Meteorology (MTDI)

MTDI 1250  Weather and Climate  (4)  

Hands-on course in basic physical processes involved in weather, climate, and climate change. Frequent individual and group exercises. Class discussions about the scientific process, critical thinking, and the impacts of weather and climate on human endeavors. (SIDI)

MTDI 1500  Severe and Hazardous Weather  (3)  

Addresses various scientific inquiry skills by analyzing the world's most extreme weather events in terms of their scientific basis and their economic, human and historical consequences. Topics include hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, cold waves, heat waves, floods, droughts, major air pollution events and others. Falls and Springs. (SIDI)