This course develops ideas from Weather and Climate in a practical manner, equipping students to understand weather forecasts and seasonal outlooks, satellite and radar imagery, output from computer models, etc. It will also include aspects of weather observations from ground level.
In order to engage in mission in different parts of the world, students require an understanding of the factors that influence local climate. This course provides a basic, practical undergraduate understanding of how the climate works.
In order to engage in mission and live in different parts of the world, particular in the context of humanity's disruption of the climate, students need a basic understanding of the science.
This course will affirm the value the bible places on understanding the physical world.
Students will learn that mission occurs within a physical context which varies from place to place.
This course contextualizes Christian mission in the physical world.
Different cultures are affected by their local climate. Students will develop a basic framework for understanding why climate varies from place to place.
Students will be able to interpret weather and climate data.
Students will better understand the weather and climate that goes on around them.