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Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty

CIRES Faculty teach courses within departments and programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder and provide research opportunities for students within CIRES' centers and laboratories. Listed here are some of those courses in the catalog for the University of Colorado at Boulder that are taught by CIRES Faculty:


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Aerospace Engineering Sciences
CIRES Faculty: Chu
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: www.colorado.edu/aerospace
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • Laser Remote Sensing (ASEN5519)

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Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
CIRES Faculty: Cassano, Chase, Jimenez, Noone, Tolbert, Volkamer
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: atoc.colorado.edu
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • Weather and the Atmosphere (ATOC1050)
  • Analysis of Climate and Weather Observations (ATOC3300)
  • Principles of Climate (ATOC3600)
  • Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics (ATOC4720/5720)
  • Independent Study (ATOC4900)
  • Dynamics of the Atmosphere (ATOC5060)
  • Dynamics of Oceans (ATOC5061)
  • Atmospheric Chemistry (ATOC5151)
  • Independent Study (ATOC5900)
  • Seminar in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - Weather Forecasting (ATOC 6020)
  • Special Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - Environmental Modeling (ATOC7500)
  • Doctoral Dissertation (ATOC8990)

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Chemistry and Biochemistry
CIRES Faculty: Copley, Jimenez, Sievers, Tolbert, Volkamer
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: www.colorado.edu/chemistry
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • Environmental Chemistry (CHEM1031)
  • f1840
  • Independent Study in Chemistry and Biochemistry (CHEM4901)
  • Atmospheric Chemistry (CHEM5151)
  • Graduate Course on Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (CHEM5181)
  • Special Topics in Chemistry (CHEM6901)
  • Master's Thesis (CHEM6951)
  • Seminar: Heterogeneous Atmospheric Chemistry (CHEM7161)
  • Doctoral Dissertation (CHEM8991)
  • Analytical Spectroscopy (CHEM5161)

Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
CIRES Faculty: Gupta
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: ceae.colorado.edu
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • Independent Study (CVEN4849)
  • Hydrology. (CVEN5333)
  • Independent Study (CVEN5849/7849)
  • Introduction to Multi-Scale Variability and Scaling in Hydrology (CVEN6333)
  • Hydrologic Sciences and Water Resources Engineering Seminar (CVEN6393)
  • Master's Degree Candidate/Report (CVEN6943/6953)
  • Doctors' Thesis (CVEN8993)

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
CIRES Faculty: Lewis, Wessman
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: www.colorado.edu/eeb
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • EBIO1840. Independent Study (Freshman)
  • EBIO2840. Independent Study (Sophomore)
  • EBIO3400. Microbiology
  • EBIO3840/. Independent Study/Research (Junior)
  • EBIO3930. Internship
  • EBIO4020/5020. Stream Biology
  • EBIO4030/5030. Limnology
  • EBIO4060. Landscape Ecology
  • EBIO4840/4870. Independent Study/ Research (Senior)
  • EBIO5060. Landscape Ecology
  • EBIO5840. Independent Study (Graduate)
  • EBIO6840. Independent Research in Environmental Biology
  • EBIO6940/6950. Master's Degree Candidate/ Thesis
  • EBIO7840. Independent Study (Graduate)
  • EBIO8840. Independent Research in Environmental Biology
  • EBIO8990. Doctoral Dissertation

Environmental Studies
CIRES Faculty: Pielke
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Program Site: www.colorado.edu/envirostudies
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • ENVS3600. Principles of Climate
  • ENVS5000. Policy, Science, and the Environment
  • ENVS5100. Special Topics in Environmental Studies - Science/Technology/Society
  • ENVS5909. Independent Study
  • ENVS5930. Internship
  • ENVS6950. Master's Thesis
  • ENVS8990. Doctoral Dissertation

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Geography
CIRES Faculty: Barry, Chase, Steffen
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: www.colorado.edu/geography
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • GEOG3301. Analysis of Climate and Weather Observations
  • GEOG3601. Principles of Climate
  • GEOG3840. Undergraduate Independent Study
  • GEOG4093/5093. Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • GEOG4100/5100. Special Topics in Geography. Climate Systems Modeling
  • GEOG4211/5211: Physical Climatology: Principles
  • GEOG4331/5331. Mountain Climatology
  • GEOG5241. Topics in Physical Geography. Snow and Ice
  • GEOG5331. Mountain Climatology
  • GEOG5840. Graduate Independent Study
  • GEOG6181: Remote Sensing: Field Methods
  • GEOG6211. Readings in Climatology
  • GEOG6940/6950. Master's Degree Candidate/Thesis
  • GEOG7840. Graduate Independent Study
  • GEOG8990. Doctoral Dissertation

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Geological Sciences
CIRES Faculty: Bilham, Jones, Molnar, Sheehan, Tucker
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: www.colorado.edu/GeolSci
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • GEOL1010. Introduction to Geology 1. Honors
  • GEOL4093/5093. Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • GEOL4700. Special Geological Topics - Geomorphology
  • GEOL4700. Special Geological Topics - Sed. Transport Mechanics
  • GEOL4846. Independent Study - Geophysics
  • GEOL5240. Remote Sensing Image Analysis
  • GEOL5700. Geological Topics Seminar
  • GEOL5700. Special Geological Topics - Geomorphology
  • GEOL5700. Special Geological Topics - Sed. Transport Mechanics
  • GEOL5840. Independent Study
  • GEOL5846. Independent Study - Geophysics
  • GEOL5851. Independent Study - Sedimentary Petrology
  • GEOL6670. Geophysical Inverse Theory
  • GEOL6940/6950/6960. Master's Degree Candidate/Thesis/Research
  • GEOL8999. Doctoral Dissertation

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Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
CIRES Faculty: Copley
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: mcdb.colorado.edu
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • MCDB1030. Plagues, People, and Microorganisms
  • MCDB4840. Upper-Division Independent Study
  • MCDB7840. Graduate Independent Study
  • MCDB8990. Doctoral Dissertation

Physics
CIRES Faculty: Sheehan
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: www.colorado.edu/physics
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • PHYS6670. Geophysical Inverse Theory

Political Science
CIRES Faculty: Pielke
CU Catalog: course descriptions
Department Site: polsci.colorado.edu
Courses Taught by CIRES Faculty:

  • PSCI5906. Topics in Political Science
  • PSCI6956. Master's Thesis
  • PSCI8906. Graduate Research Topic