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ATOC 1060: Our Changing Environment: El Niño, Ozone, ClimateDiscusses the Earth's climate for non-science majors, focusing on the role of the atmosphere, oceans, and land surface. Describes the water cycle, atmospheric circulations, and ocean currents, and how they influence global climate, El Niño, and the ozone hole. Discusses human impacts from climate change. Prereq., ATOC 1050. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science. Elective for ATOC minor.Baylor taught this class in Spring 2011. |
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ATOC/GEOL 3070: Introduction to OceanographyThis is an upper-division undergraduate course roughly divided amongst the four interrelated disciplines of oceanography: marine geology, marine chemistry, physical oceanography (i.e. circulation), and marine biology.Baylor taught this class in Fall 2009. |
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ATOC 5051: Introduction to Physical OceanographyOr, Notions for the Motions of the Oceans.This is a core course for graduate students covering the basic tools needed for oceanography. Observational, dynamical, numerical, and descriptive methods are discussed and used to get a sense of the historical and contemporary understanding of the motions of the oceans. Baylor taught this class in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, and Spring 2010. The class assignments are in the forms of short papers. Proceedings volumes of the best of these papers are available for Fall 2007, Fall 2008, and Spring 2010 (email Baylor for access). |
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ATOC 5061: Dynamics of OceansOr, Models of the Ocean; Or Waves of the Ocean.Explores theories of the large-scale ocean, including quasigeostrophic, planetary geostrophic, and shallow water equations. Topics may vary to focus on ocean climate (e.g. thermocline, westward intensification), ocean waves (e.g. gravity, Rossby, and Kelvin), or ocean models (toy, analytic, and numerical). May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereqs., ATOC 5400 and ATOC 5051 or 5060 or equivalent. Baylor taught this class in Spring 2009, Fall 2010, and Fall 2011. |
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ATOC 6020: Teaching Climate SeminarOr, Teachable MomentsA weekly seminar I'm teaching ATOC1060 (Our Changing Climate) for the first time next spring, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to share some of the insider scoop on teaching with ATOC students. This ATOC6020 seminar will be a weekly meeting, where we discuss upcoming topics in the 1060 class, compare perspectives on what are the most important concepts and learning goals, discuss relevant skeptical perspectives, and consider how best to present the information. I'll also get some of the Teaching Climate Change experts (e.g., CIRES Outreach, Kim, other past 1060 teachers and TAs) to come by and discuss their approach and experiences. The students who participate will help create some of the homework problems and lecture slides, not (only) because I'm lazy, but also for good pedagogy. Baylor taught 6020 in Spring 2011. |
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ATOC 6020: Oceanography SeminarOr, The Ocean left Colorado 60 Million years ago, but Oceanography didn't!A weekly seminar covering oceanography and ocean-focused climate science. Presentations feature Boulder scientists on important recent discoveries. Students can enroll for 1 credit-hour per semester, but all students (graduate and undergraduates enrolled or no), faculty, researchers, Boulder scientists, and alumni are encouraged to participate. Baylor taught 6020 in Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010. |
Baylor's Library of GFD and Oceanography |
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
