CIVE 5150 — Climate and Atmospheric Change

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: W/FBostonOnlineTraditionalVideo Streaming

Offers an in-depth view of the processes that drive change in Earth's climate system. Examines the modern climate system and how and why climate changes through time. Introduces the tools used to explore past climates and changes, and explores the long-term and short-term controls on the climate system. Also introduces the application of climate models to develop future climate projections. Offers students an opportunity to obtain hands-on experience analyzing and interpreting climate data and model output.

Prerequisites

one of:
- ENVR 1200 (min D-)
- ENVR 2200 (min D-)
- all of:
  - one of:
    - PHYS 1151 (min D-)
    - PHYS 261M
  - one of:
    - PHYS 1152 (min D-)
    - PHYS 26LM
  - one of:
    - PHYS 1153 (min D-)
    - PHYS 26SM
- graduate program admission

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	2	11	55	20%	22.0
Fall 2025	1	26	35	74%	9.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 97% · Th 0% · F 97%

Common patterns: WF (97% of sections), async (3% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Samuel Munoz (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

Official catalog (CIVE course descriptions) · All CIVE courses · Plan it at numap.app