Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalogue

PHY 420  -  Global Climate Change


Analysis of natural and anthropogenic global climate change. Historical and geological records of climate including sediment, tree ring, and ice core analysis. Physics and chemistry of climate, including Earth’s energy balance, global carbon cycle, climate modeling, atmospheric composition and dynamics.

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite Courses: PHY 102  or (PHY 202  and CHM 102  and CHML 102  and MAT 162 )
University Studies: Building Competencies/Writing Intensive
Crosslisting: GGY 420 , GLY 420  
Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated.


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