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The Study of Earth's Changing Climate
The objective of the Climate Impact Engineering concentration in the AOSS ESSE undergraduate program is to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between Earth’s changing climate and characteristics of the Earth system that are affected by it. To do this, students receive training in the fundamentals of Earth system science, through the AOSS undergraduate core courses, and they examine the impact of environmental factors on the Earth system through a set of approved concentration courses. Concentration courses are taken in designated pairs in order to promote a depth of study into particular aspects of climate impact. At least one experiential course from an approved list is also required – to promote hands-on learning outside the traditional classroom environment.
Climate Impact Engineering Concentration Advisor:
Dr. Natasha Andronova
1514D SRB
natand@umich.edu
(734)763-5833
Sample Climate Impact Engineering Concentration Schedule
| Credit Hours | Semester | |||||||||
| Download sample schedule [PDF] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Subjects required by all programs (55 hrs.) | ||||||||||
| Mathematics 115, 116, 215, and 216 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | |
| ENG 100 Intro to Engr | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| ENG 101 Intro to Computers | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Chemistry 125/126 and 130 or Chemistry 210/211 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Physics 140/141; 240/241 | 10 | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | |
| Required Core Courses (28 hrs.) | ||||||||||
| AOSS 320 Earth System Evolution | 4 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| AOSS 321 Earth System Dynamics | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | |
| AOSS 323 Earth System Analysis | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | |
| AOSS 350 Atmospheric Thermodynamics | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |
| AOSS 370 Solar-Terrestrial Relations | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | |
| AOSS 380 Introduction to Radiative Transfer | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | |
| AOSS 410 Earth System Modeling | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | |
| Concentration Courses (25 hrs.) | ||||||||||
| AOSS 480 Climate Change | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Engr 450 Multidisciplinary Change | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Concentration Group I (2 course group; from approved list) | 7 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | – | ||
| Concentration Group II (2 course group; from approved list) | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | – | |
| Experiential Course (from approved list) | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Elective Courses (20 hrs.) | ||||||||||
| Technical Electives | 8 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||
| Unrestricted Elective | 11 | – | – | – | – | -- | 6 | 5 | ||
| Total | 128 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 16 | |
Climate Impact Engineering Approved Concentration Group Courses
- AOSS 414 Weather Systems / AOSS 422 Boundary Layer Meteorology
- AOSS 463 Air Pollution Meteorology / AOSS 479 Atmospheric Chemistry
- CEE 230 Energy and Environment / CEE 260 Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Principles
- NA 420. Environmental Ocean Dynamics / NA 455. Environmental Nearshore Dynamics
- NRE 501 Remote Sensing for Environmental GIS / NRE 531 Principles of GIS
- NRE 558 Water Resource Policy / NRE 559 International Environmental Policy and Law
- EB 320 Rivers, Lakes and Wetlands: Introduction to Aquatic Ecosystems / EEB 380 Oceanography: Marine Ecology
- GEOSCI 284 Environmental Geology / GEOSCI 325 Environmental Geochemistry
Climate Impact Engineering Concentration Approved Experiential Courses
- AOSS 462 Instrumentation for Atmos. and Space Sci.
- AOSS 475 Earth System Interactions