PHS 166 - Meteorology, Weather and Climate

Credit(s) 4.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
Lab Hours: 2.00
This course is designed to introduce students to meteorology. Topics covered include earth’s atmosphere, elements of weather, weather forecasting, types of storms and storm formation, severe weather, thunderstorm, hurricanes, tornadoes, the global climate, global change, and people’s interaction with the environment. This course satisfies a general education requirement in the Natural Sciences Area.

SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Identify the functions and properties of the Earth’s atmosphere.
Describe major data elements that contribute to weather phenomenon.
Summarize the formation of major storm systems and their characteristics.
Describe how human activity changes the environment through global warming, acid rain, and pollution.
Identify the causes of atmospheric optical phenomena.