Applied Climate Science (BS)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date Posted: Aug. 30, 2018
Submitted by: Claire Pope
Sustainability Topics:
Curriculum,
Air & Climate
Content Type:
Academic Programs
Disciplines:
Biological Sciences (includes Ecology),
Physical & Earth Sciences (Chemistry, Geology, Atmospheric Sciences, etc)
Tags:
climate science
Program Type: Baccalaureate degree
Description
The applied climate science major provides an interdisciplinary approach with courses in biology, chemistry, soils, water, ecology, mathematics and statistics, and Geographic Information Science (GIScience). These courses provide students with a higher level of training in climatology necessary to understand complex climate-based problems and their interrelationships with natural resources. Students in this major will be prepared, as trained climate science professionals, to address natural hazard management, climate change, changing frequency and severity of extreme climatic events, environmental degradation and deforestation, and the increased demand for water and other natural resources.