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Climate Change Minor
Coordinator: Cameron C. Lee
Housed in the Department of Geography, the minor in Climate Change will provide an overview of the atmospheric sciences, with a focus on climate system processes and how humans and the environment interact. Students learn about climate change and how to understand and project its potential impacts. Students also learn how to apply their knowledge of climate and weather to a variety of interdisciplinary fields, including geography, conservation, health, oceanography, and environmental planning. The total requirement is 18 to 19 credits.
Required courses (9 credits):
- GEOG 31062: Fundamentals of Meteorology (3)
- GEOG 31064: Principles of Climatology (3)
- GEOG 41066: Global Climate Change (3)
One methods course (3 or 4 credits):
- GEOG 49070: Geographic Information Science (4)
- GEOG 49230 / ESCI 42030: Remote Sensing (4)
- GEOG 39002: Statistical Methods in Geography (3)
- MATH 30011: Basic Probability and Statistics (3)
Two of the following courses (6 credits):
- GEOG 41051: Natural Disasters and Society (3)
- GEOG 41065: Applied Climatology (3)
- GEOG 41073: Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
- GEOG 46080: Urban Sustainability (3)
- BSCI 30370: Climate Change Biology (3)
- ESCI 44074: Paleoceanography (3)