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2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin [DRAFT]

GHY 1010 - Global Environmental Systems (3) [GenEd: SS]

When Offered: Fall; Spring
GEN ED: Social Science Designation; Sustainability and Climate Literacy​
This course takes an Earth Systems approach to introduce students to Earth’s atmospheric processes, physical landscapes, and biological systems through a lens of human interaction and sustainability. Students will explore a suite of topics including weather patterns, storms, and climate change, weathering of the Earth’s surface, ecological disturbance and biodiversity, and human impacts to Earth’s environmental systems.  (Climate Studies Course)