Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Three-Year Course Planner

Find our Three-Year Course Planner below. Please note all of these courses are subject to change.

Course Name: Frontiers of Science
Dept: SCNC
Course #: CC1000
Fall 2023: McManus
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: McManus
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Dinos and Hist of Life
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN1001/1401
Fall 2023: Olsen
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Olsen
Spring 2026

Course Name: Global Warming for Global Leaders
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN1009
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Hönisch & Raymo
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Hönisch & Raymo

Course Name: Death Valley Field Excursion
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN1010
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Kolawole
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Kolawole
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Kolawole

Course Name: Earth Origin/Evol'n
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN1011/1411
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Oceanography
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN1030
Fall 2023: Hönisch
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Hönisch
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Hönisch
Spring 2026

Course Name: Environmental Risks
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN1201
Fall 2023: Ekström
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Ekström
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Ekström
Spring 2026

Course Name: Resources & Sus Dev
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN1600
Fall 2023: Kelemen
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Kelemen
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Kelemen
Spring 2026

Course Name: Geologic Excursion to the Eastern Sierra
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN1900
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Climate System
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN2100
Fall 2023: McManus/Camargo
Spring 2024: Ting/Winckler
Fall 2024: McManus/Camargo
Spring 2025: Ting/Wincker
Fall 2025: McManus/Camargo
Spring 2026: McKinley/TBA

Course Name: Solid Earth System
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN2200
Fall 2023: Kingslake/Mutter
Spring 2024: Goldstein/Hemming
Fall 2024: TBA/TBA
Spring 2025: Goldstein/Hemming
Fall 2025: TBA/TBA
Spring 2026: Goldstein/Hemming

Course Name: Life System
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN2300
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Olsen/Palmer/Dyhrman
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Olsen/Palmer/Dyhrman
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Olsen/Palmer/Dyhrman

Course Name: Science for Sustainable Development
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN2330
Fall 2023: Mutter/Lawrence
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Mutter/Lawrence
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Mutter/Lawrence
Spring 2026

Course Name: Field Geology
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN3010
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Goldstein
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Goldstein/Hemming
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Goldstein

Course Name: Hydrology
Dept: EESC
Course #: BC3025
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Geochem for a Habitable Planet
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN3101
Fall 2023: Plank
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Plank
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Plank
Spring 2026

Course Name: Climate Physics
Dept: EESC/ APAM
Course #: UN3109
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Sobel
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Sobel
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Sobel

Course Name: Climate Biogeochemistry
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN3130
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Solid Earth Dynamics
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN3201
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Nettles
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Nettles
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Nettles

Course Name: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN3223
Fall 2023: Giles
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Computational Earth Science
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN3400
Fall 2023: Menke
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: TBA
Spring 2026

Course Name: Env Sci Senior Seminar
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN3901
Fall 2023: McManus/Hemming
Spring 2024: Austermann/TBA
Fall 2024: Austermann/Hemming
Spring 2025: Austermann/Hemming
Fall 2025: TBA/TBA
Spring 2026: TBA/TBA

Course Name: Chemistry of Climate
Dept: EESC
Course #: UN3031
Fall 2023: Commane
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Commane
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Commane
Spring 2026

Course Name: Terrestrial Paleoecology (Kenya)
Dept: EEEB
Course #: OC3928
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Intro to Atmospheric Sci
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4008
Fall 2023: Polvani
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Polvani
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Polvani
Spring 2026

Course Name: Chemical Geology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4009
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Moussallam
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Humans and Carbon Cycle
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4020
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: McKinley
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Clim Thermo/Energy Transfer
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4040
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Sobel
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Global Assmt-Remote Sens
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4050
Fall 2023: Small
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Small
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Small
Spring 2026

Course Name: Geodynamics
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4085
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Buck
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Geochronology & Thermochron
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4090
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Hemming
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Hemming

Course Name: Forest Ecology
Dept: EEEB
Course #: GU4100
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Griffin
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Intro to Mineralogy
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4113
Fall 2023: Moussallam
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Moussallam
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Moussallam
Spring 2026

Course Name: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Dept: EESC/APAM
Course #: GU4210
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: TBD
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: TBD
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Polvani

Course Name: Glaciology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4220
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Kingslake
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Sedimentary Geology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4223
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: TBD
Spring 2026

Course Name: Crustal Deformation
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4230
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Kolawole
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Kolawole

Course Name: Sea Level Change
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4235
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Austermann
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Climate Prediction Challenges
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4243
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: McKinley
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Earth's Deep Interior
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4300
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Ekström
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Terrestrial Paleoclimate
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4330
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Schaefer
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Paleobio & Earth Sys
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4480
Fall 2023: Olsen
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Biogeochemistry
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4524
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Plant Ecophysiology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4550
Fall 2023: Griffin
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Griffin
Spring 2026

Course Name: Ecology of Treeline
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4560
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Griffin
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Griffin
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Griffin

Course Name: Earth Resources & Sus Dev
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4600
Fall 2023: Kelemen
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Kelemen
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Kelemen
Spring 2026

