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![]() Syllabus Class Meeting Times and Location: Daily (M-F) from 10:30 to 11:20 am in Room 310C in the Atmospheric Sciences Building Instructor:Lyatt
Jaeglé
Teaching Assistant: Amy Canavan
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Course Description This is an introductory course for nonscience majors on climate and climate change. The class will be divided in three parts:
None. Open to all undergraduates. Your grade will be based on exams (two midterms and one final exam), assignments, a research project, and class participation: Assignments 25%
You are expected to attend lectures and
participate in class. There will be no make-up exams except in the
case of serious illness or death in the immediate family, in which case
you must contact the instructor in advance of the exam. Assignments
are due in class at 10:30 am on the day indicated. Late assignments
will not be accepted without advance arrangement.
For the research projects, students will research the details of Earth's past climate over specific time periods. More information on the research projects is available through this link. The points assigned to the various exams
and assignments are as follows:
Points on the above scale are converted to grade points as follows:
1000 4.0
Based on this grading scheme, the mean GPA for ATMS 211 last quarter was 3.1. "The Earth System" by Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, and Robert C. Crane, Prentice Hall, 1999. The lectures will largely follow the textbook (see Reader's Guide to the Text). Each week the students will be required to read material of direct relevance to the class, but the curious student would do well to read the entire book. In addition, after each class, lecture notes will posted on the web. These notes will summarize the main topics covered and provide additional material not included in the book (such as web links). |
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at: jaegle@atmos.washington.edu
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