Submitted by Stephen Dunne on February 12, 2024 - 1:00pm
These spring courses are part of the general education courses at the 100- and 200-level, designed to introduce students to topics such as climate solutions, hurricanes & thunderstorms, global warming, and climate change:
- ATM S 100 Climate Solutions (Synchronous Online) (5 credits; SSc/NSc, DIV)
This course presents visions of the future when the climate crisis is solved. It describes paths towards reaching these goals. Solutions include building a resilient society with clean energy, sustainable agriculture, climate justice, and a just transition for workers.
- ATM S 103 Hurricanes & Thunderstorms (3 credits, SSc/NSc)
This course explores the science, history, and impacts of thunderstorms and hurricanes. It includes basic processes responsible for thunderstorms and hurricanes and for the lightning, hail, high winds, and storm surges that accompany them, and presents significant historical examples, along with the impact on human activities, strategies for personal safety, and societal adaptation.
- ATM S 111 Global Warming (5 credits, SSc/NSc)
This course presents a broad overview of the science of global warming. Join and learn about the causes of climate change, its impacts on people and ecosystems, and ways to mitigate or adapt to these changes.
- ATM S 211 Climate and Climate Change (5 credits, SSc/NSc)
This course provides you with a fundamental understanding of the processes that control Earth's climate today, how and why climate has changed in the past, and how it is being changed by human activity by synthesizing a wide array of scientific concepts and current thinking on the processes that control Earth's climate.
About Atmospheric Sciences(ATMS): ATMS encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including topics as diverse as weather forecasting, climate change, air quality, mountain weather, marine weather, El Nino, the ozone hole, ice ages, and the weather of Mars. Our undergraduate programs provide strong preparation in the basic physical sciences and mathematics, including the curriculum required by the National Weather Service, and prepare students for a wide range of career options including weather forecasting, weather, climate, and environmental consulting, TV weather casting, data science, further study at a graduate institution, or a variety of alternative career paths. These courses are great entry-level courses to expose students to the field of atmospheric science and climate change.
