CLES101 HM - Climate Science

Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Staff

Offered: Fall

Description: This course will address the physical science that underlies the behavior of our climate, including the roles of the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, and the oceans in creating and maintaining our climate. Along the way, we will investigate the tools that we use to measure and understand our climate, as well as the chemical and physical basis of global climate change, including direct evidence from paleoclimate archives, model projections for future climate conditions, greenhouse gasses, and the carbon cycle.

Prerequisite(s): One course in chemistry (CHEM042 HM or CHEM014L KS or CHEM034L KS or CHEM001A PO) and one course in computer science (CSCI005 HM or CSCI 004 PZ or CSCI 051P PO or CSCI 040 CM or DS 001 SC) and one course in calculus (MATH019 HM or MATH030 CM/PO/PZ/SC) and one course in mechanics (PHYS024 HM or PHYS030L KS or PHYS033L KS or PHYS071 PO or PHYS125 PO) and one course addressing thermodynamics (CHEM051 HM or ENGR082 HM or PHYS117 HM)