Fall 2024  |  GEOG 3423 Section 001: Urban Climatology (32969)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Enrollment Requirements:
Geog 1403 or Geog 1425 or Geog 3401 or ESPM 1425 or ESCI 1001 or PHYS 1001W
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024
Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 210
Enrollment Status:
Open (8 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Most of us live in cities and thus in urban-modified climates. In this course you'll learn how and why cities can affect their immediate - and possibly regional and global - environments. You'll also get experience with urban climate research via a project we will develop together as a class. You'll draw on public documents and research papers, collect and analyze data, and collaborate with your colleagues (and your instructor) to bring the project to completion. The research and problem-solving skills you develop or refine in this course are ones you can draw on in your other courses and in your post-graduate career.
Class Description:
Urban climatology is a broad field that examines how cities modify their immediate - and possibly regional and global - climate via changes in atmospheric composition, energy and water cycles, and urban ecosystems. We will hear from some urban climate researchers, read some of the contemporary urban climatology research literature, and make some of our own observations of the urban climate to learn how changes in the urban environment interact with each other and with the urban climate.
Who Should Take This Class?:
Students interested in environmental science, climate change, urban geography, landscape architecture, and/or the relationships between humans and the built environment.
Grading:
exams, short projects, discussion, term paper
Exam Format:
Essay
Class Format:
75% Lecture, 25% discussion
Workload:
25 pages (appx.) of reading per week
35 pages (appx.) of writing per term
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32969/1249
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/klink_GEOG3423_Spring2018.pdf (Spring 2018)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
3 December 2019

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