NW 265-ENV - Weather, Climate, and Society

Min Units: 5
Max Units: 5
This course explores our atmosphere, including the science behind our daily weather, weather forecasting, climate and climate change, and global atmospheric circulation. Students will gain a fundamental knowledge of meteorology and climatology and their interactions with human activities on earth. As a lab science course within the Natural World core distribution block, students of all academic interests and majors will apply atmospheric processes to their everyday lives through the analysis of real-world events and data. (U) Occasionally