This degree 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 weather-impacted industries are seeking professionals who are fluent in both the fundamentals of business and the physical sciences.
Social vulnerability, mitigation strategies, and adaptive capacity in the face of climate change are strongly mediated by legal, socioeconomic, policy, psychological, epidemiological and cultural factors, including housing and construction codes, environmental risk perception, and health management/delivery. This theme draws on UM’s breadth and depth in interdisciplinary climatological and meteorological research, addressing risk management in the human health, fisheries, agriculture, water management, natural hazards, and coastal zone sectors. Faculty from RSMAS, Miller School of Medicine, and Geography contribute to the climate and society theme with their analysis of both climate trends and hazards, while faculty at the Schools of Law, Architecture, and the College of Engineering focus on the legal, material, and aesthetic aspects of the built environment that influence the mitigation of vulnerability and development of more resilient urban systems
The MPS in Climate and Society emphasizes the relationship between weather, climate and societal impacts. Please see our departmental website for more information about this program.
Dr. Brian Soden
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
General Circulation of the Atmosphere (or ELECTIVE)
3
MES 662
Spatial Analysis: Intermediate Course in Marine GIS (or ELECTIVE)
3
RSM 620
Climate and Society
3
RSM 670
Carbon and Climate (or 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
ACC 671
Accounting for Decision Making
2
RSM 670
Carbon and Climate
3
ATM 732
Climate Dynamics
3
MES 720
Coastal Law and Policy
3
MES 618
Coastal Zone Management
3
ATM 663
Mesoscale Meteorology and Severe Storms
3
MES 602
Economics of Natural Resources
3
FIN 602
Fundamentals of Finance
3
ATM 611
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I
3
MES 662
Spatial Analysis: Intermediate Course in Marine GIS
3
MES 710
International Ocean Law And Governance
3
MES 660
Introduction to Marine Geographic Information Systems
3
MGT 600
Managing Responsible Behavior in Organizations
3
ATM 633
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
3
MES 616
Ocean Policy and Development and Analysis
3
RSM 649
Scientific Communication
3
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