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STANDARD COURSE OUTLINE College of Liberal Arts Department of Geography General Information Course Number: 130 Title: Our Changing Global Climate Units: 3 Prerequisites or corequisites: One G.E. Foundation course. One B.2 and one A.1 course recommended. Concurrent or previous enrollment in GEOG 130 required. Course Classification: 3 units at C3 Responsible Faculty: C.M. Rodrigue, S. Dallman, P. Laris, C. Lee, S. Wechsler Terms Offered: every semester Prepared by: Christine M. Rodrigue Date of Submission/Revision: Fall 2008 Catalogue Description Introduction to Earths atmosphere, weather processes, global climate patterns, and drivers of climate change in the past and present. Analysis of how human activities affect weather and climate processes and the patterns of global climate impacts. Not open for credit to students with credit in GEOL 163. (3 hours lecture, demonstration activity) Curriculum Justification The proposed course is a GE course in the Explorations category of B.3. (other Physical Universe) or, combined with the accompanying 1 unit laboratory course (GEOG 131), of B.1.b. (Physical Sciences with Laboratory). One of the major subdivisions of physical geography is the study of weather processes, climate patterns, and the drivers and impacts of climate change. It is a physical science that examines physical and chemical processes occurring in the atmosphere to generate everyday weather events and hazards, more persistent climate configurations, and climate change over a variety of temporal and spatial scales. These patterns and processes are affected by human activities and impact the biotic and human environments at many spatial and temporal scales. Physical geographers utilize a distinct methodological approach that incorporates techniques from Geographic Information Science (GISience) including geospatial analysis tools (e.g., geographical information systems, remote sensing, cartography, and spatial statistics) as well as more t