GC 385 - Weather and Climate

Offered Fall: Yes Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: No Offered Other: No

4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 3-0-2
Prerequisites: GC 100 and MA 111 or higher, or instructor permission.

This course provides students with an advanced examination of the science of the Earth’s atmosphere. Students will develop their knowledge relating to the processes in the atmosphere that are responsible for weather and longer term climate patterns. In addition, students will examine and interpret different types of scientific and meteorological data, the natural and human-made causes of climate variations and change, as well as the interactions between the atmosphere and human activities.