EVSC 181 - (3) (Y)
Climate Change: Past and Future
Explores past changes of the Earth's climate system (atmosphere,
oceans, vegetation, land surface and ice sheets) caused by changes in
atmospheric CO₂, the strength of the sun, the Earth's orbit around the
sun, volcanic eruptions, and plate tectonics. Future climate change is
projected based on past changes.

EVSC 250 - (3) (Y)
Man's Atmospheric Environment
Long-term global climatic controls and short-term severe weather events such as
hurricanes and tornadoes are treated in terms of the physical laws governing the
motions of the atmosphere and the energy driving the system. Climatic and atmospheric
events which severely impact upon human behavior are discussed. Explores responses
by early and modern man to perturbations in the weather and climate. Examines
utilization of renewable energy residing in the sun, wind, and water; and advertent and
inadvertent weather modification.

 EVSC 350 - (3) (Y)
 Atmosphere and Weather
 Prerequisite: One semester of calculus; recommended: at least one semester of college
 physics with lab such as PHYS 231, 232
 An introduction to the physical laws governing atmospheric behavior which provides an
 understanding of atmospheric variables and their role in the fluid environment of the
 earth.

 EVSC 350L - (1) (Y)
 Atmosphere and Weather Laboratory
 Corequisite: EVSC 350
 Study of the principles of measurements, instrumentation for measuring atmospheric
 parameters, and methods of observing and calculating atmospheric variables.

EVSC 447 - (3) (Y)
 Introduction to Climatological Analysis
 Prerequisites: One semester of calculus; recommended: EVSC 350
 Discussion of the general circulation of the atmosphere, followed by quantitative
 analyses of climatic fluctuations and their impact upon ecologic and economic systems.

 EVSC 455 - (3) (O)
 Synoptic Climatology
 Prerequisite: EVSC 350 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
 Study of the formation, movements, and meteorological and climatological attributes of
 synoptic-scale weather systems and the impact on the environment. Explore the
 relationship of these systems to problems such as air quality, atmospheric transport,
 climate change, and evaporation and precipitation regimes.

 EVSC 457 - (3) (Y)
 Microclimatology
 Prerequisite: EVSC 350 or permission of instructor
 Analysis of the principles governing atmospheric processes occurring at small temporal
 and spatial scales near the Earth's surface, including energy, mass and momentum
 transfer. Topics include features of the atmospheric environment effecting plants and
 feedback mechanisms between plants and their local microclimates, trace gas
 exchange between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere, energy budgets,
 evapotranspiration, and motions near the surface.

 EVSC 483 - (3) (Y)
 Earth's Climactic History
 Prerequisite: EVSC 280
Analyzes changes through geologic time of the Earth's climate system
(ice sheets, oceans, atmosphere, vegetation) in response to solar
variability, sea-floor spreading, mountain building, atmospheric CO2
levels, volcanic eruptions, and earth-sun orbital changes.

EVSC 494 -(3) (O)
 Climate and the History of Human Culture
Selected topics in the interaction between human societal history and the
climatic environmental factors that have in part shaped it.
Potential topics include the Pleistocene/Holocene transition and
development of agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent,
putative abrupt climate events in the mid-Holocene, the onset of El
Nino in the mid Holocene and its influence across the
Indo-Pacific region and South America, and the relation between
climate and worldwide cultural changes during the past 1500 years.

 EVAT 541 - (4) (Y)
 Atmospheric Dynamics
 Prerequisites: MATH 131, 132 and PHYS 231, 232
 An introduction to theoretical meteorology encompassing dry and moist air
 thermodynamics, the mechanics of atmospheric motion, and the dynamics of
 atmospheric weather systems.

 EVAT 542 - (3) (Y)
 Micrometeorology
 Prerequisites: EVSC 350 or permission of instructor
 Principles of radiation transfer, soil heat flux, atmospheric heat transfer, atmospheric
 moisture, and evapotranspiration, motions near the Earth's surface, and surface energy
 balances are covered to provide a basis for describing the microclimate of various
 surfaces.

 EVAT 550 - (3) (O)
 Environmental Climatology
 Corequisites: EVSC 350 or the text The Science and Wonders of the Atmosphere
 An advanced-level survey of the theoretical and experimental research areas in
 climatology and meteorology, with particular emphasis on environmental problems
 associated with the atmosphere. Fundamental principles used in these studies are
 introduced and discussed, along with procedures used to present and analyze
 atmospheric information.

EVAT 554 - (3) (O)
Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics
Prerequisite: EVSC 350 or equivalent, or one semester of
calculus-based physics, or instructor permission
Begins with the equations of motion governing the atmosphere and
generalizations necessary for application to ocean dynamics. Topics
include influence of atmospheric thermal- and wind-forcing on the
ocean, oceanic feedback on the atmosphere, and intrinsically coupled
ocean-atmosphere processes. Examines the behavior of the coupled
ocean-atmosphere and climate system on seasonal, interannual, and
longer time scales (e.g., El Niño/Southern Oscillation phenomenon).

EVAT 793 - (3) (O)
Chemistry of Air
This course examines the mechanisms responsible for formation,
transport and removal of trace gases and aerosols in the atmosphere.
It focuses on fundamental processes involving chemical equilibria
and thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, photochemistry, multi-phase
chemistry, and their associated impacts on chemical cycling in the
atmospheric environment. Impacts of anthropogenic pollutant emissions
on both chemical cycles and the Earth's climate are examined. Upon
completion of this course students will have the necessary background
to understand atmospheric processes as they relate to alterations of
the chemistry of the natural atmosphere, and to extend theories and
results beyond those covered in classes.

EVAT 793 - (3) (O)
 Statistical Climatology
The goal of this course is to provide you with a basic understanding
of the major approaches for statistically analyzing univariate and
multivariate data sets. For each topic, we will discuss what the
technique does, what assumptions are required, and when
the technique is appropriate. Our focus will be on applications
to climatic data rather than mathematical theory and derivations.
Each weekly (3-hour) session will involve a different suite of
statistical techniques. After the two-week course introduction,
each topic will be introduced in the context of a climatological
question or problem that needs to be solved.

EVAT 796 -(3) (O)
Climate and the History of Human Culture
Selected topics in the interaction between human societal history and the
climatic environmental factors that have in part shaped it.
Potential topics include the Pleistocene/Holocene transition and
development of agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent,
putative abrupt climate events in the mid-Holocene, the onset of El
Nino in the mid Holocene and its influence across the
Indo-Pacific region and South America, and the relation between
climate and worldwide cultural changes during the past 1500 years.