' NATS155B

Class Notes for NATS 150B, Fall 2008

Climate Change

Gidon Eshel
017 Daniel Arts Center
Bard College at Simon's Rock
84 Alford Rd.
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Office Tel: (413) 528-7299
Home Tel: (413) 644-4708
geshel@gmail.com

Sam Ruhmkorff
Hall College Center
Bard College at Simon's Rock
84 Alford Rd.
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Office Tel: (413) 528-7240
Secretary: Ms. Karen Advokaat
sruhmkor@simons-rock.edu

Class Location and Times

Class: Tuesday/Thursday, 10:30--11:55 am, 113 Fisher Academic Center
Lab: Thursday, 9:30--10:25 am, 113 Fisher Academic Center

Grading

Grades will be based on a midterm and a final exam, laboratory work and reporting, class participation, and homework assignments (both content and timeliness). While some instructors may provide a numeric formula for grading, our grading will be more flexible, allowing for diverse students' strengths.

Text

John T. Houghton, 2004: Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, 3rd Edition, Cambridge University Press, 351 pp.

A Note on Math Proficiency

While the course will not be technical in nature, it will require the ability to solve at least a system of two linear algebraic equations in two unknowns.