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GEOG-1524: Introduction to Earths Climate

Description: An introduction to Earths climate system, including the physical mechanisms responsible for the global climate as well as its spatial and temporal variation; composition and structure of the atmosphere, radiation budget and temperature, precipitation and hydrologic budget, atmosphere and oceanic circulation, weather systems, paleoclimate, future climate; synergistic human-climate relationships, including global warming, climate change.

Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.22 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 31.30%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.16%

Andrew Ellis202443.5%39.6%10.4%2.8%1.6%2.2%3.226

Grade Distribution Over Time

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