
Contact Information
- Program Coordinator: Cameron Lee | cclee@kent.edu | 330-672-0360
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Fully Offered
- Delivery:
- In person
- Location:
- Kent Campus
Description
The Climate Change minor aims to provide an overview of the atmospheric sciences, how the climate system works and how humans and the environment interact within it. Students learn about climate change and how to understand and forecast its potential impacts. Students also learn how to apply their knowledge of climate and weather to a variety of interdisciplinary fields, including conservation, health, oceanography and environmental planning.
Admission Requirements
Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.
Program Requirements
Minor Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Minor Requirements | ||
GEOG 31062 | FUNDAMENTALS OF METEOROLOGY | 3 |
GEOG 31064 | PRINCIPLES OF CLIMATOLOGY | 3 |
GEOG 41066 | GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE | 3 |
Statistical Electives, choose from the following | 3-4 | |
REMOTE SENSING | ||
STATISTICAL METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY | ||
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE | ||
REMOTE SENSING | ||
BASIC PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS | ||
Minor Electives, choose from the following: 1 | 6 | |
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY | ||
CLIMATE CHANGE BIOLOGY | ||
NATURAL DISASTERS AND SOCIETY | ||
APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY | ||
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES | ||
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY | ||
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
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Appropriate special topic courses maybe taken with the approval of the program director.
Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA | Minimum Overall GPA |
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2.000 | 2.000 |
- Students must complete at least two upper-division (30000 or 40000 level) courses in the minor at Kent State on a graded basis (A-F).
- Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
- Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
- Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).