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Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Minor

Effective Winter 2016

Exclusions:

Not open to students with CLASP majors.

Advising

Students must submit his or her program of study for the minor to the Climate & Space undergraduate advisor.

Students should get approval from CLASP Undergraduate Advisor when declaring a CLASP minor.

Students must have registered no later than the last day to add courses for the semester in which they complete the last courses for the minor.

Grade Policies

Students must attain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the designated courses.

Prerequisites

  • Mathematics: MATH 115 and 116
  • Physics: PHYSICS 140/141 and 240/241

Requirements

Minimum Credits: 15

A minimum of 15 credits, selected:

  1. Introductory Courses. One of the following courses that provide an overview of the terminology, physics, mathematics, tools and approaches used in the different areas of specialization within Climate & Space:
    • CLIMATE 102: Meteorology
    • CLIMATE 105: Climate Science and Impacts Engineering
    • SPACE 101 or 103: Space Science or Space Engineering
  2. Earth and Space System Evolution: CLIMATE 320 and 321; or EARTH 320 and 321; or SPACE 320 and 321
  3. Core Focus Courses. Select at least two courses (and a minimum of 6 credits) from one the following tracks:
    • Meteorology:
      • CLIMATE 350, 380, 411, 414, 422, 440, 462, 463
      • EARTH 350, 381
      • ENSCEN 463
    • Climate Science and Impacts Engineering:
      • CLIMATE 350, 380, 401, 451, 467, 4XX (“Carbon Climate Interactions”), 473, 474, 480
      • EARTH 350, 381, 401
    • Space Science:
      • SPACE 370, 405, 462, 477, 495
    • Space Engineering:
      • AEROSP 581
      • SPACE 4XX (“Space Environments”), 405, 462, 581