ESS_courses_by_semester

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	Q
1	ESS_courses_by_semester													option A:	sort by A, then B
2	All courses listed within the ESS PhD/MS degree programs													option B:	sort by L (in reverse), then A
3	contact: Carl Tape (ctape@alaska.edu)														RED TEXT COURSES ARE OFFERED SPRING 2026
4	note: this is indended as a guide for students; it is not an authoritative record of what courses were offered in what semester														ESS courses
5															course marked for removal
6					5 credits required = A			0 = not offered (or offered as directed study)
7					Methods and Cross-cutting = B			0* = not offered on account of low enrollment
8					Concentration = C			1 = offered
9					Other = D
10					ESS	status	status	status	status
11	code	number		credits	A/B/C	F23	S24	F24	S25	F25	S26	F26	S27	Catalog		NOTES

12	ACNS	F600	Perspectives on the North	3	C	1	0	1	0	1	0	1		Fall		Offered in fall 2024 in-person and synchronous
13	ACNS	F629	Geography of the Arctic and Circumpolar North	3	B/C	1	0	1	0	1	0	1		Fall		Offered in fall 2024 asynchronous
14	ATM	F601	Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences	3	B/C	1	0	1	0	1	0	1		Fall
15	ATM	F646	Atmospheric Dynamics II: Climate Dynamics	3	C	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		Spring Odd-numbered Years
16	ATM	F673	Micrometeorology with Focus on Subarctic and Arctic Ecosystems	3	C	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		Fall Even-numbered Years
17	BIOL	F602	Research Design	3	B	1	0	1	0	1	0	1		Offered Fall
18	BIOL	F618	Biogeography	3	C	1	0	0	0	1	0	1		Offered As Demand Warrants
19	BIOL	F647	Sustainability in the Changing North	3	B/C	1	0	0	0	1	0	1		Offered Fall		This is Crosslisted with NRM 647
20	BIOL	F680	Data Analysis in Biology	4	B	0	1	0	1	0	1	1		Offered Spring
21	CCS	F608	Indigenous Knowledge Systems	3	C	1	0	1	0	1	0	1		Offered Fall
22	ESS	F601	Introduction to Earth System Science	3	A	1	0	1	0	1	0	1		Offered Fall
23	ESS	F692	ESS Seminar	1	A	1	0	1	0	1	0	1		Offered Fall
24	FISH	F611	Human Dimensions of Environmental Systems	3	C	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	fall
25	FISH	F613	Human-environment Research Methods	3	C	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	Fall Even-numbered
26	GEOS	F617	Glaciers	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		As demand warrants
27	GEOS	F631	Foundations of Geophysics	4	B/C	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		Even numbered fall
28	GEOS	F636	Programming and Automation for Geoscientists	2	B	1	0	0	0	1	0	1		fall
29	GEOS	F657	Microwave Remote Sensing	3	B	1	0	1	0	1	0	1		Odd numbered spring		Offered in Fall 2023 as asynchronous couse
30	GEOS	F670	Selected Topics in Volcanology	2	B/C	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		fall
31	NRM	F641	Natural Resource Applications of Remote Sensing	3	B/C	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	Offered Fall Even-numbered Years
32	NRM	F647	Sustainability in the Changing North	3	B/C	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	Offered Fall		This is Crosslisted with BIOL 647
33	NRM	F692	Graduate Seminar	1-3	C	0	0	1	0	1	1	1		As demand warrants
34	STAT	F401	Regression and Analysis of Variance	4	B	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		Offered Fall and Spring
35	ACNS	F601	Research Methods and Sources in the North	3	C	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		Spring
36	ACNS	F610	Northern Indigenous Peoples and Contemporary Issues	3	C	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		Fall Odd-Numbered Years
37	ACNS	F652	International Relations of the North	3	C	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		Fall Odd-Numbered Years
38	ACNS	F657	Comparative Indigenous Rights and Policies	3	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		Spring Odd-Numbered Years
39	ACNS	F662	Alaska Government and Politics	3	C	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		Spring Even-Numbered Years		questionable
40	ACNS	F669	Arctic Politics and Governance	3	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		Fall		Was not offered in fall 2024 (instructor was on medical leave)
41	ACNS	F683	20th-Century Circumpolar History	3	C	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		Spring		questionable
42	ATM	F610	Analysis Methods in Meteorology and Climate	3	B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Spring Odd-numbered Years
43	ATM	F613	Atmospheric Radiation	3	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0		As Demand Warrants
44	ATM	F615	Cloud Physics	3	C	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		Spring Even-numbered Years		unable to teach as planned
45	ATM	F625	Physical Hydrometeorology	3	B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		As Demand Warrants
46	ATM	F644	Weather Analysis and Forecasting	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Spring Even-numbered Years
47	ATM	F645	Atmospheric Dynamics	3	C	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		Fall Even-numbered Years
48	ATM	F658	Air-sea Interactions	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Spring Even-numbered Years
49	ATM	F680	Climate Change Processes: Past, Present, Future	3	B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		Fall Odd-numbered Years
50	BIOL	F604	Scientific Writing, Editing and Revising in the Biological Sciences	3	B	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		Offered Spring
