The Climate Studies minor aims to help students understand past, current and future changes in climate and the effects of climate change on Earths atmospheric, biologic, hydrologic and ecologic systems. This minor will include the interactions among physical and human systems, and prepare students to address the grand challenges associated with global climate change. This minor provides needed preparation for students joining the workforce to understand the causes of climate change, how climate change will affect businesses, policy, and the environment, and how to best prepare for the future.
Courses
Required courses (12-15 credits)
- GEOS101 Global Environmental Science (4) or GEOL101 Physical Geology (4) or ENVSTD121 Introduction to the Environment (3)
- GEOG213 Atmosphere and Weather (3) or GEOS212 Water in the West (4) or
- GEOS305 Global Climate Change (3) • GEOS470 Grand Challenges: Addressing Environmental Change (3) or ENVSTD470 Climate, Justice, and the Commonwealth (3)
Electives (choose two of the following; 5-7 credits)
- ANTH314 Environmental Anthropology(3)
- ANTH414 Quaternary Paleontology(3)
- BIOL416Microbial Ecology(3)
- BIOL422 Conservation Biology(3)
- BIOL435 Ecosystem Ecology(3)
- ENVSTD420 Contemporary Debates on Global Environmental Change(3)
- ENVSTD470 Climate, Justice, and the Commonwealth(3)
- GEOG213 Atmosphere and Weather(3)
- GEOG321 Sustainability in the Anthropocene(3)
- GEOS201 Introduction to Oceanography(3)
- GEOS212 Water in the West(4)
- GEOS367 Snow Science Field Methods(2)
- GEOS405 Research Computing in the Earth and Environmental Sciences(3)
- GEOS418 Modeling Earth and Environmental Systems(3)
- GEOS470 Grand Challenges: Addressing Environmental Change(3)
- HES400 Foundations in Human-Environment Systems Science(3)
For more information contact: kerrieweppner@boisestate.edu