Prerequisites: admission to the University Honors Program or consent of instructor

Description: Honors course corresponding to GEO 011. Application of the scientific method to the global climate change debate. Provides an understanding of Earth’s feedback systems that regulate the climate over long- and short-term time scales. Includes oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns, the major reservoirs and global carbon cycle, and the influence and origin of greenhouse gases.

Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is awarded for only one of GEO 011 or GEO 011H.