Courses related to ESS

The University of Arizona now offers a PhD minor in Global Change:

http://geo.ispe.arizona.edu/gcminor.htm

NATS 101 – Introduction to Global Change

Description:  An overview of the key concepts in physical and chemical processes, including Newton's laws governing force and motion, the laws of thermodynamics governing energy and entropy, the role of electromagnetism in nature, and the atomic structure of matter. The course will explore these concepts in an inter-disciplinary context, drawing from areas such as environmental sciences, atmospheric sciences, engineering/technological sciences, and others.

http://www.gened.arizona.edu/nats101gc/ and

http://www.hwr.arizona.edu/nats101/

Note that this course is the direct descendant of the ESSE course, now taught by Lisa’s colleagues Roger Bales and Katherine Hirschboeck

GC/GEOG 530 -- The Climate System  (3 units)

Description:  Systematic examination of processes and circulations comprising Earth's climate. Emphasis on circulations influencing geographic processes using examples of atmospheric environmental issues. Graduate-level requirements include the completion of a term paper.

GC/GEOS/HWR 572 -- Global Biogeochemical Cycles  (3 units)

Description:  Study of processes affecting global chemical fluxes. Particular attention to current global concerns, i.e., ozone hole, carbon cycle, climate warming, atmospheric oxidation, hydrologic cycle.

GC/GEOS 595G -- North American Monsoon Colloquium  (1-3 units)

Description:  This colloquium is designed as a broad interdisciplinary treatment of the North American Monsoon. Topics included are: synoptic and convection climatology, variation in time and space, desert ecology, modeling/forecasting, cultural constructions, and risk management.

GC 597A -- Global Change Workshop  (3 units)

Description:  Integrative experience for natural and social science students with focus on local and regional consequences of global change.

http://geo.ispe.arizona.edu/gcminor/courses.html

Resources

• ISPE

  The Institute for the Study of Planet Earth (ISPE) was established in 1994 led at the time by Lisa Graumlich to foster disciplinary excellence in an expanded framework of interdisciplinary discovery, education, and application. ISPE works in collaboration with faculty, programs, departments, and colleges across campus to build the research and educational programs needed to understand and deal with environmental change.

  ISPE also forges new links to those outside the University—from policy-makers, corporate leaders, government managers, and colleagues at other universities, to farmers, ranchers, and individual citizens. Each day, more and more people discover value in understanding how their environment is likely to change and what their options are for the future. ISPE strives to provide the information people need to understand these changes and make the best decisions.  ISPE continues to recognize ESSE as contributing to its education objectives.

  Introduction to Global Change Labs

  In 1991, the University of Arizona started a two-semester sequence, Introduction to Global Change to teach non-science majors about the Earth system. The course teaches basic scientific principles in the context of global problems and challenges facing scientists, policy makers and citizens.

  The main effort was to develop computer-based laboratory exercises as the centerpiece of teaching modules. Macromedia director was used to develop these labs because of ease in creation of graphics, text and animation and its interactive capability.  These labs focus on topics whose teaching is enhanced by animation, extensive color images, or calculation-intensive exercises.

  http://www.hwr.arizona.edu/Alpine/IGCL/home.html

  This modular content was developed with NSF funding following the ESSE grant, and became part of Lisa’s contribution to ESSE.  Topics included:

  Lakes, Ozone, Salinity, Ice Cores, Trace Gases, Rainforests, and Earth and Space