that debate on climate change would not be allowed.

Even more interestingly … the syllabus indicate that they’re discussing the health impacts of fracking later in the class.

So expect even more censorship.

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