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Climate Change Science and Adaptation Minor

Students will need to complete at least 27 credits to complete the Climate Change Science and Adaptation Minor. The minor may be earned simultaneously with a BA or BS degree or post baccalaureate in any major. Students can choose among a range of core and elective courses from the social and physical sciences. For students pursuing both the Geography major and the Climate Change Science and Adaptation Minor OR both the Environmental Science (or Studies) and the Climate Change Science and Adaptation Minor, courses presented for the minor must differ from the major by at least 12 credits.

Core Courses

Pick five from the following core courses, at least 2 courses must be 400-level:
Geog 310U/Sci 333UClimate and Water Resources

4
Geog 311UClimatology

4
Geog 312U/Sci 334UClimate Variability and Change

4
Geog 314USevere Weather

4
Ph 375UClimate Change and Human Life

4
Geog 412Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment

4
ESM 464Climate Adaptation: Managing Environmental Risks and Vulnerabilities

4
Ph 471/ESM 471Physical and Human Dimensions of Climate Change

4
Total Credit Hours:20

Electives

Management and Policy Track

At least one course selected needs to be at the 400-level:

Geog 310U/Sci 333UClimate and Water Resources

4
Phl 310UEnvironmental Ethics

4
USP 313UUrban Environmental Issues

4
Ec 332UEconomics of Environmental Issues

4
ESM 335Introduction to Environmental Management

4
Geog 340UGlobal Water Issues and Sustainability

4
Geog 345UResource Management

4
Geog 412Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment

4
ESM 416Ecosystem Restoration

4
Ec 430Resource and Environmental Economics

4
ESM 435Natural Resource Policy and Management

4
Ec 443/ESM 443Global Environmental Economics

4
Ec 444Economics of Green Power

4
Geog 445Resource Management Topics

4
Geog 446Water Resource Management

4
Phl 449Philosophy of Sustainability

4
ESM 462Climate Change Impacts, Adaptations and Responses: Geosphere and Anthrosphere

4
ESM 464Climate Adaptation: Managing Environmental Risks and Vulnerabilities

4
Soc 465Environmental Sociology

4
USP 490Green Economics and Sustainable Development

3
ESM 499Special Studies

1-8
Total Credit Hours:7-8

Physical Science Track

At least one course selected needs to be at the 400-level:
Geog 311UClimatology

4
Geog 314USevere Weather

4
Geog 333U/Ph 333UWeather

4
SySc 330UModels in Science

4
Ph 375UClimate Change and Human Life

4
Geog 412Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment

4
Geog 413Disturbance Biogeography of Pacific Northwest

4
Geog 414Hydrology

4
Geog 418/ESM 418Landscape Ecology

4
ESM 425Watershed Hydrology

4
ESM 427Watershed Biogeochemistry

4
ESM 471/Ph 471Atmospheric Physics

4
Ph 477Air Pollution

4
ESM 460/CE 488Air Quality

4
CE 489Introduction to Advanced Environmental Fluid Mechanics

4
Total Credit Hours:8

Total Credit Hours: 27-28