__University__ 2024-2025 Bulletin

Climate Change Science and Adaptation Minor

Students will need to earn at least 26 credits to complete the Climate Change Science and Adaptation Minor. The minor may be earned simultaneously with a BA or BS degree or post baccalaureate in any major. Students can choose among a range of core and elective courses from the social and physical sciences. For students pursuing both the Geography major and the Climate Change Science and Adaptation Minor OR both the Environmental Science (or Studies) and the Climate Change Science and Adaptation Minor, courses presented for the minor must differ from the major by at least 12 credits.

Core Courses (16 credits)

Pick four from the following core courses, at least 2 courses must be 400-level:
Geog 310U/Sci 333UClimate and Water Resources

4

Geog 311UClimatology

4

Geog 312U/Sci 334UClimate Variability and Change

4

Geog 314USevere Weather

4

Geog 412Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment

4

Geog 450Climate and Society

4

ESM 464Climate Adaptation: Managing Environmental Risks and Vulnerabilities

4

Electives (10 Credits)

Please take at least three courses or a minimum of 10 credits from the following two lists. Students may petition the faculty advisor to approve other courses with significant climate change content.

Climate Change: Science Courses

Geog 310U/Sci 333UClimate and Water Resources

4

Geog 311UClimatology

4

Geog 312U/Sci 334UClimate Variability and Change

4

Geog 314USevere Weather

4

Geog 333U/Ph 333UWeather

4

Geog 340UGlobal Water Issues and Sustainability

4

Geog 412Global Climate Change Science and Socio-environmental Impact Assessment

4

Geog 413Disturbance Biogeography of Pacific Northwest

4

Geog 414Hydrology

4

Geog 418/ESM 418Landscape Ecology

4

ESM 416Ecosystem Restoration

4

ESM 425Watershed Hydrology

4

ESM 427Watershed Biogeochemistry

4

ESM 458Snow Hydrology

4

ESM 460/CE 488Air Quality

4

ESM 471/Ph 471Atmospheric Physics

4

ESM 480Coastal Marine Ecology

4

ESM 483Marine Conservation and Management

4

Ph 375UClimate Change and Human Life

4

SySc 330UModels in Science

4

CE 489Introduction to Advanced Environmental Fluid Mechanics

4

Climate Change: Humanities and Social Science Courses

Geog 345UResource Management

4

Geog 445Resource Management Topics

4

Geog 446Water Resource Management

4

Geog 450Climate and Society

4

ESM 335Introduction to Environmental Management

4

ESM 435Natural Resource Policy and Management

4

ESM 464Climate Adaptation: Managing Environmental Risks and Vulnerabilities

4

Ec 332UEconomics of Environmental Issues

4

Ec 410Economics of Climate Change

4

Ec 430Resource and Environmental Economics

4

Ec 444Economics of Green Power

4

Phl 310UEnvironmental Ethics

4

Phl 449Philosophy of Sustainability

4

PS 319UPolitics of the Environment

4

Soc 465Environmental Sociology

4

USP 313UUrban Environmental Issues

4

USP 490Green Economics and Sustainable Development

3

Total Credit Hours: 26