Minor in Climate Science

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The Joint Environmental Science/Geology Minor in Climate Science offers students the opportunity to gain important insights into the extremely interdisciplinary realm of climate science from both environmental and geological perspectives. This minor is offered by the faculty of the Environmental Science and Geology programs and is designed to serve any matriculated student, though, due to the nature of the courses and the fact that some require basic science and math pre-requisites, it may be most suitable for students who are currently pursuing science degrees. It is likely that this program would be especially well-suited to Environmental Science, Geology, Biology, Physics, Engineering, and/or Math students. The Climate Science minor stipulates a minimum of 19 semester credit hours of courses that provide a fundamental grounding in the science of anthropogenic climate change. These courses include introductory classes that cover the basics of climate change, and courses that emphasize climate impacts on the ocean and atmosphere. Elective courses (at least one each from Environmental Science and Geology) assure students an opportunity to study individual impacts of climate change in greater depth.

Program Requirements

Required Courses: 10 s.h.

Elective Courses:

Unit D. Students must take (at least one) of the following courses from Geology:

GEOL 01230 - Paleoclimatology Credits: 4
GEOL 01133 - Climate, Catastrophes, Civilizations and Collapses Credits: 3
GEOL 01430 - Climate Variability and Diagnostics Credits: 4
GEOL 01435 - The Ice Ages and Quaternary Geology Credits: 4
GEOL 01331 - Climate Change and the Cryosphere Credits: 4

Unit E. Students must take (at least) one of the following courses from Environmental Science:

EVSC 01122 - Future of Food Credits: 3
EVSC 01382 - Understanding and Analyzing Climate Change Impacts Credits: 4
EVSC 01381 - Sea-Level Change: Past, Present, and Future Credits: 3
EVSC 01385 - Oceans Credits: 4

Total Required Credits for the Program: 19 s.h.

Nadia Rahin
Advisor
Discovery Hall
rahin@rowan.edu

Please note:

For all courses, students must ensure that they have the appropriate prerequisites for any of the classes. Prerequisites for each class can be found in the Banner Course Catalog. Find the catalog entry for the course that you are interested in taking, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Given that students may not minor in a program that shares the name of the department or draws on the same course requirements required to fulfill their major, students who are majoring in Environmental Science or Geology need to choose the options that are not already being used to fulfill their major.