GEOG 1150 - Introduction to Physical Geography - Weather and Climate

6.0 Credits

Students learn the ways in which the complex interplay of solar radiation, temperature, moisture, atmospheric pressure, and wind produces the short-term atmospheric conditions called weather and the long-term atmospheric conditions called climate. Students pay particular attention to the ways in which weather and climate influence human life and to evidence of climate changes, past and present. College-level reading skills are recommended for success in this course.

Recommended: College-level reading skills

Lecture Hours: 5.0
Lab Hours: 3.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Summarize Earth-Sun relationships.
Accurately interpret maps.
Apply concepts of weather processes to explain day to day weather.
Explain the geographic distribution of climates on earth.
Analyze the various implications of climatic change.

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