GL120 Global Change: Weather Climate Lab

Science is a process that strongly informs human choices that have global impacts. In this course, students will be guided by their own curiosity, because without curiosity there can be no science. Students who successfully finish this course will be able to: 1) critically research and understand the inter-relationship between global climate change and the atmosphere and human actions; 2) critically evaluate the validity of claims, positions, etc., made by businesses, government agencies, or other various groups using a systematic method (that is, the scientific method); 3) articulate and communicate, both individually and in a group setting, their position on important human global issues that have scientific concepts at their roots; and 4) recognize that science strongly informs these human social/political issues that have scientific concepts at their roots. Specific topics considered in this course include atmospheric chemistry, pressure and temperature systems, humidity and precipitation, cloud development, atmospheric circulation, weather forecasting, extreme weather events, climate change, and air pollution. This course combines lecture, laboratory, and discussion. Addresses GLE Learning Outcomes Natural Sciences, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving