Physics 189: Climate and Sustainability

Fall Semester 2018

Sharon Sessions
sharon_dot_sessions_at_nmt_dot_edu
(575) 835-5798
Workman 353

Office Hours: TBA
Class Hours: MWF 1-1:50 pm

Learning Coach:

Jade Vigil (jade_dot_vigil_at_student_dot_nmt_dot_edu)
tutoring hours: TBA

Fall 2018 Syllabus

Homework assignments

See syllabus for the homework policy and description of expectations for summaries, homework, and quizzes/exams.

Course expectation survey due 8/22
Chapter 1 Summary due 8/27 (Monday).

Reading guides and supplementary information

This section provides additional information to supplement the material in each chapter.

Chapter 1: Basics

Course Schedule:

This is a tentative schedule that we will follow over the course of the semester. Exam dates are tentative and subject to change! The actual dates will be announced in class and posted on the homework schedule (above).
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Date	Topic & Book Chapters	Tentative exam dates
Week 1-2	Chapter 1: Basics
Weeks 3-5	Chapter 2: Radiative Energy Flows
Weeks 6-10	Chapter 3: Turbulence and Cumulous Clouds
Weeks 11-12	Chapter 4: How Energy Travels
Week 13	Chapter 5: Feedbacks
Week 14	Chapter 6: The Water Planet
Weeks 15	Chapter 7: Predictability of Weather & Climate
Week 16	Chapter 8: Air, Sea, Land
Week 16	Chapter 9: Frontiers
Week 17	FINALS WEEK	FINAL: TBA