Course Requirements

Prerequisites

  • MATH 1011 (3) College Algebra OR higher
  • PHYS 1110 (4) General Physics 1 OR higher
  • CHEM 1400 (4) Foundations of Chemistry OR higher 

Grade Requirements

All coursework applied to the minor must be completed with a grade of C- or better (no pass/fail work may be applied). The grade point average for all minor degree work must be equal to 2.00 (C) or higher.  

Course Menu

Students will select courses from a predetermined menu to total 18 credits (generally 6 courses). A minimum of 9 of the 18 credit hours must be completed at the upper-division level.

  • All students will take an introductory course (Group 1)
  • 3 courses in Group 2: Science of Climate, with no more than 2 courses in one of the subgroups (A-C)
  • 1 course from Group 3: Quantitative Methods
  • 1 course from Group 4: Climate Impacts and Solutions

Group 1: Introduction (3 credits)

  • ATOC 2050 (3) Introduction to Atmospheric Research
  • ERTH 1060 or ATOC 1060 (3) Global Change
  • GEOG 1001 (4) Environmental Systems: Climate and Vegetation

Group 2A: Air and Water

  • ATOC 3600/ENVS 3600/GEOG 3601 (3) Principles of Climate
  • ATOC 3070 (3) Introduction to Oceanography
  • ATOC/GEOG 3301 (3) Analysis of Climate and Weather Observations
  • ATOC 4730 (3) Physical Oceanography and Climate
  • ATOC 4770 (3) Renewable Energy Meteorology
  • ERTH 3070 (3) Introduction to Oceanography
  • ERTH 4060 (4) Oceanography
  • GEOG/ENVS 4201: Biometeorology
  • GEOG 4271 (3) The Arctic Climate System

Group 2B:  Ice, land, and Past Climate

  • ATOC 4780 (3) Ice Sheets and Climate
  • ERTH 3040 (3) Global Change: The Recent Geological Record
  • ERTH 4070 (3) Paleoclimatology
  • ERTH 4341 (3) The Cryosphere: Earth's Icy Environments
  • ERTH 4675 (3) Stable Isotopes in Paleoclimate and Paleoecology
  • GEOG 4261 (3) Glaciers and Permafrost

Group 2C: The Impact of Climate on Earth’s Environment

  • EBIO 3170 (3) Mountain Ecology and Conservation
  • ERTHGEOG 4241 (3) Earth Surface Processes
  • GEOG 2271 (3) Introduction to the Arctic Environment

Group 3: Quantitative methods (or make this separate and require)

  • APPM 1650 (4) Python for Math and Data Science Applications
  • STAT 2600 (4) Introduction to Data Science Climate Science
  • ASTR 2600 (3) Introduction to Scientific Programming (equivalent of PHYS 2600)
  • ATOC 4815 (3) Scientific Programming, Data Analysis and Visualization Laboratory
  • ERTH 3600 (3) Introduction to Python Programming for Earth Scientists
  • PHYS 2600 (3) Introduction to Programming and Scientific Computing

Group 4: Climate impacts and solutions

  • ANTH 1155- Exploring Global Cultural Diversity: Anthropology of Climate Change
  • ASIA 4400/5400 Open Topics in Asian Studies: Climate & Society in Asia
  • ATLS 3173 /ENVS 3173 / THTR 4173 Creative Climate Communication
  • EBIO 3523 (3) The Art and Strategy of Science Communication: Branding Climate Change
  • ENVS 3022 (3) Climate Politics and Policy
  • ENVS 3520 (3) Energy and Climate Change: An Interdisciplinary Approach
  • ENVS 4800 (3) Global Climate Justice
  • ENVS 3621 (3) Energy Policy and Society
  • ENVS 4030 (3) Sociology of Climate Change
  • ERTH 3520 (3) Energy and Climate Change: An Interdisciplinary Approach
  • GEOG 1982 (3) Global Geographies: Societies, Places, Connections
  • SOCY 4030 (3) Sociology of Climate Change