This track within the Professional Master Program emphasizes the relationship between weather, climate and societal impacts. The financial consequences resulting from natural and anthropogenic climate change, rising sea levels, and extreme weather events pose important scientific and socio-economic challenges, both in terms of urban planning and managing the financial risks associated with these changes. Employers in government, insurance, energy, and a number of other climate-impacted industries require professionals who are fluent in both the socioeconomic impacts and the physical basis of climate change. Social vulnerability, mitigation strategies, and adaptive capacity in the face of climate change are strongly mediated by legal, socioeconomic, policy, health and cultural factors. This theme draws on UM’s breadth and depth in interdisciplinary climate research, addressing risk management in the human health, fisheries, agriculture, natural hazards, and coastal sectors.
1. Open to all undergraduate majors. Previous course work in science or policy strongly recommended.
Dr. Brian Soden
Weather Climate and Society Track
Dr. Amy Clement
Weather Climate and Society Track
Dr. Katharine Mach
Weather Climate and Society Track
Fall
Credit Hours
ATM 651 or 614
Introduction to Atmospheric Science or Introduction to Weather and Climate
3
ATM 653
Climate Change
3
MES 660
& MES 661Introduction to Marine Geographic Information Systems
and Introduction to Marine Geographic Information Systems - Laboratory (Can be taken in Fall or Spring)3
GEG 648
Climate Change & Public Health (or Elective)
3
Credit Hours
12
Spring
Credit Hours
ATM 765
Elective
3
MES 662
Spatial Analysis: Intermediate Course in Marine GIS (or Elective)
3
RSM 620
Climate and Society
3
RSM 670
Elective
3
Credit Hours
12
Summer
Credit Hours
ATM 805
MPS Internship
6
Credit Hours
6
Total Credit Hours
30
Students may take any elective on the RSMAS campus with the consent of their faculty advisor. Below are a few examples of courses past students in this program used as electives.
For more details, visit the UM Bulletin
Code
Title
Credit Hours
ARC 639
Adaptation to Climate Change
3
ATM 765
General Circulation of the Atmosphere
3
EPH 640
Urban Environment and Public Health
3
EPH 646
Climate and Health
3
EPH 658
Analysis of the Health Effects of Climate
3
EPH 633
Policy & Management of the Health Effects of Climate
3
EPH 727
Climate, Environment, and Health: Data Integration and Management
3
GEG 648
Climate Change and Public Health
3
ECS 601
Interdisciplinary Environmental Research: Introduction to the Why and the How
3
ECS 603
Interdisciplinary Environmental Methods
3
LAW 601
Environmental Planning and the Environmental Impact Statement
3
MES 620
Environmental Law and Policy
3
MES 624
Statistics and Data Analysis for Environmental Science and Policy
3
MES 635
Oceans of Thought: Exploring Marine and Environmental Literature
3
MGS 776
Paleoclimatology
3
RSM 616
Florida Topics in Environmental Law & Policy
3
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