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ESCI 393: Our Coastal Seas and Climate Change

Environmental Sciences · 4 credits

A course focusing on the geophysical and physical characteristics of the ocean and coastal seas undergoing rapid 20th and 21st century climate change. Topics may include all or a subset of the following: Current sea level rise now and predictions for its behavior in the next century, why sea level varies around the planet, coastal inundation and flooding, storms surges and other kinds of ocean-weather feedbacks including storm energetics, ocean-atmosphere-interactions at longer time scales such as marine heat wave, planetary teleconnections (i.e. El Nino Southern Oscillation and others), waves and erosion, tidal inundation of bays and estuaries, hypoxia, and carbon pollution (ocean acidification).

Offered in 13 of the 26 listed terms (Spring 2021 to Spring 2027).

Prerequisites

(ENVS 203 or HNRS 215 or ESCI 321 or GEOL 211 or (GEOL 101 and GEOL 211A)) and (MATH 114 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2 or Pre-Calculus (PC), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus 2 (PC2), score 1.70 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 65 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 149 or MPT General - Scaled Score, score 158 or MATH 115 or MATH 118 or MATH 124 or MATH 125 or MATH 134 or MATH 135 or MATH 138 or MATH 156 or MATH 157)

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Required by (2)

ESCI 491, MACS 418

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Instructors

InstructorSectionsTerms
Shaw, Erika13Spring 2021 to Spring 2027

Every offering in the listed terms (13 sections)

TermSecCRNTypeMeetsInstructorEnrolledDelivery
Spring 20270121697LectureMW 2:00pm-3:50pm · ES 072Shaw, Erika0/25Face to Face Instruction
Fall 2026043789LectureMW 2:00pm-3:50pm · ES 313Shaw, Erika25/25Face to Face Instruction
Spring 20260121904LectureTR 10:00am-11:50am · ES 070Shaw, Erika25/25Face to Face Instruction
Winter 2026013659LectureTR 10:00am-11:50am · AH 018Shaw, Erika25/25Face to Face Instruction
Spring 20250122129LectureTR 1:00pm-2:50pm · AH 018Shaw, Erika25/25Face to Face Instruction
Fall 20240142196LectureTR 1:00pm-2:50pm · ES 070Shaw, Erika22/25Face to Face Instruction
Spring 20240122589LectureTR 10:00am-11:50am · ES 070Shaw, Erika24/25Face to Face Instruction
Fall 20230142626LectureTR 1:00pm-2:50pm · ES 072Shaw, Erika24/25Face to Face Instruction
Spring 20230122968LectureTR 10:00am-11:50am · ES 070Shaw, Erika21/25Face to Face Instruction
Fall 20220143024LectureTR 10:00am-11:50am · ES 418Shaw, Erika23/25Face to Face Instruction
Spring 20220123525LectureTR 2:00pm-3:50pm · ES 418Shaw, Erika22/25Face to Face Instruction
Fall 20210144038LectureTR 2:00pm-3:40pm · CF 224Shaw, Erika23/25Face to Face Instruction
Spring 20210123335LectureTR 2:00pm-3:40pm · REMOTE SYNCShaw, Erika23/25Face to Face Instruction