Courses

Undergraduate courses offered in Earth System Science emphasize an understanding of the  basic science involved in global change of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans,  biosphere and soils. Any three courses selected from Earth System Science 1,3,5,11, or, Physics 18, 20A, 20B, 20C, and 20D will satisfy the natural sciences breadth requirement. Both lower- and upper division core courses in the Earth and Environmental Science Major or Minor.  Lower-division Earth System Science courses also are core or elective courses in the interdisciplinary minor in Global Sustainability. Graduate core courses are meant to provide incoming ESS graduate students with a comprehensive overview of Earth System Science through the application of physics, chemistry and biology to the study of the interacting ocean, atmosphere, land, and climate systems. 2007-2008  Course Schedule and links to course web pages For more detail, see individual course descriptions from the catalog 2007 Fall quarter Course Name Instructor Comment EarthSS 3 Oceanography Primeau breadth course EarthSS 25 Earth and Environmental Sciences Druffel E&ES Majors intro EarthSS 51 Land Interactions Randerson E&ES Majors core course EarthSS H90 The Idiom and Practice of Science Prather Honors course EarthSS 116 Data Analysis Goulden E&ES Majors core course EarthSS 130 Physical Oceanography Pasquero E&ES Majors elective EarthSS 170 Environmental Microbiology Martiny upper division elective EarthSS 191 Intro To Research in ESS Randerson upper division elective EarthSS 192 Careers in Earth System Science (pending approval) Randerson upper division elective EarthSS 200A Earth System Climatology Yu Graduate core EarthSS 200B Earth System Physics Pasquero Graduate Core EarthSS 202A Terrestrial Biogeochemstry Trumbore Graduate core EarthSS 210A Geoscience Data Analysis Primeau Graduate core EarthSS 212A Paleoclimate Druffel Graduate core EarthSS 218A Terrestrial Ecology Randerson Graduate core EarthSS 290A Department Seminar Graduate level EarthSS 298A ESS Practicum Prather Graduate core 2008 Winter quarter Course Name Instructor Comment EarthSS 1 The Physical Environment Reeburgh breadth course EarthSS 7 Geology Johnson breadth course EarthSS 53 Ocean Biogeochemistry Moore E&ES Majors core course EarthSS 122 Atmospheric Dynamics Magnusdottir E&ES major elective EarthSS 134 Introduction to GIS Soeller E&ES major elective EarthSS 142 Atmospheric Chemistry Saltzman E&ES major elective EarthSS 204A Global Hydrology Famiglietti Graduate core EarthSS 204B The Cryosphere Dupont Graduate Core EarthSS 206A Ocean Dynamics Pasquero Graduate core EarthSS 206B Atmospheric Dynamics Primeau Graduate Core EarthSS 208 A Atmospheric Chemistry Saltzman Graduate core EarthSS 290B Department Seminar Graduate level EarthSS 298B ESS Practicum Famiglietti Graduate Core 2008 Spring quarter Course Name Instructor Comment EarthSS 5 The Atmosphere Yu breadth course EarthSS 55 Earth's Atmosphere Magnusdottir E&ES Majors core course EarthSS 114 Earth System Science Field Methods Goulden E&ES Majors core course EarthSS 132 Terrestrial Hydrology Famiglietti E&ES Majors elective EarthSS 138 Remote Sensing Moore/Randerson E&ES Majors elective EarthSS 192 Careers in Earth System Science Moore EarthSS 198 ESS Honors Thesis E&ES Majors elective EarthSS 202B Biogeochemistry II Reeburgh Graduate Core EarthSS 212B Earth System Change Trumbore/Prather Graduate core EarthSS 218B Ocean Ecology Moore Graduate Core EarthSS 232 Terrestrial Hydrology Famiglietti Graduate elective EarthSS 290C Department Seminar Graduate level EarthSS 298C ESS Practicum Saltzman Graduate Core