Course Name: Air-Sea Interaction
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4630
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Zappa
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Intro to Igneous Petrology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4701
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Kelemen
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Wetlands & Climate
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4835
Fall 2023: Peteet
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Peteet
Spring 2026

Course Name: Chem Continental Waters
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4885
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Anderson
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Anderson

Course Name: Isotope Geology I
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4887
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Goldstein
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4888
Fall 2023: Linsley
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Linsley
Spring 2026

Course Name: Earth Human Interactions
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4917
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Eisenberger
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Eisenberger
Spring 2026

Course Name: Paleoceanography
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4920
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: McManus
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: McManus

Course Name: Biological Oceanography
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4923
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Juhl
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Intro to Atmospheric Chem
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4924
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Commane
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Commane
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Commane

Course Name: Physical Oceanography
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4925
Fall 2023: Thurnherr
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Thurnherr
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Thurnherr
Spring 2026

Course Name: Chemical Oceanography
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4926
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Anderson
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Ocean Dispersion & Mixing
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4929
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Earth's Oceans & Atmosphere
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4930
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: TBA
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Cenozoic Paleoceanography
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4937
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Hönisch & Raymo
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Plate Tectonics and Climate
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4947
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Buck
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Buck
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Intro to Seismology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GU4949
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Waldhauser
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Inverse Theory
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6300
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Menke
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Communicating Earth & Env Sci
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6400
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Dyhrman
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Magmatism & Volcanism
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6700
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Plank
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Plank

Course Name: Ig&Met Processes
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6701
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: The Carbon Cycle
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6810
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Microbial Oceanography
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6823
Fall 2023: Dyhrman
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Dyhrman
Spring 2026

Course Name: Research Computing in Earth Sciences
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6901
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: QMDA
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6908
Fall 2023: Malinverno
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Menke
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Malinverno
Spring 2026

Course Name: Dynamics of Climate
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6920
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Miller
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Atmospheric Dynamics
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6921
Fall 2023: Miller
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Miller
Spring 2026

Course Name: Atmospheric Radiation
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6922
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Pincus
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Idealized Models - Climate
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6926
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: McKinley/Pincus
Spring 2026

Course Name: Tropical Oceanography
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6927
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Tropical Meteorology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6928
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Sobel
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: Sobel

Course Name: Ocean Dynamics
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6930
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Instrumentation in Atm/Ocean
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6935
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Marine Seismology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6940
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Advanced Seismology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6949
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Electromagnetic Geophysics
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR6950
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Field Geology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR8010
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Advanced Geochemistry
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR8884
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Seminar in Biogeoscience
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR9523
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Paleoceanography Seminar
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR9600
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Seminar in Advanced Petrology
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR9701
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Plank
Fall 2024: Kelemen
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Kelemen
Spring 2026: Moussallam

Course Name: Geochemistry Seminar
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR9802
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Seminar in Race, Climate, & Env. Justice
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR9810
Fall 2023: Assali
Spring 2024: Assali
Fall 2024: Assali
Spring 2025: Assali
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Research Skills for Earth & Env. Sci.
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR9902
Fall 2023: Nettles
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Nettles
Spring 2026

Course Name: Seminar in Atmospheric Science
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR9910
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Seminar: Machine Learning for Climate
Dept: EESC+
Course #
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Past/Present/Future Ocean Sem
Dept: EESC
Course #: GR9931
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Field Methods Environ Eng
Dept: EAEE
Course #: E 4006
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: McGillis
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Carbon Storage
Dept: EAEE
Course #: E 4301
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Kelly & Kelemen
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Kelly & Kelemen
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Intro to Numerical Methods
Dept: APMA
Course #: E 4300
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Numerical Methods for PDEs
Dept: APMA
Course #: E 4301
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Mandli & Spiegleman
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Systematics & Biogeography
Dept: AMNH
Course #: RGGS501
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: TBA
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: TBA
Fall 2025
Spring 2026: TBA

Course Name: Evolution
Dept: AMNH
Course #: RGGS503
Fall 2023: Benson
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Benson
Spring 2025
Fall 2025: Benson
Spring 2026

Course Name: GIS Methods & Applications
Dept: AMNH
Course #: RGGS602
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Blair et. al.
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Vertebrate Paleobiology
Dept: AMNH
Course #: RGGS658
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: Meng, Benseon, Flynn, et. al.
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Geometric Morphometrics
Dept: AMNH
Course #: RGGS669
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
Spring 2025: TBA
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Topics in Invertebrate Paleontology
Dept: AMNH
Course #: RGGS624
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: Hopkins et. al.
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Atmospheric Aerosols
Dept: CHEN
Course #: GU4600
Fall 2023
Spring 2024: McNiell
Fall 2024
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026

Course Name: Forest Ecology
Dept: EEEB
Course #: GU4100
Fall 2023
Spring 2024
Fall 2024: Griffin
Spring 2025
Fall 2025
Spring 2026