Climate Change Minor

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The Department of Geography offers a minor in Climate Change. Students completing the minor will develop expertise in climatology, climate data, and the societal institutions that are relevant to understanding how human society will be impacted by and could respond to climate variability and change. Students will also gain competence in mathematics, statistics, and data analysis.

Contact Information

Mackay Science
(775) 784-6995

College of Science Academic Advisors: https://www.unr.edu/science/student-resources/advising

I. Program Requirements (18 units)

A. Required Courses (12 units)

ATMS 117 - Meteorology (3 units) CO4L
GEOG 121 - Climate Change and Its Environmental Impacts (3 units) CO4L
GEOG 321 - Understanding Climate (3 units) OR
GEOG 421 - Climatology (3 units)
GEOG 322 - Into the Storm: Severe Weather and Society (3 units) CO9 OR
GEOG 422 - Climate Solutions: Local to Global Perspectives (3 units) CO9, CO13

B. Elective Courses (6 units)

3 or more units must be taken in Geography

ATMS 317 - Intermediate Meteorology and Weather Forecasting (3 units)
ATMS 360 - Atmospheric Instrumentation (3 units)
ATMS 417 - Airflow, Weather Dynamics, and Forecasting (4 units)
GEOG 321 - Understanding Climate (3 units)
GEOG 322 - Into the Storm: Severe Weather and Society (3 units) CO9
GEOG 421 - Climatology (3 units)
GEOG 422 - Climate Solutions: Local to Global Perspectives (3 units) CO9, CO13
GEOG 437 - Past Climate and Environmental Change (3 units)
GEOG 440 - Mountain Geography (3 units) CO9
PSC 403M - Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Policy (3 units)