The minor in climate change aims to provide an overview of how the climate system works from an earth systems sciences perspective and how humans and the environment interact within it. The Climate Change minor draws on multiple courses exploring the science of climate change as well as the multitude of impacts ranging from:
- Farming and food production
- Water availability
- Ocean acidification to the potential of sustainable energy to replace fossil fuels
- Policy decisions governments are making.
Students learn about climate change and how to understand and forecast its potential impacts from varied disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, while getting a firm grounding in the basic physical, ecological and social sciences.
If you are interested in pursuing this minor, we encourage you to meet with the department’s academic advisor to identify appropriate courses.