Climate Science Minor
https://ceps.unh.edu/earth-sciences/program/minor/climate-science
The Department of Earth Sciences offers a minor in Climate Science available to all University students. The Climate Science minor provides an opportunity for students to complement their major field of study with foundational knowledge and essential skills in Climate Science.
Students interested in the Climate Science minor should contact rosemarie.came@unh.edu for more information.
Academic policies related to Minors.
Credit toward the minor will only be given for courses passed with C- or better, and a 2.00 grade-point average must be maintained in courses for the minor.
- Courses taken on a pass/fail basis may not be used for a minor.
- No more than 8 credits used to satisfy major requirements may be used for the minor.
- No more than 2 courses or 8 credits may be from transfer coursework. Any transferred coursework must be approved by the minor coordinator.
For additional details on how to declare a minor, please visit https://www.unh.edu/registrar/academic-records/majors-minors.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ESCI 401 | Dynamic Earth | 4 |
| or ESCI 402 | Earth History | |
| or ESCI 405 | Global Environmental Change | |
| or ESCI 409 | Geology and the Environment | |
| or ESCI 501 | Introduction to Oceanography | |
| ESCI 514 | Introduction to Climate | 3 |
| Climate and Society Course 1 | ||
| Complete one approved 500/600 level course. Suggested courses include: | 4 | |
| Environment and Society | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Global Change and Social Sustainability | ||
| There Is No Planet B | ||
| Elements of Weather | ||
| Global Landscapes and Environmental Processes | ||
| Environmental Pollution and Protection: A Global Context | ||
| Quantitative/Statistics Course 2 | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 4 | |
| Quantitative Methods in Earth Sciences | ||
| Spectral Analysis of Geophysical Time Series Data | ||
| Introduction to Statistical Analysis | ||
| ESCI Climate Science Course | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| Landscape Evolution | ||
| Biogeosciences in the Earth System | ||
| Principles of Hydrology | ||
| Introductory Physical Oceanography | ||
| Paleoceanography | ||
| Paleoclimatology | ||
| GIS for Earth & Environmental Sciences | ||
| Remote Sensing Earth & Environmental Sciences | ||
| Total Credits | 18-19 | |
- 1
The course meeting the climate and society requirement should be selected in consultation with the Climate Science Minor advisor.
- 2
Students may fulfill the quantitative/statistics requirement using any approved statistics course.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Understand the broad attributes of and interactions within the Earth System.
- Describe the history of Earth's climate, how and why the climate is changing today, and how those changes impact society.
- Perform simple statistical calculations to process and evaluate quantitative climate science data.
- Summarize, analyze, and evaluate the primary climate sciences literature.