Curriculum Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| MSC 346 | Climate Science and Policy | 3 |
| Select two or three of the following (List A): | 9 | |
| Introduction to Weather and Climate * | ||
or ATM 103 | Survey of Modern Meteorology | |
| Climate and Global Change | ||
| The Earth's Climate: Past and Future | ||
| Introduction to Marine Geology | ||
| Introduction to the Physics of Climate ** | ||
| Climatology and Extreme Weather | ||
| Earth's Ancient Atmospheres, Climates, and Sea Levels | ||
| Select one or two of the following (List B): | 3 | |
| Coastal Law | ||
| Ocean Law | ||
| Ocean Policy | ||
| Decision Making and the Environment | ||
| Climate Law | ||
| Approved Statistics Course *** | 0-3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 15-18 | |
| * | Students with a Meteorology or Oceanography major should replace ATM 102/ATM 103 from List A with an additional course from list B. |
| ** | Students with a Meteorology major cannot use ATM 307 towards the minor. |
| *** | Students from a program without a statistics requirement must also take an approved course in statistics increasing this to an 18 credit hour minor. |
| **** | Only those courses passed with a grade of “C-” or higher may be applied to the minor. Courses used towards a minor must be above and beyond those used for the major. The Climate Science and Policy minor fulfills the requirements of the People and Society or STEM cognate.. |
Approved Statistics Courses
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MTH 224 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| MSC 204 | Environmental Statistics | 3 |
| ECS 204 | Environmental Statistics | 3 |
| EPS 351 | Introduction to Statistics and Research Design | 3 |
| IEN 311 | Applied Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| MAS 201 | Introduction to Business Statistics | 3 |
| MAS 311 | Applied Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| NUR 202 | Introductory Statistics in Health Care | 3 |
| PSY 291 | Introduction to Biobehavioral Statistics | 3 |
| PSY 292 | Introduction to Biobehavioral Statistics for Non-Majors | 3 |