51	BIOL	F646	Freshwater Habitat Dynamics	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Offered Fall Even-numbered Years
52	BIOL	F669	Landscape Ecology and Wildlife Habitat	3	C	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		Offered Spring
53	BIOL	F673	Ecosystem Ecology	4	C	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		Offered Spring Even-numbered Years
54	BIOL	F686	Vertebrate Paleontology	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years
55	BIOL	F688	Arctic Vegetation Ecology: Geobotany	3	C	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
56	BIOL	F689	Vegetation Description and Analysis	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Offered As Demand Warrants
57	CCS	F602	Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights	3	C	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		Offered Spring
58	CCS	F612	Traditional Ecological Knowledge	3	B/C	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		Offered Spring
59	CE	F662	Open Channel and River Engineering	3	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		Spring Even-numbered
60	CE	F663	Groundwater Hydrology	3	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		Fall Even-numbered
61	CE	F665	Watershed Hydrology	3	C	1	0	0	0	1	0	0		As Demand Warrants
62	ESS	F602	Best Practices for Research in Alaska	1	A	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		Offered Spring
63	FISH	F675	Political Ecology	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	As Demand Warrants
64	GEOS	F604	Seismology	3	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		Odd numbered spring
65	GEOS	F605	Geochronology	3	B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		Odd numbered fall		will move back to odd falls after 202501
66	GEOS	F606	Volcanology	3	B/C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		Odd numbered spring
67	GEOS	F615	Sea Ice	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		As demand warrants
68	GEOS	F616	Permafrost	3	C	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		Even numbered Spring
69	GEOS	F618	Introduction to Geochemistry	3	B	0	0	0	0	0		0		Fall		No longer offering this course
70	GEOS	F621	Advanced Petrology	3-4	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		As demand warrants
71	GEOS	F622	Digital Image Processing in the Geosciences	3	B/C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Even numbered fall
72	GEOS	F626	Applied Seismology	4	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		Odd numbered spring
73	GEOS	F627	Inverse Problems and Parameter Estimation	3	B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		Even numbered spring
74	GEOS	F629	Geologic Hazards and Natural Disasters	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Odd numbered spring
75	GEOS	F633	Aqueous and Environmental Geochemistry	3	B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Odd numbered spring
76	GEOS	F639	Geodetic Imaging	3	B/C	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		As demand warrants
77	GEOS	F647	Advanced Sedimentology and Stratigraphy	3	C	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		Even numbered spring
78	GEOS	F653	Palynology and Paleopalynology	4	B	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		Even numbered fall
79	GEOS	F658	Big Geospatial Data	3	B/C	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
80	GEOS	F659	Visible and Infrared Remote Sensing	3	B/C	0	1	0	0	0		0		Even numbered spring
81	GEOS	F660	The Dynamic Alaska Coastline	3	B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		Even numbered spring
82	GEOS	F669	Geodetic Methods and Modeling	3	C	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		odd numbered fall
83	GEOS	F681	Snow in the Environment	3	B/C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		As demand warrants
84	GEOS	F689P	Topics in Geophysics	1	C	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		Topics in Geophysics Seminar (spring)
85	NRM	F435	GIS Analysis	4	B/C	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	Offered Spring
86	NRM	F613	Resilience Internship	2	B/C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Offered As Demand Warrants		Trainor (Summer 2026 DS)
87	NRM	F630	Resource Management Planning	3	C	1	0	0/0*	0	1	0	0	1			Offered as DS 202403
88	NRM	F638	GIS Programming	3	B/C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years		Offering 202503 out of sequence. Will go back to spring Odd-numbered years after AY26
89	NRM/CCS	F656	Sustainable Livelihoods and Community Well-being	3	C	1	0	1	0	1	0	0		Offered Fall
90	PHYS	F614	Ice Physics	3	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Offered Spring Even-numbered Years		Has not been offered, could be done on demand
91	PHYS	F628	Digital Time Series Analysis	3	B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Offered As Demand Warrants
92	PHYS	F647	Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics	3	B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Offered As Demand Warrants		somebody in SFOS was thinking of teaching a similar class
93	STO	F601	Communicating Science	2	B/C	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years		Fowell (STO = Science Teaching and Outreach)
94	FISH	F646	Freshwater Habitat Dynamics	3	B	0	0	0	0					Fall Even-numbered		No longer offering this courses
95	GEOS	F422	Geoscience Applications of Remote Sensing	3	B	0	0	0	1	0				Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years
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