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| PHSC 205 - WEATHER & CLIMATE |
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205 WEATHER AND CLIMATE 4(3-2)
This laboratory-based course provides students with the opportunity to investigate the causes and the characteristics of the Earth's weather and climate. Topics covered include: earth-sun relations, oceanic circulation, structure of the atmosphere, heating of the atmosphere and surface, global warming and the greenhouse effect, climate change, stability, moisture, cloud formation, precipitation, air pressure and wind, mid-latitude cyclones, global patterns of wind and precipitation, meteorological maps, severe weather, El Nino and La Nina, fronts and air masses, weather forecasting, and the scientific process. Students are expected to have the ability to use the internet.
Prerequisites: E, M, R
4.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours 2.000 Lab hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Lab, Hybrid, Lecture/Lab Arts & Sciences Division Natural Sci, Exerc Sci, Wellne Department Course Attributes: MTA-Natural Science w/Lab, Standard Residency Tuition Prerequisites: ( ACT English 18 or Compass Writing 78 or E-Write Sample 06 or Writing Sample P or SAT Verbal 490 or E (English) Prereq Waiver 01 or Writ/Language Test Score (SAT) 27 or ( Essay Reading Subscore (SAT) 5 and Essay Analysis Subscore (SAT) 5 and Essay Writing Subscore (SAT) 5) or WritePlacer 6 or ( WritePlacer 5 and Acc Next Gen Writing 250) or High School GPA Final 3.50 or Partial HS Trans GPA 3.500 or ( High School GPA Final 2.75 or Partial HS Trans GPA 2.750) and ( ACCUPLACER Reading 080 or Acc Next Gen Reading 263 or ACT Reading 17 or Reading Test Score (SAT) 26) or Undergraduate level ENGL 010 Minimum Grade of A. or Undergraduate level ENGL 093 Minimum Grade of C. or Undergraduate level ENGL 094 Minimum Grade of C. or Undergraduate level ENGL 095 Minimum Grade of C. or Undergraduate level ENGL 099A Minimum Grade of C.) and ( ACT Math 18 or Compass Pre-Algebra 46 or SAT Quantitative 440 or M (Math) Prereq Waiver 01 or Math Test Score (SAT) 24.0 or Math Section Score (SAT) 480 or ACCUPLACER Arithmetic 058 or LMC Numeracy Test 13 or Acc Next Gen Quant/Alg/Stats 237 or Undergraduate level MATH 090 Minimum Grade of C. or Undergraduate level MATH 095 Minimum Grade of C.) and ( ACT Reading 17 or Compass Reading 78 or SAT Verbal 490 or R (Read) Prereq Waiver 01 or Nelson Denny 11.8 or Reading Test Score (SAT) 26 or ACCUPLACER Reading 080 or WritePlacer 6 or ( WritePlacer 5 and Acc Next Gen Writing 250) or High School GPA Final 3.50 or Partial HS Trans GPA 3.500 or Acc Next Gen Reading 263 or Undergraduate level READ 085 Minimum Grade of C. or Undergraduate level READ 087 Minimum Grade of C. or Undergraduate level ENGL 095 Minimum Grade of C. or Undergraduate level ENGL 099A Minimum Grade of C.) |
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