Apr 17, 2026  
2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin [DRAFT] 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin [DRAFT]

GES 3455 - Quantitative Data Analysis for Earth and Environmental Scientists (3)


When Offered: Fall
This course provides an introduction to processing, visualizing, and interpreting Earth and environmental science data using scientific computing techniques widely used in the related fields. Biweekly lectures introduce the relevant quantitative methods within the context of Earth and environmental science applications. Weekly laboratories emphasize the application of quantitative tools toward analysis of data in support of various modes of dissemination. Earth science applications include but are not limited to scripting and generating reproducible plots for reports, creating longitudinal stream profiles, temporal, spatial, and magnitude filtering of NEIC earthquake data, and contouring a local water table.
Prerequisites: GES 2250 , GES 2750 MAT 1110 , and either PHY 1123 or PHY 1170 , or permission of the instructor.