GEO 011: Global Climate Change and Sustainability

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour

Catalog page 223

Prerequisites: none

Description: 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. Investigates sustainability, climate change policies, adaptation, and mitigation.

Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of GEO 011 or GEO 011H.

Derived Information — The following is not part of the official catalog but is computed from catalog data.

Serves as a prerequisite for

GEO 136 GEO 137 GEO 161
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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 398/400 116/160 514/560
2024-25 353/398 110/110 463/508
2023-24 402/402  98/100 500/502
2022-23 25/25 328/333  50/ 50 403/408
2021-22 316/333  18/ 24 334/357
2020-21 24/25 324/333 7/ 24 355/382
2019-20 322/333  22/ 25 344/358
2018-19 7/24 332/335  16/ 25 355/384
2017-18 325/328  14/ 25 339/353
2016-17 190/294  11/ 25 201/319