TO: | Registrar's Office Academic Advisement |
FROM: | Dr. Carol Y. Phillips Executive Assistant to the President |
DATE: | May 3, 2005 |
SUBJ: | Notification of Minor Curricular Change(s) |
The following changes have been identified as minor curricular changes for the Earth Sciences department.
Curricular Change | Old Course Title | New Course Title |
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Title Change & Course Description Effective, Fall 2005 |
ESCI 448 - Boundary Layer Meteorology | ESCI 448 - Boundary Layers and Turbulence |
Old Course Description: Characteristics of mean, neutral, stable, and convective boundary layers; micrometeorology; turbulent kinetic energy; turbulent production and dissipation; mixing length theory; K-theory; surface boundary layer and geographic effects. 3hrs. lec. Offered in spring of even years. Prereq: ESCI 342 and MATH 211. |
New Course Description: Mean boundary layer characteristics; turbulence and its spectrum; governing equations to turbulent flow; prognostic equations for turbulent fluxes and variances; TKE; turbulence closure schemes; similarity theory; simulation techniques; convective and stable boundary layers; boundary layer clouds. 3 hrs. lec. Offered in spring of even years. Prereq: ESCI 342 and MATH 211. |
Course | Curricular change: Pre-requisite |
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ESCI 241 - Meteorology | Pre-req: MATH 161 or MATH 163. Co or Pre-req: PHYS 131 or PHYS 231 Revised Pre-req or co-req: MATH 161 or MATH 163 and PHYS 131 or PHYS 231 |
Course | Curricular Change: Pre-requisite |
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ESCI 344 - Tropical Meteorology | Pre-req: ESCI 241 and MATH 211 Revised Pre-req: ESCI 341 and ESCI 342 |
Course | Curricular Change: Pre-requisite |
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ESCI 445 - Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere and Oceans | Pre-req: ESCI 343 or ESCI 365 or MATH 365; and ESCI 282 or CSCI 161 or
permission of instructor Revised Pre-req: ESCI 282 or CSCI 161; pre-req or co-req: ESCI 343 or ESCI 365 |