GEOG 272 - Weather and Climate

Credits: 3 Total Hours: 60

This course explores the nature and function of Earth’s atmosphere. Topics include atmospheric composition and structure, insolation, atmospheric circulation, humidity and precipitation, and weather systems. Climate diversity and change (natural and anthropogenic) will be examined in detail. Lab activities will introduce methods for sampling and analyzing weather and climate data.

Prerequisites
One of:

C in ENGL 151
C in ENGL 161
C in ENGL 163
C in ENGL 164