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Our courses for Spring quarter

Check out our offerings for Spring quarter below. This page will be continually updated and will provide the most up-to-date information on Earth course offerings.

Half Dome at Sunset Yosemite by Marius von Essen

Know Your Planet: Science in the Field

Earth scientists go where the problems are. Explore the questions we can answer only by going there.

Meredith Goebel in the lab

Know Your Planet: Earth in the Lab

Tackling the big questions in little spaces – explore real labs and the very real questions earth scientists are answering.

Earth watercolor

Learn the (geo)science behind the environmental (in)justice concepts

Learn the scientific fundamentals behind the main topics often discussed surrounding environmental justice

Tornado

How to make a tornado

Explore the physics behind atmospheric and oceanic flows hands-on using lab experiments

Humpback whales

People and Nature of Monterey Bay

Explore the natural and cultural history of the Monterey Bay

Weather collage

Advanced survey of current research in climate dynamics

A guided reading course that will explore current papers in climate dynamics and climate change

Chemistry of the Earth and Planets - GEOLSCI 2

Silhouettes on a mountain

Sustainability in Athletics - EARTHSYS 26

Exploring the Critical Interface between the Land and Monterey Bay: Elkhorn Slough - EARTHSYS 46N

Intro to Research in Ecology and Ecological Physiology - BIOHOPK 47H

Light bulb against nature scenery

Fundamentals of Renewable Power - ENERGY 102

people standing by crater

Tectonics Field Trip - GEOPHYS 108

Our Dynamic West: Practical methods in geological sciences an intro to how the Earth deforms - GEOLSCI 110

lights power grid night

Engineering Economics - ENERGY 110

Global Change and Emerging Infectious Disease - EARTHSYS 114

Fundamentals and Frontiers in Plant Biology - BIO129/229

Open book on beach

Literature of the Anthropocene - ENGLISH 157D

Ocean Forensics: Ecological, Conservation and Market Data from Environmental DNA - BIOHOPK 159H

Big Earth Hackathon Wildland Fire Challenge - EARTH 165H

Engineering Appraisal and Economic Valuation of Energy Assets and Projects - ENERGY 167/267

Hopkins Marine Station

Marine Conservation Biology - BIOHOPK 173H

Students in orange life jackets

Experimental Design and Probability - BIOHOPK 174H/274H

Recharge pathways

Near-Surface Geophysics: Imaging Groundwater Systems - GEOPHYS 190

San Francisco Bay smoke

Shaping the Future of the Bay Area - GEOPHYS 218X

Social cost of carbon concept

Implementing and Financing a Decarbonized Economy - ENVRES 260

Francois Peron National Park, Australia

Coastal Ocean Modeling - CEE 262C

Conflict Management and Negotiation - OB 381

Satallite image from space

Advanced Methods in Modeling for Climate and Energy Policy - MS&E 394

Abstract water lines

Electrochemical Water Treatment: Materials and Processes - CHEMENG 475

Energy Law - LAW 2503

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