University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science 26 courses
Climate Science Minor Climate science has immense importance for society and is central to the fundamental understanding of Earth and other planets. The minor in Climate Science provides undergraduates from a broad range of majors with a coherent program of study in the fundamental mechanisms that control planetary climate. Human-caused climate change is a major emphasis, but students can additionally choose to focus on the much larger range of climate states that have occurred in Earth’s past or that exist on other planets. Although the socioeconomic impacts of climate variability, the political systems that govern human interaction with climate, and the technology to remediate human-caused climate change are all important topics, this minor retains focus on the basic scientific processes that govern climate. Worldwide, many students who pursue graduate study in the atmosphere, ocean, and climate sciences come from undergraduate majors in Physics, Chemistry, Math, Biology, or Engineering. Increasingly, students from those and other majors are also doing work in industry and government that requires knowledge of Earth’s climate system. The Climate Science minor allows students to continue pursuing a non-Earth Science major while completing and receiving recognition for a coherent program of study in climate. There is no major in Climate Science; students interested in a relevant major should consider the Atmospheric Science, Environmental Earth Science, or Marine Science...
Lower Division: Core
Complete at least 1 of the following. Both courses introduce the atmospheric greenhouse effect, radiative feedbacks, and controls on planetary mean temperature.
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EPS 7 | Introduction to Climate Change | 3 |
| EPS 81 | Extreme Weather and Climate | 3 |
Upper Division: Core
Complete at least 5 of the following. At least three of the five courses must be EPS:
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